It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis, Erskine B. Childers and Joe Roeber.

The programme used a magazine style starting in the 1980s, but changed to a single subject documentary in 2001.

[1] More recently the programme has formed a partnership with the Open University Business School.

The Open University provides input into programmes and supplementary materials written by OU Business School academics.

[2] That episode featured an interview with Second Life founder and CEO Philip Rosedale amongst others.