Review: The Secret Millionaire
- Article 12 of 13
- Off the Telly, January 2007
It's a rare production company that chooses to atone for past failings by making another TV series. RDF Media, however, has decided to make up for Wife Swap with The Secret Millionaire, a disconcertingly similar show that somehow manages to be the exact opposite of its flawed predecessor.
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For all the Beeb's talk of inclusivity, when was the last time you saw a documentary looking at some of the country's most run-down areas? When did any of those documentaries avoid the trap of focusing purely on the bad, but looked at some of the good being done by churches, youth groups, government, businesses and the residents themselves in these areas? More importantly, when did they ever do anything except record and hope to inspire others to good works?
The Secret Millionaire, despite being dressed up as reality TV, was a worthy, relatively balanced series of documentaries that was willing to pony up the cash for its subjects. In comparison to Wife Swap's synthetic class, race and sex wars, it was a worthy penance.
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