It Pays to Watch, Wednesday 7:30 It Pays to Watch on Five

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Series 3 Episode 8: Recession proof your finances
Broadcast: Wed 5th November 2008

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    Recession-proof your cash

    Repossessions, redundancies, pay cuts & freezes: protect yourself now!

  • MoneySaving News

    In the news this week

    Premium Bonds slashed, free £25 eyeshadow, £19 hotel rooms, 40% cheaper calls to mobiles & knickers coming down (in price!)

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    Raef Bjayou

    Will the star of The Apprentice be hired or fired after taking Martin's Cash Quiz?

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    Do a debt audit

    Everyone should sort out their debts BEFORE recession hits so they’re prepared for the storm.

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    Beat the insurers

    Find out how a lady from Slough saved hundreds of pounds by switching her insurance providers

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Take Part

It Pays to Watch - Series 4 - Starts January 2009

A fourth series of Martin Lewis’s MoneySaving series, It Pays to Watch, begins in the New Year and we are looking for people to take part in a new round of filming.

If you have been influenced by Martin’s musings and have managed to save money in any area of your life – we’d like to hear from you.

If you want to take part,  email us at casestudy@moneysavingproductions.com and please include a contact telephone number.

We like to feature savers' success stories in our It Paid to Watch slot. Some examples from the last series are:

• Kristina Ostlere who was able to give up work after saving £9,000 with a complete overhaul of her finances
• Deborah Nicholls reclaimed £4,000 in council tax payments
• Denise Thomas saved £1,100 by reclaiming credit card an bank charges, which helped pay for her wedding.
• Jim Little haggled £200 off the cost of his mobile phone bill
• Tony Sell downshifted his food shopping and saved £1,000
• Sam Benipal saved £800 by shopping around for her car and home insurance

Would you like to take part in one of our challenges?

Do you need Martin’s help cutting your costs or reclaiming money that is rightfully yours? If so, please casestudy@moneysavingproductions.com with a daytime phone number.

We’re looking for the following people who:

  • Need to find out how to get anti-virus or word processing software for their computer for free
  • Want to get a cheap package holiday
  • Need help sorting their debts
  • Have had unfair parking fines but never got round to appealing them
  • Have bank charges to reclaim
  • Need a better energy deal
  • Need help sorting out their direct debits

Want to be in the audience?

If you'd like free tickets to be a part of our audience, please call 02076037755 or email with a daytime phone number to audience@moneysavingproductions.com. The show is filmed every Wednesday afternoon through to early November.  Recording is the same day as transmission, at our central London studio.