The Secret Millionaire

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  • Mike Holland The Secret Millionaire: Mike Holland

    First broadcast: Sunday 04 December 2011, 8PM on Channel 4

    Self-made millionaire Mike Holland goes undercover in Grimsby, where the organisations he works with help him deal with tragedy from his own family past.

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  • Charles Allen Charles Allen

    First broadcast: Sunday 27 November 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Charles Allen has been Chief Executive of ITV and Chair of EMI; he's on the board of Tesco and Virgin Media, and the Olympic Committee for 2012. Now, he goes undercover in Leeds.

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  • Mike Greene The Secret Millionaire: Mike Greene

    First broadcast: Sunday 20 November 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Mike Greene is a self-made millionaire who attributes his success to starting work at the age of seven. He returns to his home town, Peterborough, to see if he can change other young lives.

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  • Dr Chai Patel The Secret Millionaire: Dr Chai Patel

    First broadcast: Sunday 13 November 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Dr Chai Patel used to own the Priory Clinic, the centre often associated with celebrity rehab. Chai goes undercover as a doctor in Sheffield, to help people at the opposite end of society.

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  • Lee Stafford The Secret Millionaire: Lee Stafford

    First broadcast: Sunday 06 November 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Lee Stafford, one of Britain's most successful celebrity hairdressers, goes undercover in Salford, where his experiences help him come to terms with his mother's cancer and his brother's brain damage.

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  • Edward Douglas-Miller The Secret Millionaire: Edward Douglas-Miller

    First broadcast: Sunday 30 October 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    Inventor Edward Douglas-Miller had a privileged start in life but suffered tragedy when one of his daughters died at two days old. Undercover in Norwich, he meets people overcoming trauma.

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  • Ivan Massow The Secret Millionaire: Ivan Massow

    First broadcast: Sunday 23 October 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    When Ivan Massow started work as a 17-year-old insurance clerk, he spotted a gap in the gay market. It has made him a multi-millionaire. Ivan goes undercover in Edinburgh's Pilton Estate.

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  • Adee Phelan The Secret Millionaire: Adee Phelan

    First broadcast: Sunday 16 October 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    Forty-year-old celebrity hairdresser Adee Phelan shot to fame after giving David Beckham his iconic World Cup Mohican. A decade on, Adee has his own international product range, an exclusive salon in Covent Garden complete with A-list clientele, and another multi-million-pound project underway.

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  • Aria Taheri The Secret Millionaire: Aria Taheri

    First broadcast: Tuesday 31 May 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Aria Taheri came to England from Iran when he was 17, leaving his family behind. He's since built up a multi-million-pound computing business. He goes undercover in ethnically diverse Sparkbrook in Birmingham.

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  • Sue Stone The Secret Millionaire: Sue Stone

    First broadcast: Tuesday 24 May 2011, 12AM on Channel 4

    Sue Stone has been described as one of Britain's most positive people. She has made her money as a confidence coach and now she's going under cover to look for people who need help.

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  • Lyn Cecil Lyn Cecil

    First broadcast: Tuesday 17 May 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Millionaire Lyn Cecil goes undercover to find people she can help in Islington, where, like in so many other parts of London, the super-rich and the desperately poor live side by side.

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  • Piers Linney The Secret Millionaire: Piers Linney

    First broadcast: Tuesday 10 May 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    The joint chief executive of a communications and IT consultancy, Piers Linney has been named one of the country's most influential black people. He goes undercover in a prison for young offenders; but can giving direct personal help to a prisoner ever be right?

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  • Simrin Choudrie The Secret Millionaire: Simrin Choudrie

    First broadcast: Tuesday 03 May 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    Simrin Choudhrie, who's seven months pregnant, descended from Indian royalty and the heiress to a multi-million pound fortune, goes undercover in Burngreave in Sheffield to find people she can help.

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  • Sean Gallagher The Secret Millionaire: Sean Gallagher

    First broadcast: Tuesday 26 April 2011, 9PM on Channel 4

    IT recruitment entrepreneur Sean Gallagher travels to Middlesbrough to find people he can help, including a charity that assists people with a medical condition that has personal significance for him.

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  • The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life: Dawn Gibbins The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life: Dawn Gibbins

    First broadcast: Tuesday 11 January 2011, 8PM on Channel 4

    Dawn Gibbins returns to inner-city Bristol a year after she went undercover as a Secret Millionaire. And this time her youngest daughter's keen to get involved too.

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  • The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life: Paul Ragan Paul Ragan

    First broadcast: Sunday 19 December 2010, 9PM on Channel 4

    Paul Ragan fulfils his promise to return to Derby in order to look for new way to make a difference in the community he originally visited as a secret millionaire.

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  • Secret Millionaire Changed My Life: Tony Banks Tony Banks in Anfield

    First broadcast: Thursday 02 December 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Ex-Para and Falklands veteran Tony Banks returns to the tough streets of Liverpool to see how the people he first met there are getting on and how they benefited from the money he donated.

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  • Tom Mairs Tom Mairs

    First broadcast: Thursday 25 November 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Tom Mairs, the son of a multi-millionaire, has become a millionaire in his own right. He leaves his home in the Wirral to cross the Mersey and go undercover in Bootle, one of the most deprived areas of Britain.

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  • Gordon McAlpine Gordon McAlpine

    First broadcast: Thursday 18 November 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Having made his fortune in London, Gordon McAlpine returns to his Scottish roots, going undercover in Govan, one of the poorest parts of Glasgow, where the unemployment rate is twice the national average.

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  • Bradley Reback Bradley Reback

    First broadcast: Sunday 14 November 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Multi-millionaire Bradley Reback goes undercover in Brighton to find people he can help, visiting a homeless centre, a drop-in centre for the unemployed and other local projects.

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  • Mark Pearson Mark Pearson in Nottingham

    First broadcast: Sunday 07 November 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Thirty-year-old self-made multi-millionaire Mark Pearson steps out of his comfort zone to go undercover in Nottingham - where crime rates are twice the national average - in an attempt to find people he can help.

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  • Marcelle Speller Marcelle Speller

    First broadcast: Sunday 31 October 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Sixty-year-old dotcom millionaire Marcelle Speller made her millions relatively late in life. She goes undercover in Plymouth, where a quarter of the population live in deprivation, to find people to help.

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  • Richard North Richard North

    First broadcast: Sunday 24 October 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Toy tycoon Richard North goes undercover in Cardiff to meet people who might find a positive use for his money. And he meets a young man who helps him come to terms with tragedy from earlier in his own life.

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  • Chris Brown Chris Brown

    First broadcast: Sunday 17 October 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Travel website entrepreneur and self-confessed geek Chris Brown confronts painful memories and undergoes a life-changing experience as he looks for people to help in north Manchester.

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  • David Jamilly David Jamilly

    First broadcast: Monday 29 March 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Secret Millionaire David Jamilly travels to Redcar on Teesside as the people of the town wait to discover the fate of Corus, the local steel plant that has been earmarked for partial mothballing.

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  • Fil Adams-Mercer Fil Adams-Mercer

    First broadcast: Monday 22 March 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Fil Adams-Mercer puts his success down to a strong work ethic. He goes undercover to find people who might need his help in Doncaster, reassessing his opinions about unemployment along the way.

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  • Jahan Abedi Jahan Abedi

    First broadcast: Monday 15 March 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Iranian-born Jahan Abedi, who considers himself Welsh through and through, has made millions from property. He goes undercover in Leicester, one of Britain's most racially diverse cities.

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  • Paul Ragan Paul Ragan

    First broadcast: Monday 08 March 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Multi-millionaire Paul Ragan travels to Derby. From the age of five, Paul had to deal with his mother's schizophrenia. Now he wants to help people who devote their lives to caring for others.

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  • Dawn Gibbins The Secret Millionaire: Dawn Gibbins

    First broadcast: Monday 01 March 2010, 12AM on Channel 4

    Multi-millionaire Dawn Gibbins goes undercover in one of the most deprived areas of south west England, looking for people who may need her help, before returning home a changed woman. This film contains adult themes such as drug abuse and prostitution.

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  • Slumdog Secret Millionaire Slumdog Secret Millionaire

    First broadcast: Monday 18 January 2010, 10.50PM on Channel 4

    Millionaire dentist Seema Sharma lives in London with her cardiologist husband Sanjay and their two daughters. With a string of successful dental practices to her name, Seema is worth in the region of five million pounds. Although Seema speaks basic Hindi, her only knowledge of India comes from Bollywood films and five-star holidays.

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  • John Griffin John Griffin

    First broadcast: Thursday 24 December 2009, 12AM on Channel 4

    London taxi baron John Griffin is worth more than £50 million. He goes undercover in Newcastle's Westside, where he looks for and is introduced to people who may need his help.

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  • The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life: Gary Eastwood gary_eastwood

    First broadcast: Wednesday 21 October 2009, 12AM on Channel 4

    Scrap metal tycoon Gary Eastwood returns to Blackpool to see if the £50,000 he donated eight months earlier is creating change. But Gary also has to confront his fears and painful memories.

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  • Charlie Mullins Charlie Mullins

    First broadcast: Wednesday 14 October 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Charlie Mullins has worked his way to a multi-million-pound fortune as the boss of a plumbing empire. He goes undercover on an estate in Warrington to meet people who may need his help.

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  • Dominic List Dominic List

    First broadcast: Wednesday 07 October 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    IT tycoon Dominic List leaves his luxuries behind to go undercover in Peckham. Although just a few miles from his swish riverside pad, it's an area of London with some of the highest levels of crime in the UK.

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  • Tony Banks Tony Banks

    First broadcast: Wednesday 30 September 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Tony Banks' business empire is worth an estimated £50m. He leaves it behind to adopt a secret identity in Liverpool, but struggles with the realities of life on Anfield's tough streets.

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  • Kevin Green Kevin Green

    First broadcast: Wednesday 23 September 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Kevin Green has built up a £9m fortune in property. He goes undercover in Barnstaple, a pretty market town that is also one of the most deprived areas in rural England.

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  • Liz Jackson Liz Jackson

    First broadcast: Wednesday 16 September 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Millionaire Liz Jackson lost her sight 10 years ago, but is determined that this does not define who she is. Liz goes undercover in London, where she confronts her own disability.

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  • Roisin Isaacs Roisin Isaacs

    First broadcast: Sunday 10 May 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Former nurse Roisin Isaacs made her fortune in the healthcare industry. She goes undercover in Dundee to give something back.

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  • Rob Calcraft Rob Calcraft

    First broadcast: Sunday 03 May 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Rob Calcraft, a flamboyant beauty industry magnate, lives undercover in in Barrow-in-Furness looking to share a little of his wealth with the local people who he's come to know and respect.

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  • Martin Stamp Martin Stamp

    First broadcast: Sunday 26 April 2009, 12AM on Channel 4

    Martin Stamp goes undercover as a teaching assistant in Hull. He is stunned by the number of children dropping out of formal education.

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  • Rob Lloyd Rob Lloyd at the boxing gym

    First broadcast: Sunday 19 April 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Rob Lloyd is a millionaire property developer. For nine days, Rob leaves the property game behind to go undercover in the protestant Shankill Road in Belfast.

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  • Jonathan Hick Jonathan Hick

    First broadcast: Sunday 12 April 2009, 9PM on Channel 4

    Worth nearly five million pounds, Jonny's got it all, including his own pub. For a week, Jonny lives in Sunderland, once a thriving community of shipyard workers.

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  • Jennifer Cheyne Jennifer Cheyne

    First broadcast: Sunday 05 April 2009, 12AM on Channel 4

    Jennifer Cheyne leaves her luxury lifestyle behind and goes undercover in Aberfan, a place that still suffers the after-effects of the closure of the coal-mining industry.

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  • Gary Eastwood Gary Eastwood

    First broadcast: Sunday 29 March 2009, 8PM on Channel 4

    Gary Eastwood's hugely successful scrap metal business is now worth 20 million pounds. For nine days Gary lives a secret life in Blackpool looking for people to help.

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  • Kevin Morley Kevin Morley

    First broadcast: Sunday 22 March 2009, 12AM on Channel 4

    The former MD of Rover, 57-year-old entrepeneur Kevin Morley, is determined to venture out of his comfort zone. He goes undercover in North London.

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  • The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life Millionaires

    First broadcast: Tuesday 30 December 2008, 7.55PM on More4

    UK's richest people have taken on huge challenges in order to give something back to the community. This show returns to find out the difference made by six of the millionaires.

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  • The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life Kavita Oberoi

    First broadcast: Thursday 25 December 2008, 9.30PM on Channel 4

    In 2008, millionaires Nick Leslau, James Benamor, Hilary Devey and Kavita Oberoi spent time living undercover in some of the most deprived areas of the country and giving away over £800,000 of their own money to people and organisations. This programme takes a look back at their experiences, and finds out what's happened since.

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  • Caroline Marsh Caroline Marsh

    First broadcast: Tuesday 23 September 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Millionaire Caroline Marsh is relocating to Toxteth, a deprived area in Liverpool, and she's taking her 2-year-old son with her. She's surprised at how run down some of Toxteth is.

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  • Gavin Wheeldon Millionaire Gavin Wheeldon

    First broadcast: Tuesday 16 September 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Gavin Wheeldon who has made a fortune from a translation business returns to the faded North Wales resort of Rhyl where he spent his childhood holidays to go undercover.

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  • Hilary Devey Millionaire Hilary Devey

    First broadcast: Tuesday 09 September 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Hilary Devey has built up a business turning over £100 million a year in the haulage industry. Hilary moves to Rochdale to see if she can help the impoverished residents.

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  • Daniel Smith Millionaire Daniel Smith

    First broadcast: Tuesday 02 September 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Daniel Smith leaves behind his successful business and supportive family in Kent to go undercover helping homeless people in London.

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  • Carl Hopkins Millionaire Carl Hopkins

    First broadcast: Tuesday 26 August 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Marketing millionaire Carl Hopkins travels to the former mining town of Easington in County Durham, the setting for Billy Elliot and one of the most deprived areas in Britain.

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  • Nick Leslau Nick Leslau

    First broadcast: Tuesday 19 August 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Worth an estimated £200 million, property tycoon Nick Leslau is swapping his luxury lifestyle to work with disabled people in Glasgow.

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  • Kavita Oberoi Millionaire Kavita Oberoi

    First broadcast: Tuesday 12 August 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    Living undercover, sucessful businesswoman Kavita moves into a neighbourhood where half the families survive on benefits and finds out how hard it is to get by on benefits.

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  • James Benamor Millionaire James Benamor

    First broadcast: Tuesday 05 August 2008, 12AM on Channel 4

    At 30, James Benamor is worth over £70 million, though he freely admits that his own misspent youth was given over to drugs and crime. He goes undercover in Manchester.

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  • Margaret Heffernan Millionaire Margaret Heffernan

    First broadcast: Wednesday 19 December 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    American businesswoman Margaret Heffernan exchanges her Somerset mansion for a flat above a corner shop in one of Nottingham's poorest areas in order to find some people worthy of her help.

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  • Mo Chaudry Millionaire Mo Chaudry

    First broadcast: Wednesday 12 December 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    Multi-millionaire Mo Chaudry has lost touch with his Pakistani roots so how does he fare undercover in the Harehills district of Leeds, home to the city's largest Asian/ethnic community?

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  • David Pearl Millionaire David Pearl

    First broadcast: Wednesday 05 December 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    Property magnate David Pearl is going undercover as one of 700 volunteers who give up their time to help the medical staff and patients at the Queen Alexandra hospital in Portsmouth.

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  • Terry George Millionaire Terry George

    First broadcast: Wednesday 28 November 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    Millionaire Terry George made his money through the pink pound, running nightclubs and bars on the gay scene in Leeds, but now he hopes to make a difference in Penzance, Cornwall.

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  • Chek Whyte Millionaire Chek Whyte

    First broadcast: Wednesday 14 November 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    Working-class northern property developer Chek Whyte, one of the richest men in England, arrives in Salford fully committed and eager to make a difference to some of the people he meets.

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  • Gill Fielding Millionaire Gill Fielding

    First broadcast: Wednesday 07 November 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    Secret millionaire Gill Fielding undergoes a heart-warming and self-confessed 'life changing' undercover experience in London's East End.

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  • Emma Harrison Emma Harrison

    First broadcast: Tuesday 02 January 2007, 12AM on Channel 4

    Steel worker's daughter, 43-year-old Emma Harrison goes to Dagenham, one of Britain's poorest areas and home to Europe's largest council estate.

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  • Paul Williams Millionaire Paul Williams

    First broadcast: Wednesday 20 December 2006, 12AM on Channel 4

    Self-made man Paul Williams and his 20-year-old son live undercover as part of the community on the Thorntree estate in Middlesbrough, one of the poorest areas in Britain.

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  • Charan Gill Millionaire Charan Gill

    First broadcast: Wednesday 13 December 2006, 12AM on Channel 4

    Multi-millionaire and 51-year-old curry house king of Scotland, Charan Gill, goes undercover in Thetford, Norfolk to see if he can find someone whose life he can improve.

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  • John Elliott Millionaire John Elliot

    First broadcast: Wednesday 06 December 2006, 12AM on Channel 4

    Self-made millionaire and 62-year-old supporter of the Conservative Party, John Elliott, goes undercover in Kensington, Liverpool, one of the poorest areas in Britain, to live on the equivalent of state benefit.

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  • Ben Way Millionaire Ben Way

    First broadcast: Wednesday 29 November 2006, 12AM on Channel 4

    26-year-old millionaire Ben Way works as a volunteer youth worker at the Pedro Club in Hackney alongside its inspirational manager, Ufu.

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