Britain's Secret Spending

[ImperialBlether]

Anyone watching this?

I've already spotted someone I bet is a MNetter! Step up and reveal yourself!

I take it back too, but he's still a knob. DH is sat here muttering about him not earning the money anyway and his wife should be the one featured...

Anne Robinson has a reputation for being pretty horrible, Fabulous, so I think she's just coming across as herself.

This is getting quite funny - Anne Robinson skip raiding - she's making me laugh!

It's a disgrace that so much food is chucked away by the big stores when people are starving

I liked the eco people.

I am surprised it isn't donated... Busy be its been in/out of the fridge etc too long....

Ooohhhhhh...... That room, FABulous!

Oh the cocklodger dad was so annoying, more so as none of his money was down to him anyway! I suspect he grew up in a council estate and has a chip on his shoulder.

My thoughts exactly theliverpoolone

Have just been watching this with DH and said to him that I bet Mumsnetters will be calling that dad a cocklodger . He also came across like that Harry Enfield "considerably richer than youw" character.

Just watched it. I found it mind-boggling. That poor woman forced to sit through the holiday photos and 'public schools are better' with a face like . I was really impressed with her. How they manage to feed and clothe (just about) a family of 6 on £25,000 a year was impressive.

I did openly laugh at (and with, he seemed quite nice) the millionaire bloke and his pastel pink and blue decor. My 4 year old would have approved.

I too muttered cocklodger.

I thought Ann was fine. She clearly lives a world apart from the masses but she has earnt her money and I thought she was rather good.

It could've been worse :)

I didn't see if Cocklodger has a job. Does he?

If he got a good one they could afford school fees and he'd have less time to hang about in Starbucks.

Oh come on... I thought money was "family money" .... Who gets the kids ready/sees them off to school/picks em up etc when the Mrs is out 5.30am-7.30pm.... But he did seem a tool, 150pm on Starbucks and "it's not a progressive town" ha ha ha....

Not sure Bedford is a 2 hour commute to the city

There income is not 25, it's 30/31 as they get 5/6 in wtc's she said (is that bit tax free so really a lot more if you gross it up?) although I admire the cooking/shopping it was their choice to have 4 kids on their income wasn't it?

But a holiday photo slideshow.... Did the producers request that? Who does that......????

Yes I expect it was requested to contrast their lives. He worked as a life coach type i think, but wasn't earning loads yet. It is family money yes but he seemed very entitled with it!

I thought it was fascinating. I muttered cocklodger too (although I suppose he's a househusband if she's working all day). £150 on progressive Starbucks though!

The couple with the 4 kids were really impressive. DH noted that the other dad sneered, but 4kidsfamily spend £2k a year on activities for the kids, not on gadgets and games consoles.

There was a good comment about rich not needing to buy status, which I found really insightful. Just after the baroness woman.

Did i miss what job the " i stay for four months in a hotel " lady did ? Otherwise agree with the scowling at the chap who moaned at 2k plus for the after skool stuff - if that's for four kids its good value.
My usual gripe at these progs is that they only show the ladies shopping for cheap clothes - where do their menfolk shop ?

Oh well,i'm off to goggle that heffer chap,i'm shocked that one can earn a few million doing the odd spectator article and books no one reads.

I missed that too. What a waste of money to stay in hotels all the time!

I'm watching it now on iplayer as missed it at 9.00...

I thought Jedi the Eco-warrior was fab.

I thought the Baronees was fab, too. Did I mishear or did she say she went to Thatcher's funeral wearing a hat she bought on eBay?

yy, she said she went to LadyT's funeral in the second hand outfit!

Agree, re the eco warrior. They were great.

It's not even a difference between old money and new money, is it?

I mean the Baroness was lovely, but the trailer park millionaire was lovely, too. And very frank about viewing his possessions as currency.

I don't understand why the family with the four dc spent £100-120 a week on food and yet said they were struggling that's a large food budget. I also find the £9 cost of the sausage casserole very high.

I thought it ironic that cocklodger dad was trying to set up his own business as a career consultant when he has no career of his own. Came across as a total fantasist and utter work shy arse.

No, and the spend spend spend young mum was the same as the stay in the hotel woman, just with less money! Same behaviour and reasons for spending really.

In fact the only person I thought was really unpleasant was the Eton-worshipping dad, who was an utter twat.