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Robert Peston
Episode 8 of 10
Peter Snow takes journalist Robert Preston to a 600BC coin mint, and to 2060 to witness the first universal currency. From 2015.
Peter explores the idea of a global currency.
He takes journalist and broadcaster Robert Peston to 600BC to visit the forge of King Alyattes to see the minting of the world's first coin.
Next they forward to the 2060 launch of the first universal currency.
Series in which Peter Snow and guests board a time-travelling DeLorean to go back and forward in time.
Producer: David Stenhouse
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2015.
Last on
Wed 9 Jul 202509:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Peston gets the scoop on the global currency
Duration: 01:00
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Wed 21 Oct 201513:45BBC Radio 4- Wed 9 Jul 202509:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
