Question Time: I got £5k back after calling the pod! Can I move a loan to a 0% card? Claim car finance comp for dead relative?
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.4 • 929 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In our Question Time podcast, Martin Lewis gives you answers on anything and everything, including: can I shift a £15,000 loan to a 0% credit card to cut costs? How do I find any car finance agreements my deceased father had so we can reclaim them for my step-mum? Can I trick the bank into thinking I’m a higher earner to get £500 for free? We have a huge success, where one call to this podcast got our caller £5,000 back! Plus, we reveal what we’re going to call you if you ask a question or come on the podcast. What is it? You’ll have to listen to find out, of course! If you want to ask Martin a question, you now can! His Question Time podcast lets you ask Martin absolutely anything and everything (within reason!). So, if you’ve always wanted to know his ideal bathwater temperature, the highest note he can sing, or have a very complicated question about your finances, email it to MartinLewisPodcast@bbc.co.uk.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:07.6 | I love a loophole. I'm a big loophole fan. It was obviously beyond what we'd expected, so thanks again. |
| 0:13.3 | It isn't as quick and it isn't as simple, but it absolutely is doable. Oh, just before we get into that, |
| 0:18.4 | I think the answer is it would be a struggle. There's a little behind the scenes of the podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | MPC and ESQ. |
| 0:24.6 | We're going to reveal that at the end. |
| 0:26.0 | Hello and welcome to the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast. |
| 0:29.9 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:31.9 | And this is our question time edition, |
| 0:34.6 | where you get to ask me your questions on absolutely anything and everything |
| 0:38.0 | open brackets within reason, closed brackets. And this week, you asked me, can I shift a 15,000 |
| 0:44.8 | pound loan to a zero percent credit cards in order to cut my costs? Then we go on to a big success. |
| 0:51.3 | Just one phone call to this podcast and he got back £5,000. Then how do I find out |
| 0:59.1 | what car finance agreements my deceased father had so we can reclaim for him? And finally, can I trick the bank |
| 1:06.3 | into thinking I'm a higher earner in order to get them to give me a free 500 pounds. |
| 1:12.0 | Play the theme tune. |
| 1:30.4 | Hello and welcome to this question time edition of the podcast. |
| 1:33.2 | Now I know many of our listeners have a weight problem. |
| 1:36.6 | They just can't wait for the man I'm about to introduce. |
| 1:47.0 | Yes, it's Professor, Sir, Doctor Matthew Burnham, Esquire, our podcast producer, the curator of questions himself. Hello, Matt. |
| 1:48.0 | Hello, thank you very much for that. |
| 1:50.0 | You like the big intro, I love the big intro. |
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