Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway: When is it on TV and how to watch it
Back in 2021 Michael Sheen declared himself a "not-for-profit actor", and since then has spent two years working on a "secret" project, focusing on the debt and credit industry.
This 'secret' project is the subject of Channel 4's documentary, Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway, which will be airing tonight, Monday March 10. The documentary will be on Channel 4 at 9pm and later available on their catch up service.
In the documentary, we will see the actor make a remarkable move by writing off £1 million in consumer debt using his personal funds. He spent £100,000 of his own money to establish a debt acquisition company, and then purchased around 900 personal debts for people residing in South Wales. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
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Whilst reflecting on his journey Michael said: "We've been doing this for quite a long time and things have changed in the sort of landscape of debt and things have shifted
"But things have sort of changed for me a lot in the time that we've been doing it.
"It didn't look like it was going to happen for a long time and financially, things have changed. Ironically, I genuinely am not sure if I can afford to do this. But I'm still going to do it, because I've made a commitment."
The actor, who grew up in Port Talbot in South Wales, still has a close relationship with the town. The documentary will be released just five months after the closure of Port Talbot's last blast furnace, marking the end of traditional steelmaking in South Wales and marking the job losses to many across the area.
Whilst sitting in a cafe in the area he had grown up with the steelworks located behind him, Michael said: "The ladies who work here, before we started filming, told me that tomorrow is the last ship, the last boat coming into the dock here to deliver stuff to the steelworks.
"And they've described people sitting in here just crying at these tables. So it couldn't be more real, how much people are hurting. It's made me realise that this is ... you've got to give it a chance, you've got to give it a go, and maybe this programme will make a tiny difference, or maybe it won't, but I can't walk away from it now.'
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway will be airing tonight, Monday, March 10 on Channel 4 at 9pm and later available on their catch up service.
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