investigates, discovers, questions There's Still a Lot of it About
Cigars at 120 a time. Two thousand pounds a year on hair-dos. Gold-plated baths costing £5,000 each. Handkerchiefs at £10 a blow. A yacht at a quarter of a million pounds. Who is buying them? And, more intriguingly, how?
Despite the worst recession since the 30s, there still seems to be plenty of money about - in some pockets. Is it that a lucky few are simply born with a rare ' get-rich ' gene? Or is it that they have got themselves the advice of extra-sharp accountants? Can anyone get rich?
Man Alive looks at the lifestyle of some big spenders. And asks how they do it. Could it be that there are really two tax systems in Great Britain and that some people are always going to have it easier than others?
Reporter Peter Bazalgette
Producer JUDI CONNER Editor TIM SLESSOR