Spotlight on Manchester
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Will Bain gets the latest from the Gorton and Denton by-election and hears about the build-up to the first ever BRIT Awards to be held in Manchester.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.1 | Can I just say? |
| 0:07.6 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | It's such a wonderful listen. |
| 0:11.7 | So nice. |
| 0:12.5 | There are loads more like it on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:14.8 | Different paces, different heights, the roof is buckling. |
| 0:17.9 | Where you can also listen to live sports commentary. |
| 0:20.2 | It's right foot goes for goal. |
| 0:21.6 | Oh! |
| 0:22.7 | And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories. |
| 0:27.7 | The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession. |
| 0:31.2 | And she's had to live with that. |
| 0:32.8 | So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion. |
| 0:35.8 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.7 | Sort of expecting that every week now. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Wake Up to Money from BBC Five Live. |
| 0:49.3 | Hello, morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money. The Hollywood battle for control of one of cinema's crown jewels appears to be over, for now at least. |
| 0:57.0 | We'll hear why Netflix has stepped aside and the challenges that still face paramount's $110 billion plus bid to take over Warner Brothers Discovery. |
| 1:06.0 | Also on the program today, the Green Party has a new MP with Labour in third. We'll be hearing about a bruising |
| 1:12.5 | night for the government in Greater Manchester shortly. And not just the Greens celebrating |
| 1:16.7 | in Manchester this weekend, no. |
| 1:22.2 | Yeah, Harry Stiles, Olivia Dean, among the star-studded line-up that will be taking the stage for the first ever Brit Awards to be held outside London. Wake Up to Money with Will Bain. Morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money on Friday, the 27th of February. Just gone 5 o'clock in the morning. We're with you this morning. Great to have your company. Yes, it's been busy overnight. The by-election result just in. You may have heard Charles talking about it in the news a moment ago. |
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