Secret Millionaire

touge said:
I'm with you Hedge, seeing the 15 year old boy with the brain tumour was very sad.
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Dunno if your only watching it now, or saw it first time around, but at the credits at the end you will see that a couple of the people featured died since filming, one being that young lad. :(
 
meghatronic said:
I love this program, but I worked out the % of the guys worth he gave away and wasn't impressed to be honest.
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Really, so you know exactly what he's worth?

His scrapyard they said was worth £20m, say he has the lion's share of that, £15m, but that doesn't show you how much cash he has.

My business is 'worth' a reasonable amount but I certainly don't have anything like that in my pocket! But then I could also make up any amount I liked and wouldn't hesitate to up the figures for TV ;)

But let's say he's worth £15m with £5m in property, leaving £10m, and gave away £100k. That's 1% of his worth.

Say Mr Average is worth what, £200k? Probably less now we've all realised houses are worth jack, but let's stick with it. 1% of £200k is £2k.

Would you give away £2k like that? I know I wouldn't, probably closer to say £10, £50 or £100 for charity?

Sorry, gets on my nerves :p

But I do wonder how much of it is scripted, what the people on it get out of the show, etc. There's no doubt C4 have an excellent show here though, I've watched nearly every episode and enjoy 'em.
 
Now that this program has been on for a while do you not think when a camera crew turns up out of the blue at one of these places who care for kids etc, surely they must have a slight feeling that they are getting some cash :D
 
Hyper said:
Now that this program has been on for a while do you not think when a camera crew turns up out of the blue at one of these places who care for kids etc, surely they must have a slight feeling that they are getting some cash :D
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That's the thing though, I expect not many of these people know it even exists - whole other world. And I suppose the production team vet it beforehand or, if people figure it out, they ask them not to say etc.
 
Beansprout said:
But I do wonder how much of it is scripted, what the people on it get out of the show, etc. There's no doubt C4 have an excellent show here though, I've watched nearly every episode and enjoy 'em.
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I watched the repeat last night and must say I found it moving, especially the war veterans - made me a bit teary-eyed. They didn't mention which charities he split the cash between though?

I'd have liked to have seen something done for the vets directly as well tbh (although I wouldn't be surprised if the millionaire chap stays in touch and helps them out a bit).

That made me want to give some dosh out to a war vet's charity funnily enough - can someone spec me one?
 
I watched the Super League Grand Final last year and stayed at a hotel in Warrington.

I hooked up with the guys I was going to see it with on the Saturday.

They told me the night before they had gone to a few pubs in Warrington and one was a bit rough, they were both dressed a little smarter than everyone else and the regulars were convinced they were 'secret millionaires' from the program and started giving their sob stories to them. Made me laugh.

Love the show when I watch it. We should all address our lives and realise what a difference we CAN make to others.
 
Tim said:
Anyone watch it last night?

Were the subtitles for the bloke from Sunderland really necessary?:p
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Yes and yes :)

They are for the benefit of us southerners who speak 'proper' as someone in this thread might say :p (i jest)

I think that it's a great show indeed and it is indeed moving. More the reaction of the people than the millionaire involved I find.
The only things that bother me a little (although not enough to stop me enjoying and watching the show) are:

The way in which the 'news' is broken: "I've a confession to make, I'm a millionaire"... I feel like saying: "good for you pal"
I wish that there was a better way of doing that part of the show but it's just a minor quibble.
Also, to what extent is it all scripted? I wont poo-poo the show, but I just can't help but wonder how no one wonders what is actually going on? I mean, if I moved to a random part of the country and tried to 'get involved' like the millionaires do on the show, then would they indeed accept me and involve me willingly in their lives and activities? I'm not so sure frankly.

Other than that I really enjoy the show and qudos for the people who help others for little gain. Respect to the millionaires for wanting to do some good too. Only a small minded cynic would try to cheapen their charity:
but it's so small compared to someone with less money, they can afford to give so much more. Aaaand the usual claptrap some will give.

Looking forward to the next episode! :)
 
Personally I think its quite cheesy to be honest.

Don't get me wrong I've got nothing against philanthropy and I'm sure it all helps these people immensely but I don't really view this show as anything other than a trashy fly on the wall documentary.
 
the guy nearly got busted after he had only spoke to two people lol !

i think it is scripted to a degree but i still think the show is great.

not sure how much longer they can keep it up before people who have seen previous shows click on to the layout!
 
dowie said:
Personally I think its quite cheesy to be honest.

Don't get me wrong I've got nothing against philanthropy and I'm sure it all helps these people immensely but I don't really view this show as anything other than a trashy fly on the wall documentary.
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I think it really depends on who is on the show... last nights guy was a bit lacking in charisma imo and that affected the whole thing. But yeah... people are wise to it now, so I think maybe a break or different format is in order.
 
I got tired of this program quickly, same format every time, someone with millions gives away about £5k and says "give this to a charity of your choice" and I'm just left thinking, *why the hell did you not just give it to charity yourself?* then ofc I realised it's just about the publicity and not about helping people. If they gave away £100k to a decent project then the program might actually be interesting.
 
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