Gary Stevenson, a working-class lad who became a millionaire by his mid-20s, is back on television with a new Channel 4 documentary titled How to Get Filthy Rich With Gary Stevenson. In the show, he breaks down economics for audiences and campaigns to close the wealth gap, proposing a 2% annual tax on wealth above £10 million. One super-rich interviewee dismisses his mission as 'absolute populist claptrap.'
Documentary Details and Other TV Highlights
The documentary airs at 9pm on Channel 4. Stevenson warns, 'If we don’t do anything about this system, very quickly the billionaires will own everything.' The show follows his journey from a working-class background to financial success and his current advocacy for economic reform.
Other TV highlights include Ambulance: Code Red at 8pm on Channel 5, featuring critical care teams saving lives in the Thames Valley, including a woman in cardiac arrest while driving and a 19-year-old with a fractured femur from a motorbike accident. Fire Country returns at 9pm on Sky Witness for its fourth series, with Station 42 battling a wildfire and Shawn Hatosy as the new battalion chief.
Anniversary Special and Film Choice
At 10pm on BBC Two, Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember The Office marks 25 years since the groundbreaking sitcom aired. The two actors, who were unknowns at the time, discuss Freeman's audition for Crook's role, the US remake, and how corpsing on set nearly derailed the show. Meanwhile, Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo at 10pm on Sky History explores a possible James Bond submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me.
The film choice is My Summer of Love (2004) at 11.55pm on BBC Two, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski. It features Emily Blunt's big-screen debut as Tamsin, a posh girl who has a summer romance with tomboy Mona (Natalie Press) in West Yorkshire. Paddy Considine plays Mona's ex-convict brother, whose religious conversion hides violent tendencies. The film won a Bafta for best director.
