Million Dollar Traders

Million Dollar Traders
Million Dollar Traders
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Genre Factual, finance
Format Reality television series
Created by Lex van Dam
Directed by Anthony Philipson
Narrated by Andrew Lincoln
Composer(s) Richard Spiller
Country of origin  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 3 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Emma Willis
Ruth Pitt
Producer(s) Rob Miller
Anthony Philipson
Editor(s) Rupert Houseman
Alex Muggleton
Location(s) London
Running time 1 hour
Production company(s) Century Films
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Two
Original run 12 January 2009 – 27 January 2009

Million Dollar Traders is a 2009 British reality television series.

Contents

Background

Million Dollar Traders follows a group of twelve wannabe traders dealing in shares during the events of the financial crisis of 2007-2009 which was then whittle down to the final eight. The contestants came from various backgrounds, including a fight promoter, a day trader, a IT/Banking recruitment consultant, a working mother, a retired IT engineer, and a student, among others. During the series hedge fund manager Lex van Dam gave the contestants $1 million of his own money to trade for 2 months. Professional trader Anton Kreil, was appointed as the manager of the group.[1] The three-part BBC series, narrated by Andrew Lincoln, was a part of the "City Season" programming on the BBC. It aired on BBC 2 in the UK at 9pm on Monday evenings between 12 January and 27 January 2009.

Episode list

Episode number Title Content[2] Original airdate
1 "Make Me a Trader" The contestants are introduced to the trading floor and begin to build their portfolios. 12 January 2009
2 "Profit and Loss" Each member of the team becomes a little more comfortable in trading, while one contestant leaves. 19 January 2009
3 "Traders" A number of the contestants leave due to disliking the working conditions, Lex hands out the remainder of his money, and the remaining contestants find out how they have performed. 27 January 2009

Contestants

Name Occupation
Mike Soldier
Amit Shopkeeper
Simon IT Engineer
Cleo Former Vet
Emile Fight promoter (for Cage Gladiators)
Caroline Entrepreneur/Single Mother
Ohi Student
Sam Environmentalist
Michael (final 12) IT/Banking Recruiter
Paul (final 12) Day Trader
Unknown(final 12) Car Trader (quit on day 1)
Unknown (final 12) Recruitment Consultant

References

  1. ^ "Blood on the floor with the BBC’s Million Dollar Traders". The Times. 2009-01-10. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5466492.ece. Retrieved 2009-02-02. 
  2. ^ "Million Dollar Traders episode guide". BBC. 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gsr4p. Retrieved 2009-02-02. 

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