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Wake Up To Money

Is that all folks?

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1775 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington reacts to the latest milestone in the Warner Bros mega deal. We reflect on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion on Ukraine. As the British Retail Consortium's latest retail crime report's released, we speak to a shopkeeper on the frontline. And we hear from the president of the National Farmers' Union as they kick off their annual conference.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:07.0

I'm no longer ravenous. I'll no longer eat until I fall asleep.

0:11.0

The Hunger Game, a new five-part series exploring the meteoric rise of weight loss drugs.

0:16.0

It's been an incredible story with these drugs.

0:18.1

The uptake, the amount of product that's been sold, the amount of money

0:21.2

is cost. What the drugs do, how they work, and the knock-on effects of their widespread use.

0:26.5

We'll be sitting here in three years' time going, oh, it caused problems that we're now going to have to fix.

0:32.3

The Hunger Game with me, Professor Gilesio. Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:39.4

BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:43.7

Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.

0:47.0

Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money coming up. That deadline for Paramount to Wu Warner Brothers Shelds has passed.

0:55.2

Got reports that they've upped the cash sum of their offer.

0:59.3

So what might this mean for everybody's streaming services?

1:02.0

We'll get the latest with the former Paramount Executive.

1:04.7

We're hearing tariffs kicking in as well.

1:08.7

In the last few minutes, the latest saga from Donald Trump and the

1:12.6

consequences of the Supreme Court ruling over in the United States. And also coming up today,

1:17.2

we mark four years since the full-scale Russian invasion on Ukraine.

1:25.5

The war continues to this day. We'll reflect on what's happened since. Look ahead to the challenges still to come as well. We'll be looking at about violence and abuse directed towards retail workers as well. Not an uncommon story, sadly. And the number of incidents, even though they may be dropping, they're still nearly four times their level they were pre-COVID.

1:46.1

And we're going to be joined by the President of the National Farmers Union as their national conference gets underway in Birmingham.

1:51.7

Wake up to Money with Sean Farrington.

1:54.8

Good morning to you. Welcome in his Wake Up to Money on this Tuesday morning, the 24th of February.

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