Deal or No Deal

Wake Up To Money

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4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington gets the latest analysis as the US deadline for Iran to make a deal approaches. We’ll also explore how the ongoing war is affecting one company’s ambitions to expand in the Middle East.

Elsewhere, we’ll have insight into the latest six-day strike by resident doctors in England, which begins today, and the potential impact on patients.

And as spring arrives, we hear from a farmer offering the public the chance to pick their own tulips.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Their company's success helped build a nation.
0:10.9	The company is such a big part of Korea's economy.
0:13.5	But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants?
0:17.2	They often say, look, we built the nation.
0:19.2	And without us, South Korea as it exists today, would simply not be here.
0:24.1	Inheritance, Samsung, explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family and their company.
0:29.7	They are the equivalent of royalty.
0:31.8	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:35.2	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:39.4	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:42.6	Hello, welcome.
0:43.7	It is Wake Up to Money.
0:45.2	Iran has until tonight to agree a deal with President Trump, or he says, or else.
0:51.5	The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night.
0:56.7	So any deal, we're told, must include the free traffic of oil through the Strait of Hummus.
1:02.0	We'll discuss the likelihood of a ceasefire, what the consequences of that could mean,
1:06.8	as some ships have been passing through the Strait of hummus for certain countries around the world.
1:13.5	We've got the resident doctors strike today.
1:15.7	NHS bosses say the walkout could be particularly challenging.
1:19.5	And amongst all the doom and gloom, you may have noticed spring has finally arrived.
1:24.1	That means flowers and increasingly the chance to pick your own.
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