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You and Yours: Passports, Barbies, Pensions

Passports, Barbies, Pensions

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Passports, Barbies, Pensions

After 63 years, Barbie is still in huge demand.

After 63 years, Barbie is still in demand with the special release of the Queen Elizabeth II Platnium Jubilee Doll selling out in minutes.

With warnings that holiday makers could be out thousands of pounds on trips they can't make because of delays in processing passports, we catch up with You and Yours listeners to find out how the system was for them.

Ever walked out on a job to go your own way and then regretted it? IT's called being a boomerang employee - and there are more of them than ever before post-covid. Did going it alone pay off?

We catch up with people trying to find their old work pensions. With warnings that many of us could have on average around £12,000 locked away in pensions started by previous employers - we'll tell how to find it and what to do with when you've unlocked it.

Some of the big players in online gaming are thinking of bringing in more adverts to their free-to-play games. Microsoft and Sony say visual ads could be coming. We ask gamers if they are happy to still play for free if the ads do arrive

And why is Barbie still as popular as ever? 63 years since the doll was launched, we look at the enduring demand for Barbies.

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON

PRODUCER: KATE HOLDSWORTH

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