23 h. ago Michael Sheen and Channel 4 embroiled in 'copying' legal row over debt documentary with film

A team of independent TV producers have hit out over 'Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway', which they claim bears a striking resemblance to a rejected documentary they pitched.

Culture

3 w. 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

3 w. 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

3 w. 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

3 w. ago Michael Sheen says 'I can't walk away' as he uses his own money to write off £1m of people's debts

Michael Sheen appears in a new Channel 4 documentary, where he uses his own money to buy £1m worth of consumer debt and then writes it off to help people in his local community

Economics

4 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