Secret Millionaire New Series - Any Takers?
Secret Millionaire New Series - Any Takers?
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Glassman

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23,758 posts

231 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Plotloss

67,280 posts

286 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.

Mr Trophy

6,811 posts

219 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Plotloss said:
Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.
Abit of a bold statement there?

paoloh

8,617 posts

220 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Plotloss said:
Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.
Erm, ok....

cappsy

1,725 posts

196 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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obvously has 4 pence to his name

ezi

1,734 posts

202 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Plotloss said:
Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.
What?

Wacky Racer

39,919 posts

263 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Plotloss said:
Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.
hehe

Ganglandboss

8,432 posts

219 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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I've only seen this programme once and found it a little annoying. I got the impression that the benefactor was more motivated by being able to show everyone that she was 'somewhat cunsiderublay, richer, than yowww' than helping others.

oobster

7,458 posts

227 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Ganglandboss said:
I've only seen this programme once and found it a little annoying. I got the impression that the benefactor was more motivated by being able to show everyone that she was 'somewhat cunsiderublay, richer, than yowww' than helping others.
1. Shouldn't this be in the TV Forum (not that I agree with the need for a TV Forum)
2. I'm surprised they can pull this off again - surely a major portion of the public know about the format of this show and would get suspicious of someone turning up to help them out with a film crew in tow?
3. The guy who came up to Glasgow seemed genuinely affected by what he saw and didn't see to the richer than yowww type. I do agree that most of them are a bit like that though.

SeeFive

8,353 posts

249 months

Thursday 2nd July 2009
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Someone I know will be the millionaire in this program later in the year. Some local filming took place last week, but we are all restricted from talking about it.

She is female, and has won some big awards in business and life. She is highly successful given what she started with, and there are some other very obvious things that I cannot reveal until after the program goes out in case she is rumbled ahead of time.

With all her success, she's a very nice lady indeed who treats her employees and their families very well - I know this because she currently employs my wife.

Sorry to be so vague, but I am sure, knowing the lady and her family that this will be an honest program.

I will try to come back after it is aired.

ETA: She did not apply to do the show, they have been chasing her for a few years, and she has been turning them down.

Edited by SeeFive on Thursday 2nd July 22:30

monthefish

20,466 posts

247 months

Friday 3rd July 2009
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oobster said:
Ganglandboss said:
I've only seen this programme once and found it a little annoying. I got the impression that the benefactor was more motivated by being able to show everyone that she was 'somewhat cunsiderublay, richer, than yowww' than helping others.
1. Shouldn't this be in the TV Forum (not that I agree with the need for a TV Forum)
2. I'm surprised they can pull this off again - surely a major portion of the public know about the format of this show and would get suspicious of someone turning up to help them out with a film crew in tow?
3. The guy who came up to Glasgow seemed genuinely affected by what he saw and didn't see to the richer than yowww type. I do agree that most of them are a bit like that though.
Agreed. (points 2 & 3)

JDH1

1,015 posts

255 months

Saturday 4th July 2009
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Mr Trophy said:
Plotloss said:
Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.
Abit of a bold statement there?
Be fair. If you make 57,000 posts, they're not all going to be well thought out are they? Have you had 57,000 thoughts worthy of sharing with the world? Me neither.

Glassman

Original Poster:

23,758 posts

231 months

Saturday 4th July 2009
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JDH1 said:
Mr Trophy said:
Plotloss said:
Secret millionaire

Or as it's otherwise known.

The nation's richest wkers.
Abit of a bold statement there?
Be fair. If you make 57,000 posts, they're not all going to be well thought out are they? Have you had 57,000 thoughts worthy of sharing with the world? Me neither.
I see what you mean. Did it take you 62 months to refine that thought?

Plotloss

67,280 posts

286 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Sorry, forgot about this, my opening gambit obviously needs clarification, so here it is.

If you were genuinely altruistic with your financial success, you'd just get on and do it, wouldnt you?

You'd give a bit here and a bit there to the causes that pulled your emotional strings, in private, without needing applause or recognition. You'd do it because you could.

You wouldnt wait for a fking camera crew and some B grade tt doing patronising voice overs about how fking successful you are or how much ing money you've got to be all nice and caring to the little people with as that and that alone would mark you out as an enormous facile decency vacuum thrubbing away in a corner with all the social grace of 'Loadsamoney'

Ergo, if you apply to be on this media based mind wkfest you are in fact one of the biggest s in this country.

Hopefully this clears things up a bit.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

300 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Ditto.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

221 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Plotters said:
First class rant
Er, not meaning to piss on your chips old boy... but...

SeeFive said:
Someone I know will be the millionaire in this program later in the year.....

ETA: She did not apply to do the show, they have been chasing her for a few years, and she has been turning them down.

Edited by SeeFive on Thursday 2nd July 22:30
Seems they don't apply to be on the programme after all.

Antony Moxey

9,850 posts

235 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Jeez there's some miserable feckers out there. I watched the other night some guy give away over a quarter of a million pounds on that show. In anyone's money that's an awful lot of cash, and cash that he didn't really have to. He could have told them to do one and kept it himself, but he didn't, and a lot of people have and will benefit. So what if he gets to willy wag for a bit on national TV, good on him I say, and the others who donate.

But then, it's easy to be cynical from behind a keyboard isn't it?

paoloh

8,617 posts

220 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Antony Moxey said:
Jeez there's some miserable feckers out there. I watched the other night some guy give away over a quarter of a million pounds on that show. In anyone's money that's an awful lot of cash, and cash that he didn't really have to. He could have told them to do one and kept it himself, but he didn't, and a lot of people have and will benefit. So what if he gets to willy wag for a bit on national TV, good on him I say, and the others who donate.

But then, it's easy to be cynical from behind a keyboard isn't it?
It also says that the minimum donation is £40k but most episodes I watch, they seem to donate far more than.


Deva Link

26,934 posts

261 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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paoloh said:
It also says that the minimum donation is £40k but most episodes I watch, they seem to donate far more than.
I've only seen it once and from what I remember it didn't even seem like the guy gave away £40K.

What did grate slightly was that saying "well I'm actually very wealthy" seemed to roll a bit too easily off his tongue.

paoloh

8,617 posts

220 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Deva Link said:
paoloh said:
It also says that the minimum donation is £40k but most episodes I watch, they seem to donate far more than.
I've only seen it once and from what I remember it didn't even seem like the guy gave away £40K.

What did grate slightly was that saying "well I'm actually very wealthy" seemed to roll a bit too easily off his tongue.
You will always get the publicity wes but most seem very genuine.