66 m. ago Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway: When is it on TV and how to watch it

The documentary about Michael Sheen wiping people's debts has been causing a buzz

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3 h. ago Michael Sheen pays off £1m of neighbours’ debts in his hometown in Wales

‘It couldn’t be more real, how much people are hurting’ said the Welsh actor

Economics

6 h. 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

10 h. 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

11 h. ago ‘People are hurting’, says Michael Sheen in documentary where he writes off debt

The actor writes off £1 million of consumer debt using his own money in a new Channel 4 programme.

Politics

67 h. ago Michael Sheen's net worth and how he affords to write off debt in Channel 4 show

Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway will see the actor write off a million pounds worth of debt for people in Wales - but how much is his own net worth?

Politics

3 d. ago Hollywood actor clears £1m of debt for 900 people with his own money in heartwarming gesture

The actor 55, who has been making headlines for his kind gestures recently, started a debt acquisition company to help people in south Wales.

Economics

4 d. 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

5 d. ago The heartbreaking moment in a Welsh cafe that made Michael Sheen carry on with 'secret' debt plan

Presenter Alex Jones of The One Show on BBC described the actor's decision to help others as a "wonderful thing"

Politics

1 week ago I have lost £200,000 and all my life savings in fight with neighbour over 16

Retired builder, Samuel Horton is facing a £200,000 legal bill over a long running boundary dispute with his neighbour, Jonathan Orchard - and has vowed not to pay up.

Economics

2 w. ago Death of a neighbourhood: Fury as uni students who don't pay council tax and host noisy parties turning suburban street into a 'family

A £550k home for sale on Sunbury Avenue, on the outskirts of Newcastle, is set to become a HMO. Of the 51 homes on the street, 48 are lived in by undergraduate students.

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