Other names Morning Reports Country UK Home station BBC Radio 5 Live | Genre UK business Language(s) English | |
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Running time 45 minutes (Monday-Friday 05:15) | ||
Wake Up to Money is an early morning financial radio programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. It is broadcast from 05:15 to 06:00 each weekday.
Contents
History
The programme was established when Radio 5 Live began broadcasting in March 1994. It has been produced by the Business Programmes section of BBC Radio which produces for Radio 4 and 5 Live in the Business and Economics unit. It began as a fifteen-minute programme, starting at 05:45, as part of the Morning Reports programme and moved to 05:30 in 2003. The format was updated in early 2014 extended the broadcast time to 45 minutes with the show being broadcast at 05:15.
Content
David Jones (Mon-Wed) or Mickey Clarke (Thu & Fri) provides the shares news on the FTSE 100 Index, the commodities prices and currencies' markets, and has more knowledge of companies' financial performance, history, and corporate structure. Adam Parsons provides the personal finance (e.g. mortgages or insurance) knowledge. There is an element of (cheeky sarcasm) humour to the programme.
Executives from companies are invited for live discussions on the programme. Guests are often invited from industry trade groups, such as the CBI, IoD, FSB, or government economic organisations, such as Business Link, university business schools, or watchdogs.
In 2008/09, the banks featured heavily; rarely had a programme not mentioned the state of the UK banks or the Financial Services Authority.
Frequent guests include David Buik, and Justin Urquhart-Stewart of Seven Investment Management.
Broadcasts
The programme is also carried by Radio Scotland, Radio Ulster, and Radio Foyle.