Money for Nothing (TV programme)

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| creator = Sarah Moore

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| presenter = Sarah Moore
Jay Blades (2017–2020)
Jacqui Joseph (2020–)
JJ Chalmers (2021–)
EJ Osborne (2017–2019; His death)

| narrated = Arthur Smith

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 16

| num_episodes = 320

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| executive_producer = Arthur Moore

| producer = Arthur Moore

| company = Friel Kean Films Ltd.
BBC Scotland

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| runtime = 45 minutes

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| network = BBC One

| first_aired = {{start date|2015|09|07|df=y}}

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Money for Nothing is a British consumer television series, hosted on a rotational basis by Sarah Moore, Jacqui Joseph and JJ Chalmers, and formerly by Jay Blades and EJ Osborne. It airs on BBC One.{{cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Kevin |title=Money For Nothing: this show was unsalvageable |url=http://www.tvkev.co.uk/content/money-nothing-show-was-unsalvageable |publisher=tvkev.co.uk |date=20 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903073829/http://www.tvkev.co.uk/content/money-nothing-show-was-unsalvageable |archive-date=3 September 2017 |access-date=3 September 2017}}{{cite web |title=Money for Nothing – BBC One |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077nzdc |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 August 2017}} Earlier series are available for viewing on Netflix.{{cite web |title=The Best Reality Shows on Netflix |publisher=Netflix |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/12/best-reality-shows-on-netflix/money-for-nothing |access-date=11 March 2019}}

Format

The premise of the programme is to take items that other people are disposing of and which the presenter rescues from council refuse collection sites. With the help of a designer they are turned into desirable items, which are then sold. Any profit made is then returned to the individual(s) who disposed of the item originally. A voiceover narration is provided by comedian and writer Arthur Smith. Celebrity Money for Nothing was a related programme, which only lasted one series.{{cite web |title=Celebrity Money for Nothing |url=http://www.frielkeanfilms.com/?page=productions/celebrity-money-for-nothing |publisher=Friel Kean Films |access-date=10 September 2017}}

Regular designers and craftspeople include: Norman Wilkinson, Rupert Blanchard, Forge Creative (Josh Kennard & Oliver "Oli" Milne), Sarah Peterson, bag designer Neil Wragg, Lighting Expert Duncan McKean of Albert & Edward, Ray Clarke, Daniel Heath, Mark 'Horse' Philips, Bex Simon, The Rag and Bone Man, Guy Trench, Simion Dallas Hawtin-Smith and Bruce Faulseit.

Presenters

Jacqui Joseph joined the presenting team from series 9,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pjnl |title=Jacqui Joseph – presenter Money for Nothing}} with JJ Chalmers joining a series later.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vsxh |title=JJ Chalmers – presenter Money for Nothing}} Jay Blades first appeared as one of the designer experts for the first two series before becoming a presenter from Series 3 onwards. In 2021, due to other TV commitments (The Repair Shop, Jay and Dom's Home Fix), Blades ceased to host the programme.{{Cn|date=September 2024}} EJ Osborne joined the presenting team during series 4, but left during series 7 due to illness. He died on 22 September 2020 at Dorothy House Hospice following months of chemotherapy.{{cite web |date=2020-09-24 |title=Tributes paid to 'inspiring' BBC TV presenter EJ Osborne |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ej-osborne-death-bbc-pays-tribute-a4554861.html |access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Evening Standard}}

Series overview

=Regular series=

rowspan="2" \| Series ! rowspan="2" \| Episodes ! colspan="2" \| Originally aired
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Start date ! End date
scope="row"\|1 \| 15	7 September 2015	{{nowrap\|27 September 2015}}
scope="row"\|2 \| 25	11 April 2016	14 November 2016
scope="row"\|3 \| 30	6 March 2017	17 April 2017
scope="row"\|4 \| 30	9 October 2017	6 April 2018
scope="row"\|5 \| 20	8 October 2018	2 November 2018
scope="row*\|6 \|20	11 March 2019	5 April 2019
scope="row*\|7 \|20	7 October 2019	1 November 2019
scope="row*\|8 \|20	2 March 2020	3 November 2020
scope="row*\|9 \|20	4 November 2020	14 December 2020
scope="row*\|10 \|20	19 April 2021	14 May 2021
scope="row*\| 11 \|20	11 October 2021	5 November 2021
scope="row*\| 12 \|20	6 June 2022	26 October 2022
scope="row*\| 13 \|20	{{nowrap\|21 September 2022}}	15 December 2022
scope="row*\| 14 \|20	15 May 2023	28 June 2023
scope="row*\| 15 \|20	29 August 2023	1 November 2023
scope="row*\| 16 \|20	2 April 2024	30 May 2024

=Celebrity series=

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rowspan="2" \| Series ! rowspan="2" \| Episodes ! colspan="2" \| Originally aired
Start date ! End date
scope="row"\|1 \| 15	4 September 2017	22 September 2017

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4 September 2017

22 September 2017