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Wake Up to Money

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Wake Up to Money
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  • Wake Up to Money

    Wakefield Winners

    06/10/2026 | 53 mins.
    Sean Farrington speaks to the owners of Wakefield Trinity after it became the unlikely club to win the Rugby Super League title - we hear how it's turned its fate around.
    We also hear what the boss of BT had to say on its takeover of TalkTalk.
    And Sean will be joined by the founder of the Yoto audio player who tell us why revenues are up.
    Elsewhere Spain has called a snap general election a year earlier than intended, we'll hear about the housing crisis that's caused it.
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    Time to Talk Talk

    05/10/2026 | 52 mins.
    Will Bain finds out more about the fate of one of the UK's biggest broadcast providers Talk Talk as BT appears set to rescue the company. We'll take a look at what that might mean for customers, and the other bidders throwing their hat in the ring.
    As the budget edges closer, we hear from the defence sector about what it wants from the Chancellor.
    And will the price of diesel continue to rise after it hit record highs last week?
    Elsewhere we find out just how open people are with friends and family when it comes to their salaries.
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    Marked absent

    02/10/2026 | 53 mins.
    Felicity Hannah looks at how AI tools are putting school photography businesses at risk. Elsewhere, we dig into a week of political announcements and pressure at the pumps with our expert panel. And today marks the last day Manchester City can appeal against its more than 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules.
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    Full tank? Empty bank

    01/10/2026 | 52 mins.
    Sean Farrington takes a look at how energy costs are feeding through to the economy.
    Elsewhere, the Bank of England Governor tells the BBC that while he thinks artificial intellegence will help boost growth, there is some cause for concern over market valuations of the technology. And, as the second series of The Traitors gets underway, we take a look at some of the sources of the show's success.
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    Speeches & breaches

    30/09/2026 | 53 mins.
    Sean Farrington delves into the detail of the Prime Minister's party conference address.
    Elsewhere, the Premier League confirms that an independent panel has found Manchester guilty of making "sham contracts" with a number of commercial partners. It says this was part of a scheme to disguise secret club funding of more than £830m. Also, a closely-watched forecast predicts a double-digit percentage rise in bills in the new year. And we take a look at trade tensions over a viral type of yam.
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