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'''''Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway''''' is a British television show hosted by [[Richard Madeley]] which first aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on Tuesday 2 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/fortune itv.com page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506055422/http://www.itv.com/fortune |date=6 May 2008 }}</ref> Over seven weeks, various members of the public appeared, several per show, and appealed before a panel of judges for money to fulfil ambitions or dreams. The show was made by [[Fever Media]] for ITV and was recorded between 10 December and 15 December 2006 at [[Three Mills Studios]] in [[Bow, London]]. Each day of this week several requests were filmed, and after recording was complete edited together to give a balanced series of seven programmes.

'''''Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway''''' is a British television show hosted by [[Richard and Judy|Richard Madeley]] which first airs on [[ITV1]] on Tuesday [[2 January]], [[2007]].

The concept is similar to that of [[BBC Two]]'s ''[[Dragons' Den]]'', also featuring Duncan Bannatyne.

The concept is could be said to losely derive from that of ''[[Dragons Den]]''. Over seven weeks, various members of the public appear, several per show, and appeal before a panel of judges for money<ref>http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=6431</ref>.

==Judges==

The panel consistsconsisted of five high-profile members, four of whom are multi-millionaires:

*[[Jeffrey Archer]] -– best selling [[author]], convicted criminal, former [[Member of Parliament]], and former Deputy Chairman of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], best selling [[author]].

*[[Duncan Bannatyne]] -– entrepreneur, panel member of [[BBC Two]]'s ''"DragonDragons's Den"'', and owner of [[BannatynesBannatyne (company)|Bannatyne]] Health and Fitness clubclubs

*[[Jacqueline Gold]] -– Managing Director of [[Ann Summers]], and daughter of [[David Gold (businessman)|David Gold]], whothe co-ownschairman of [[BirminghamWest Ham CityUnited F.C.]]

*[[Simon Jordan]] -– mobile phone entrepreneur and the then owner of [[Crystal Palace F.C.]]

*[[Kanya King]] -– founder of the [[MOBO Awards]] awards.

==First show==

The programme was recorded between [[10 December]] and [[15 December]] 2006 at [[Three Mills Studios]] in [[Bow, London]].

In the first episode, money was given to help two teenagers to travel around the British Isles' rail network, give a gospel choir a fifth anniversary celebration, donate money to a cancer charity and help a woman achieve her dream of seeing Native American landmarks.

==ReferencesSecond show==

In the second episode, money was awarded to a talented 13-year-old boy who claimed he had been diagnosed as "exceptionally bright" and required £38,083.50 for a special course to further his education before university, a 24-year-old would-be [[Backhoe|JCB]] driver who required £2,050 for an entire course to live his dream, a woman was awarded £5,000 who wanted to throw her Nana a 60th birthday and £45,000 for a self-confessed reformed ex-criminal to help support a youth group in Grimsby. Money was not awarded to a man who wanted to jump into a 7-foot flaming toilet on a fire engine, four Welsh people to go to Russia to experience weightlessness for 50 seconds, nor for a would-be actress to attend a New York acting academy.

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==Third show==

The third episode showed a gifted athlete gain £30,000 to train for the 2012 Olympics, at £6,000/year as long as she remains in training. A man who had blown his fortune on high living was refused £25,000 to buy a racehorse and was scorned by the panel.

==Fourth show==

In the fourth episode, the panel gave money to a history teacher called Dan Lyndon from Henry Compton School wishing to take 40 pupils to a [[World War I]] landsite, a wheel-chair basketball team wishing to employ new team members and to an old gentleman hoping to take his girlfriend on a romantic cruise to show how much he loved her. The panel also gave money to a woman who had recently lost her sister, and had now taken her two nieces into her home, already having four children of her own. The woman had a three-bedroomed semi-detached house, and had only one arm. She was also a special needs teacher. The panel also gave her an extra £6,000 as her requested £14,000 was "not enough".

==American version==

The U.S. adaptation of the show under the title ''[[Bank of Hollywood]]'' hosted by [[Bryan Callen]] aired on [[E!|E! network]] from 14 December 2009 until 8 February 2010.

==See also==

*''[[Bank of Hollywood]]''

*''[[Crowd Rules]]''

==References==

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== External links ==

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* {{IMDb title|0934099|Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway}}

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