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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 2, Episode 4 - Sugar

Some people say sugar could be the new tobacco - exposed as a health risk that's been knowingly concealed for decades.

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Some people say sugar could be the new tobacco - exposed as a health risk that's been knowingly concealed for decades. And the trouble is sugar is in almost everything now - even things that 'look' savoury. What part does economics have to play in how we have got to this point? How do we make sense of what the food industry is doing with sugar? And if we want to invest in this addiction, how do we do it?

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 29th July 2015
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Wednesday 5th August 2015 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 5th August 2015 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 5th August 2015 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 6th August 2015 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 5th April 2017 11:30am Radio 4
Saturday 15th September 2018 11:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 27th March 2020 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 9th February 2022 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra

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