The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life

The Secret Millionaires lived on benefits and took on voluntary work while they searched for local problems to tackle and met people whose efforts deserved their help. They've brought issues ranging from homelessness and drug abuse, to care for the elderly and youth crime into the nation's living rooms.

At the end of an often exhausting and emotional ten days, they revealed their true identities and have, so far, given away life-changing gifts worth around £1.5 million – and many have developed firm friendships and carried on giving.

Now a special one-off programme returns to find out the difference made by donations from six of the millionaires.

Property developer Chek Whyte revisits Salford to meet the local people struggling to save their homes form demolition. Millionaire Gill Fielding goes back to the East End streets she grew up in to see how Sabrina, a local woman on a mission to help single parents, is faring. And businesswoman Emma Harrison returns to Crossroads, the respite centre for disabled children she supported in Dagenham and meets up with pensioner Wyn.

Meanwhile young entrepreneur Ben Way returns to Hackney's 'murder mile' to meet the inspirational manager Yufu at the Pedro youth club. Terry George goes back to the care home for the elderly in Cornwall that had such an effect on him. And Mo Chaudry revisits the Asian radio station he supported in Leeds and talks about the school mentoring scheme he has since set up.

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