The economics of weddings, scones and packets of cereal

It’s a really fun show this week and a fantastic antidote to the Bake Off and Brangelina hysteria.

For the initiated, two well-known Hollywood actors announced their divorce this week and the makers of televised cake-making competition revealed they were moving it to Channel 4 from the BBC.

And we don’t care.

Not that making cakes doesn’t get a look in. It does but with the usual financial twist.

How to save money baking is one of the more popular stories of the week. Have you any idea just how cheap it is to make a scone?

Rachel Rickard Straus, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost also find time to be utterly horrified about the cost of a wedding.

Tip: Get married abroad, says Lee.

Also discussed are:

Retweaked economic forecasts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

The idiocy of the lifetime Isa – another ill-conceived, complicated tax change from the previous Chancellor

House prices

Fluffy surveys from banks

Shrinking products – that get smaller and smaller to keep the price the same

And are we losing control of our money?

Enjoy.