Oil in troubled waters
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What can the world do to get oil and gas flowing again from the conflict-ridden Gulf? Will Bain discusses plans and prices with an oil industry expert. And we hear from a petrol station manager on what's really going on with fuel prices on the forecourt. Also, we'll be gatecrashing a Hollywood party to bring you the latest from this year's Oscars ceremony.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | Savings, credit cards, car finance, reclaiming, insurance, investing, power of attorney, decision, |
| 0:12.2 | indecision, analysis, paralysis. |
| 0:15.4 | Don't panic. |
| 0:16.4 | The Martin Lewis podcast is twice weekly, helping you navigate our complex consumer world. |
| 0:21.2 | I'll walk you through a big money saving topic step by step. |
| 0:24.5 | Then in question time, you set the agenda and ask whatever's on your mind. |
| 0:28.6 | Would you rather be locked in an empty shopping centre with a thousand snakes or just one gorilla? |
| 0:33.6 | Within reason. |
| 0:34.2 | The Martin Lewis podcast, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.2 | Wake up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:42.8 | Hello morning, welcome to wake up to money. No end in sight in the conflict in the Middle East. |
| 0:47.0 | What will it take to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for oil and gas exports? We'll be taking a look this morning. |
| 0:52.5 | Also today, the government's looking at all options around that. Obviously it is something that we're looking at. We want to work with our partners on this. Yeah, we will have a petrol retailer with us on what it's doing at the pumps, too. Also today, we'll be hearing from a major UK retailer on how the war could hit our high streets. And in happier news, it's the Oscars, as you were |
| 1:11.8 | just hearing there. |
| 1:12.4 | We'll be interrupting one of Hollywood's award parties to get the latest. |
| 1:16.7 | Wake Up to Money with Will Bade. |
| 1:20.0 | Morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money on Monday the 16th of March, just on 5 o'clock in the morning. |
| 1:24.4 | Will with you this morning? |
| 1:25.6 | Yes, obviously lots to get to in terms of the war in Iran and what's that doing for not just the global economy, but for us |
| 1:32.4 | here in the UK too with the Bank of England's interest rate decision, among other decisions |
| 1:37.3 | coming up this week. But we will be hearing from the High Street retailer, Mountain |
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