Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway is on Channel 4 at 9pm on Monday, 10 March 2025.
Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway is a Channel 4 documentary in which he uses £100k of his own money to buy the debts of 900 people in South Wales, then writes it off. The film exposes the unfairness of how the credit industry profits massively from exploiting people, and talks about what needs to change.
Increasing numbers of people are borrowing from loan sharks after being declined for credit. Actor Michael Sheen sets up a meeting with one to understand how they work.
— Channel 4 Dispatches (@C4Dispatches) March 10, 2025
WATCH Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway, tonight at 9PM on Channel 4. pic.twitter.com/6bfXRSLrSK
A clip from Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway, which is on Channel 4 at 9pm on Monday 10 March!
— The Sheendex (@sheendex.com) March 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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A very moving clip from Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway, which is on Channel 4 at 9pm tonight
— The Sheendex: a Michael Sheen archive (@sheendex.com) March 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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BBC Radio 4 Today Programme interview (10-03-2024)
BBC Radio Wales Breakfast interview (10-03-2025)
News articles
Nation.Cymru – Michael Sheen backs calls for Fair Banking Act in new documentary (10-03-2025) Backup link
BBC News – Sheen says banks force people to use loan sharks (10-03-2025) Backup link
Big Issue – Michael Sheen: ‘Going on holiday doesn’t matter to me as much as paying off 900 people’s debts’ (10-03-2025) Backup link
The Guardian – ‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts (10-03-2025) Backup link
Nation.Cymru – Details of Michael Sheen’s secret million pound giveaway revealed (28-02-2025) Backup link