During 1993 and 1994, Michael investigated causes of the explosive economic growth in China. The resulting three part series The Giant Awakes won numerous awards and commendations including the Harold Wincott Award for financial journalism - which emphasises the ability to explain complex issues in a readily understandable manner. Following a further series investigating the changes in the British way of work he worked for Panorama. His special report The Copper Ring investigated a multi-billion dollar international fraud designed to manipulate the world's copper markets.

In 1998, Michael returned to The Money Programme. In the past year he has reported on a wide range of topics, the reasons why manufacturers of branded goods are able to keep prices in Britain high, the debate about the alleged health hazards of mobile 'phones, the continuing mis-selling of endowment mortgages and the effect of the closure of the Danube on the economies of the former communist countries of South Eastern Europe. Recently, he has been investigating high street banks and the quality of the financial products they offer their customers.

Before joining the Money Programme Nils was Business Correspondent of the Today Programme on BBC Radio Four, reporting daily on business and economic stories at improbably early hours of the morning. He has also reported for Newsnight and a wide variety of other BBC radio and television programmes.

Turning important, complex subjects into comprehensible and powerful television is always difficult but can be extraordinarily satisfying too, he says. The highest praise is having someone tell you they understood something which had always puzzled them.

Jonathan has been broadcasting for the BBC for almost twenty years. Now based in Frankfurt, he was previously the correspondent in Brussels, Paris and New York. Apart from the Money Programme, he also broadcasts on other BBC shows including the Nine O'clock News and the Today programme. He describes making a Money Programme film as one of the most satisfying broadcasting experiences for a correspondent because it's possible to really dig deep to get to the very heart of an issue.