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Simon Evans Goes To Market

Simon Evans Goes To Market

  • Radio stand-up / factual
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2014 - 2021
  • 24 episodes (6 series)

Simon Evans presents a comic series explaining and exploring modern economics. Also features Tim Harford, Merryn Somerset Webb and Timandra Harkness.

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Series 1 (2014)

The first series explored the economics of gold, land, oil and grain, their history and their importance to the economy and to us.

Series 2 (2015)

In Series 2 Simon looked at four 'Bads' - coffee, alcohol, tobacco and sugar. Addictive, stress inducing, even deadly - but a big part of our daily life that we just can't do without. Simon looked at the economics, history and health issues behind these oh-so-addictive commodities.

Series 3 (2016)

Series 3 focuses on four of the big stages that mark our journey through life and how economics is part of each of those stages, whether we like it or not.

Series 5 (2019)

Radio 4's premier comedy-economics hybrid is five series old and the time is right to take a step back, and perhaps two steps up, and tackle the big, competing theories of Macro Economics.

Series 6 (2021)

In this series Simon uses his 'jokenomics' lens to take stock of our world as we emerge blinking into the light post-pandemic. Themes for the series include Simon's plan for a rejuvenated High Street and also a call to arms for the UK to find its very own Elon Musk.

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