Forty years of Money Box
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In October 1977 Money Box made its first appearance on Radio 4. Hear presenters Louise Botting and Peter Hobday cover the big personal finance issues of the day including where to invest your money, the lack of opportunities for children to learn how to manage cash and a new breed of interest free loan. They also interview the then Chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue Sir William Pyle.
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.4 | My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:10.8 | The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that. |
| 0:17.5 | With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to helping |
| 0:22.7 | you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put together |
| 0:28.7 | by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life, |
| 0:34.9 | check out BBC Sounds. This is the BBC. |
| 0:40.7 | Hello, I'm Andrew Smith. I'm the editor of Moneybox. Welcome to the Moneybox podcast. Today we've |
| 0:45.7 | got a very special edition, the very first edition of Moneybox, which we found lying around |
| 0:51.0 | the office on a cassette somewhere. Casossettes, do you remember those? |
| 0:59.2 | And we decided we'd like to offer it you to listen to. |
| 1:04.1 | We think it shows how some things in personal finance have changed a lot and how some things haven't. |
| 1:06.0 | I'll leave you to decide which of those things falls into which category. |
| 1:10.3 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:17.3 | Good morning. I'm Peter Hobdick. And I'm Louise Botting. This is Moneybox. |
| 1:23.9 | In the next 30 minutes, what the big six unit trusts have to offer? |
| 1:31.2 | We'll be asking the question, how do you teach the children about money? |
| 1:38.1 | We'll be looking at a scheme which offers interest-free loans. |
| 1:45.4 | Then the man behind your money, Britain's top taxman, the boss of the inland revenue. |
| 1:53.4 | 3,000 million pounds are invested in the unit trust market. |
| 1:57.3 | Now, going into a unit trust is not a decision to take lightly, |
| 2:00.7 | because you've got to be in a position where you can afford a bit of risk, before you start thinking of unit trusts rather than the building society, for example. |
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