| The Money Programme | |
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The Money Programme logo as of 2008 |
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| Genre | Finance & Business Affairs |
| Presented by | Max Flint & Libby Potter |
| Opening theme | Main Title from The Carpetbaggers |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC2 |
| Original run | 5 April 1966 – present |
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| Website | |
The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two.
It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis, Erskine Childers and Joe Roeber. At this time David Attenborough was the controller of BBC2. The programme has a memorable theme tune, a version of the main title theme from The Carpetbaggers film by Lalo Schifrin (which appeared on an album by jazz organist Jimmy Smith.)
Since the start the programme used a magazine style, but changed to a single subject documentary in 2001. More recently the programme has formed a partnership with the Open University Business School. The Open University provides input into programmes and supplementary materials written by OU Business School academics).
On 1 June 2007, an episode of the Money Programme called "Virtual World / Real Millions" became the first full BBC programme to have been broadcast inside the virtual world Second Life.[1] That episode featured an interview with Second Life founder and CEO Philip Rosedale amongst others.
This programme was parodied in Series 3 of Monty Python's Flying Circus as the opening sketch of the third episode in that series first airing on the BBC 3 November 1972.[2]
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