Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 1 Original network BBC Number of episodes 6 Language English Networks BBC, BBC Three | Original language(s) English No. of episodes 6 First episode date 13 November 2008 Genre Reality television Number of series 1 | |
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Running time approx. 48 min. (per episode) Similar Young - Dumb and Living Off, Dragons' Den, The Restaurant, Don't Tell the Bride, A Life of Grime | ||
The Last Millionaire is a Reality TV show with a twist - after the weekly challenge, it is the winners rather than the losers that are sent home. The six-part series was first broadcast in the UK on BBC Three starting 13 November 2008.
Contents
Format
The Last Millionaire takes 12 of Britain's most successful young entrepreneurs and drops them into six of the world's most exciting and demanding cities. Here they face the ultimate business challenge; to make money from scratch in just five days.
Used to running successful businesses, these award winning entrepreneurs have proved themselves at home, but can they do it abroad? This time they'll be stripped of their legions of staff, company contacts, personal cash/credit cards and all their business lifelines. All they have left is a small amount of start up capital plus their raw money making talent.
To make it even tougher the entrepreneurs won't be travelling in the style they're used to. Instead of five star accommodation they'll be staying in backpacker hostels and surviving on a limited budget for food and drink. The only way back to their lavish lifestyles is to make more money than their rivals.
Visiting a new city every week the entrepreneurs must work in pairs. They can choose who they work with each week. And it's only the most successful partnership which gets to go home. The losing pairs continue until there are only two left. In the final week they go head to head where one will become The Last Millionaire.
Challenge Themes
Week 1 - Istanbul - Youth, create a product that's aimed at the youth market, due to the high youth population in Istanbul
Week 2 - Berlin - The Arts/Performance an event related to the arts or a performance, due to Berlin's popular and plenty art scene
Week 3 - Cairo - Tourism, create a product or an event to aim at tourists due to main economy of Cairo being that of tourism
Week 4 - Naples - Food and Drink, create a business around the theme, due to food and drink businesses being very popular in Naples
Week 5 - Bangkok - Sport and Leisure, create a business related to the theme due to the popular sport and leisure scene which is popular with tourists
Week 6 - Hong Kong - East meets West, create a brand new product and sell it within 5 days, with the theme related to the idea of Hong Kong being the location of where East meets West
Winners
Week 1 - Istanbul - James Watt, Managing Director of BrewDog Ltd, an award winning microbrewery and Jaqueline Doherty, founder of 2FluidCreative, a web design and solution company
Week 2 - Berlin - Oli Norman, founder of DADA, a PR and events company and Oliver Zissman, founder of Totally Fitness and Lady Luisa
Week 3 - Cairo - Nathaniel Peat, Founder of The Safety Box Ltd, Martial Arts Guru and Lianne Miller, founder and Managing Director of Young & Pure
Week 4 - Naples - Jason Graham, Director of Below Zero and Absolut Ice Bar and Dimple Sthankiya, founder of Dimpleyoga and Director of The Blue Seed
Week 5 - Bangkok - Carl Pihl, founder of TicketingHub, Drinkyz and Lost in London and James Taylor, founder of Sport Stars
Week 6 - Hong Kong - Lucy Cohen, co-founder of Mazuma UK
The Last Millionaire (The Ultimate Loser) - Natalie Haywood, Founder Soundmob and Leaf Tea Shop