Wake Up to Money - 24/09/2010

The HSBC chief executive Mike Geoghegan is expected 'to quit' in a boardroom shake-up of Britain's biggest bank. We speak to financial journalist Robert Miller. The future of Britain's banks is under the spotlight as the Independent Commission on banking starts its year-long review of the industry. We ask Peter Vicary-Smith, the chief executive of the Consumer body Which?, what can be expected. DVD rental chain Blockbuster has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after years of struggling to compete with online and mail-order movie services. Senior Vice President of Blockbuster, Gerry Butler, tells us whether the UK chain will be affected. And a new championship leading to Britain's richest day of horse racing will be launched in 2011 in a bid to widen the sport's appeal. We ask Simon Bazalgette, chief executive of the Jockey Club and board member of Racing for Change, how it hopes to increase audiences.