The Bottom Line
Hosted by Evan Davis · BBC Radio 4
4.8from 117 ratings
- 444
- Episodes
- 111
- Transcribed
- 117
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2010
- First episode
- 69K
- YouTube views
About The Bottom Line
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with people at the top giving insight into what matters
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Sept 2010
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
111 of 444 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Antiques
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Drones: Small machines, big business
23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Bottom Line Business Awards 2026
Inside a recent episode
Antiques
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And Mark, you're another one who used to work at Sotheby's. Absolutely. Maybe everybody did. Maybe everybody did. What's your skill, Mark? Oh, goodness gracious. I think the first thing is to be an antiques dealer. And I think, Catherine, you would agree as well. To do anything in antiques, you have to have a portfolio career. I mean, you really have to be able to be good at marketing, sourcing, describing. But if you had to nail it with one thing, I would say storytelling. Because these objects are powerful and potent and they tell stories and they need someone to spread this story. This is the difference between the world of new objects today and these fascinating objects, these beautiful things that history has left us behind. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Bottom Line
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Catherine Southon
- Mark Hill
- Conor Hannah
- Mike Armstrong
- Gemma Alcock
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 69,134
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 32 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 85 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 67
Contact The Bottom Line
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- Books guests
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Who hosts The Bottom Line?
Evan Davis host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Bottom Line take guests?
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