Forty-three-year-old Philip Johnston made his fortune in the mobile phone recycling business, affording him and his family certain luxuries, but his start in life was not so fortunate. Philip was given up for adoption at just six weeks old, but now attributes his success to being fostered by a
loving family. With the number of children being taken into care at a record high, Philip wants to find out what the issues face the care system today.

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In 2011, Britain was struck by rioting and looting that left the nation in shock. Some of the shops targeted were part of global chain ‘Computer Exchange’ owned by millionaire Bobby Dudani. The damage cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds. Now Bobby is heading to Croydon – one of the areas most affected by the riots – to look for people to help.

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Matthew Newbury lost a leg in a motorbike accident when he was 15, and changed his life. When he was 23 he was awarded over £2 million compensation for his injuries. Matthew is now 30, and is a property developer worth £9 million. Matthew has never seen himself as disabled and struggles with the stigma of disability. Determined to face his prejudices, Matthew goes undercover in Manchester, focusing on charities working with disability.

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Hugely successful eco-inventor and businessman Ed Douglas Miller has a unique mission in life: to educate Britain to be more environmentally responsible by using UK manufactured and UK recycled, funky and innovative every day eco-products. His eco-manufacturing and retail business Remarkable does just that; and is built on the success of years of new inventions and quirky designs.

Now, at the age of 45, having spent 15 years driving his own business with passion and pioneering spirit, Ed is about to give away thousands of pounds of his own money as he embarks on a new challenge as a Secret Millionaire. Ed leaves behind his family and his home to travel to Norwich for episode 3 of the Channel 4 programme now airing on Sundays at 9pm.

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Kervin Julien has reportedly returned a cheque for £15,000 to Secret Millionaire participant Sue Stone, after they fell out over how the cash should be spent.

The wealthy ‘confidence coach’ awarded the money as part of a Channel 4 TV series last year, which saw her spending time undercover working with homeless people in Julien’s area.

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In a first for Secret Millionaire, self-made multi-millionaire Piers Linney has a unique opportunity: the chance to volunteer in a prison for young offenders.

Piers has a CV a mile long. His role as CEO of a multi-million-pound communications company is just the latest in a string of success stories: he’s been a city banker and a hedge fund manager, and now he’s an entrepreneur. And at just 40 years of age, this comprehensive school boy has been named one of the top 100 most influential black people in the country.

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Over three award-winning series, 19 of Britain’s richest people have taken on an extraordinary challenge: leaving behind their luxurious lives to live and work undercover in some of the most deprived parts of the country; each on a personal mission to give something back. Now a special one-off programme sees six of the millionaires return to find out the difference made by their donations. The programme is preceded by the last in the current series of The Secret Millionaire .

Tuesday 23 September 2008
10:00pm, Channel 4