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Updated Friday, 27th September 2013

Evan Davis gets to the heart of the big finance stories - by talking to the people who take the decisions that touch all our lives.

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Evan Davis Copyrighted image Icon Copyright: BBC The BBC and The Open University come together to bring Evan Davis and his CEO experts into your living room.

Each week in this long-running series, Evan invites three people from the top of the world of business to share their insights on a range of subjects facing businesses nationally and globally.

Here on OpenLearn, get extra insight and go beyond the headlines with experts from The Open University Business School and exclusive extended interviews with some of the guests.

You can also select episodes from the current series below and then try some of our FREE courses, activities, podcasts and articles that complement the topics discussed in each episode. 

If you like what you see and want to take it further, then you may like to look at our range of business courses, modules and degrees available with The Open University.

For full details of upcoming broadcasts, and links to listen or watch again, visit the BBC website.

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