A ROUND of applause please for Channel Five.

Cashing in on the credit crunch is genius.

The economical situation is never far from people’s thoughts right now so a programme that deals with money saving is what the doctor ordered.

Martin Lewis is a finance expert who created MoneySavingExpert.com.

The site has more than 3,000,000 users a month and teaches people how to slash the cost of their bills and save money without having to cut back.

Now if anyone can help us in these times of crisis, it’s him.

What I like about him is he tells us realistic ways of saving money that we can practise every day, he knows the loopholes and the best deals.

Last night Martin explored ways of getting cheap rail travel.

It’s great to see someone so passionate about a subject, I suppose it’s no wonder as he’s the only man clever enough to be raking it in while everyone else skates on thin ice.