BRIAN COX: HOW THE
OTHER HALF LIVE Channel 5, 9pm
Succession’s ruthless media mogul Logan Roy would sell his own kids to make a fast buck.
Actor Brian Cox refers to Logan as his “evil twin” and in this documentary he is swapping his award-winning role as the foul-mouthed billionaire for that of an intrepid reporter.
He says: “I want to find out what money does to you, to me, how it affects all our lives and why the world is becoming so divided between the haves and the have nots.” It’s a personal quest too. The Hollywood actor grew up in poverty in Scotland after his father died with nothing to his name, leaving the family destitute.
He admits he has a complicated relationship with money due to his fear of poverty.
With wry humour and some straight-talking, Brian speaks to people from all walks of life.
From a soup kitchen in the Bronx and the homeless in Harlem, to supermodels on Miami beach and a the owner of London’s most expensive house, it’s a revealing, thought-provoking trip.