r/ThisCountry

Just seen that this is on draft at one of my haunts in town, a sign to take the afternoon off and support the local if ever there was one!

In This Country, Series 3 Episode 1, Kurtan says he had to use the £500 his Nan lent him to invest in Bitcoin, but instead he lent that money to Kerry to bail her out. The episode originally aired on 17 February 2020.

On 17 February 2020, Bitcoin was roughly £7,462 per BTC.

So if Kurtan had actually invested the whole £500:
£500 ÷ £7,462 ≈ 0.0670 BTC
Bitcoin today (2 October 2026) is around £65,126
0.0670 BTC × £65,126 ≈ £4,364

So Kurtan’s £500 would be worth roughly £4,360 today.

That’s an increase of about £3,860, or roughly 8.7× his original money.

And that’s assuming he bought it around the episode’s air date and held it all the way through.
Which makes the storyline even funnier: Kerry’s alpaca and pillow business effectively cost Kurtan a potential £4,000+ Bitcoin investment. 😭

What would Nanna think!