Something to declare?
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Felicity Hannah hears from the second-hand-clothes supplier behind Beyond Retro on why he believes a customs loophole for cheap international goods needs to be closed. And one week in, our panel of experts breaks down how the US-Israel war with Iran is affecting the UK and global economy. Also, we talk to the producer of the opening ceremony for the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic games.
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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. |
| 0:39.0 | Wake up to money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. What a week it has been. The Iran War enters its seventh day. |
| 0:48.2 | We will have all the latest on what's going on there, on the market movements, oil and gas, |
| 0:53.2 | and what it could all mean for our economy and us. Then are you plastic fantastic, contactless and content? Or is this |
| 1:00.5 | more you? |
| 1:01.0 | I prefer cash, you know, into the tail bang. That's it's done, isn't it? |
| 1:06.0 | Yes, the way... |
| 1:07.0 | The way we pay is changing. Are we ready for it? And we'll hear about the business of broadcasting the Winter Paralympics. Yes, if you've been missing watching athletes, slide down things really fast. It all starts up again tonight. |
| 1:20.7 | Wake up to Money with Felicity Hannah. Very good morning to you. Welcome to Wake up to Money. Welcome to Friday. It's the 6th of March. It's |
| 1:29.2 | four minutes past five. We have got guests, updates, news are plenty for the next hour. But of course, |
| 1:35.6 | wake up to money is nothing without you. The listeners, make sure you get in touch. Let me know your |
| 1:40.1 | thoughts on everything. We'll obviously be looking back at a very, very, very busy week, |
| 1:45.2 | but later on we'll be talking about cash use. So tell me about that. Are you still using |
| 1:50.0 | actual physical money or are you pretty much cashless now? Do you think it's a good thing or a bad |
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