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secret millionaire - why don't the people twig?

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bigted · 20/04/2009 22:47

The programme has been running for years now.

Same format every time.

Why don't the people realise the kindly stranger (with film crew) who has suddenly appeared in their midst is a SM ?

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HairyMuff · 20/04/2009 22:47

I wondered that yesterday. Surely they must have a clue?

BitOfFun · 20/04/2009 22:49

They must know! Cue unnecessary niceness...

TheCrackFox · 20/04/2009 22:53

I have suspected for a while that they must know.

BitOfFun · 20/04/2009 22:55

Something is fishy- at the very least there is some behind the scenes prep...you would need all sorts of CRB clearance to get voluntary work, you don't just rock up and start the same day!

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 22:57

well several of my friends in RL have absolutely no idea what Secret Millionaire is - so it's not totally unimaginable that others don't know about it either.........

Ledodgy · 20/04/2009 22:58

I think they do. You can tell in some of their faces that they aren't really shocked but are trying to appear shocked, well they probably are generally shocked that their suspicions have come true iyswim.

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 22:58

having said that I think some of them have an inkling what's going on - but certainly not all of them.

silkcushion · 20/04/2009 23:00

I barely know anyone in rl who has ever heard of it.

Am I the only one who cries like a baby at every episode?

mrsmaidamess · 20/04/2009 23:00

I thought the lastest one (with pompous millionaire staying in Belfast) was crap. Crap because it failed to make me cry. I felt short changed.

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bigted · 20/04/2009 23:01

the format every time is identical.

Especially the reveal.

" I just wanted to call in to say goodbye and tell you that I really admire you for what you do with one legged diabetic kittens and puppies in this community.

But I have to tell you I have not been completely straight with you. I'm not really an unemployed animal loving youth worker.

I am a millionaire and I have a cheque here for ten thousand pounds for you to spend on artificial poodle legs and an insulin trained coworker."

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bigted · 20/04/2009 23:02

Should add I LOVE the programme, it's a great concept.

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mrsmaidamess · 20/04/2009 23:03

The big fat scrap metal dealer and the Military Grandad was a real blub fest. Me and dh were sobbing like babies.

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 23:03

I haven't seen last nights - was going to watch it repeated tonight - but forgot - so will have to be catch-up on the C4 website (again).

But I cried at the single dad the other week........actually I've cried at lots of them.

I mean imagine, even if you'd heard of the programme, and suspected the new person on the street was one - would you really believe that you'd been give a cheque for thousands of ££££'s??

mrsmaidamess · 20/04/2009 23:04

Don't bother with the last one, FAQ, it was not up to the usual heart string tugging standard.

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 23:05

really???

oh I may watch it anyway just to say how crap it was

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 23:05

scrap metal dealer - was that the one that helped the homeless charities??

mrsmaidamess · 20/04/2009 23:06

He was a funny character, not very likeable IMO...and I kept noticing how one minute his hair was dead short, then longer, then short again...all in the space of a week. Bad editing.

mrsmaidamess · 20/04/2009 23:08

The scrap guy had lost 2 of his sisters to drugs, and helped a unit that helped ex addicts...also helped a couple who ran a charity for ill children, sending them on trips and stuff. But the elderly war heroes tipped me over the edge. I love old boys and their medals.

HedKandi · 20/04/2009 23:11

lol at bigted,

last/this nights was pants,

and the guy was a tight arse wad,

him-

here is £10k for a much needed 60+ a day childrens centre,

them-

wow, thanks,

him-

[swagger emotion]

them-

[we need that much a month to keep open emotion]

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 23:14

oooooooo watching last nights now - bottles of bubbly - what a twat - don't like him already and he's no even there yet

Tigerbear · 20/04/2009 23:16

Mrs Maidamess, I loved the one with the little old army man too - I also cry at all of them, but especially that one.
Made me want to adopt a Grandad!

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 20/04/2009 23:18

Oh yes, the first series was much more believable.

The American version is incredibly staged. They wander into a shop and drop a coin in a tin for a local teen who's dying of cancer, then go meet them, etc etc.

FAQinglovely · 20/04/2009 23:19

I like that lad that lives across the road from where he's "living" though - nice bloke,

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 20/04/2009 23:19

mrsmaidamess, hah me too!

The best ones are on 4OD at the moment, series 2.

GlastonburyGoddess · 20/04/2009 23:23

My utmost favourite was the woman back a few series where she gave away about £250k it was amazing and the people she helped where absolutely overwhelmed.
personally I tend to feel that if they give less than about £50k theyre only doing it for the tv. i mean...ohhh im a millionaire...heres a cheque for £5k...ohh..thanks, you can see the expectations then the almost disappointment of some of their faces.

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