34 h. ago A Place in the Sun star shares 'big secret' about Channel 4 show

A Place in the Sun presenter Jean Johansson has revealed a 'big secret' about the Channel 4 show that the viewers may be shocked to learn

Politics

65 h. ago Actor Michael Sheen to launch new children’s book about homelessness

It comes after Sheen recently bought £1 million of debt belonging to hundreds of people in South Wales for Channel 4’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway.

Society

6 d. ago ‘I’ve had murderers try to find me. I’ve had armed people say they’ll shoot’ – Dan Reed on the fallout from his Michael Jackson films

The documentary maker has received constant death threats from Jackson fans ever since his devastating Leaving Neverland aired. He reveals why he had to make a follow-up‘I’ve kept company with very violent people for a very long time,” says documentary-maker Dan Reed, in his office whose location has to be kept secret – I was led here, from a decoy address, by the Channel 4 publicist. “I’ve had murderers try to find me. I’ve had people threaten to shoot me who are armed. I’ve been threatened many, many times. I don’t want to say I’m a tough guy, but the needle doesn’t go into the red until I’ve got something quite specific. The threats delivered face to face I took seriously. People trying to find my home address to post me a parcel I took seriously. People in China sending me emails? I don’t take so seriously. They’re going to have to get on a plane.”OK, well he does sound like a tough guy, or at least a foreign correspondent of the old school, and that’s fair enough. From the...

Events

9 d. ago Fans hail Michael Sheen as a 'hero' and 'man of the people' on Secret Million Pound Giveaway as actor clears £1m of debt for 900 Brits with his own money

As part of new Channel 4 show Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway, the  Damned United star, 56, has bought up the vast sum of debt using £100,000 of his hard-earned cash.

Economics

1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway on Channel 4: His debt crusade was egotistical and profoundly pointless

Michael Sheen plays a bumbling angel in the fantasy serial Good Omens. Playing God, it turns out, is more difficult.

Economics

1 week ago ‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts

The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?Michael Sheen walks into a post office in Port Talbot and asks to withdraw £100,000. “That would be nice,” says the young woman behind the till. Then it dawns on her that he’s not joking. “Can I do £100,000?” she asks her colleague. She cannot.“I loved that so much. She was really funny,” says Sheen. Filmed for a new Channel 4 documentary, Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway, this was part of the actor’s two-year project to use £100,000 of his own money to buy £1m worth of debt, owed by about 900 people in south Wales – and immediately cancel it. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Michael Sheen writes off £1m worth of debt for people as he takes on 'bizarre' system

Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway will air on Channel 4 next week and the documentary sees the acclaimed actor set out to help people who have debt

Economics