Moneysaving tv programmes

cuddlymarm

Hi guys
Can anyone remember a moneysaving programme where the whole family got together to save for a specific thing ( holiday, new bathroom etc) They got extra work, made do with a small grocery budget, cut back on electric and nights out etc
Ive been trying to remember it’s title all afternoon. 

nannygladys

Sorry, don't remember that one but sounds interesting.
Nannyg

Blackcats

sorry can't remember that one.  I remember one which was pay off your mortgage in 3 years where the whole family participated.  I think that was Alvin Hall.  

cuddlymarm

Oh I’d forgotten about that one. Can anyone remember the title of that one too.

Peter999_2

It was called "Pay off your mortgage in two years"   There is a money saving expert thread about it here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/131945/pay-off-your-mortgage-in-two-years-blog-discussion

cuddlymarm

Thanks Peter 

Pollycat

Blackcats said:

sorry can't remember that one.  I remember one which was pay off your mortgage in 3 years where the whole family participated.  I think that was Alvin Hall.  

I used to watch his programmes.
"Your money or your life", I think.

Sorry, OP, I can't remember the programme you are thinking of.

PipneyJane

Pollycat said:

Blackcats said:

sorry can't remember that one.  I remember one which was pay off your mortgage in 3 years where the whole family participated.  I think that was Alvin Hall.  

I used to watch his programmes.
"Your money or your life", I think.

Sorry, OP, I can't remember the programme you are thinking of.

Yes, it was called “Your Money Or Your Life”.  Out of all of the genre, I think it was the best.

I am very frustrated by the ?Channel 4 program “How to save a grand in 24 hours”.  Most of the savings aren’t real.  (Spending £300 to DIY and “save” £1,000 by not hiring professionals, is not a real saving when you didn’t have the £1k to begin with and would just have continued to live with whatever-it-was.).  Very rarely does the audience learn anything useful, unlike on “Your Money Or Your Life”.

- Pip

Pollycat

There used to be a C4 (I think) similar programme with a very (imho) irritating woman called Mrs Moneypenny who used to wear hats.
Superscrimpers.

Wraithlady

Superscrimpers started off ok but then just obviously ran out of ideas.

Make friendship bracelets out of the loops on your clothes meant to help them stay on the hangers? Yeah, not really moneysaving, or rational, is it?

There was one which insisted that people who couldn't cook 'save' money by telling them they needed to cook things rather than live off ready meals, but didn't teach them simple quick meals to boost their confidence. No, these poor saps were asked to choose what to cook and obviously chose the food they were used to eating - I think they chose Lancashire Hotpot or something similar, so not for the inexperienced - but no actual help in cooking it. 

The resulting meal was declared inedible.

I seem to remember the condescending presenter telling them that 'making their own wholemeal bread' would save them money , the logic still evades me. They didn't normally eat wholemeal bread, and even so, the average supermarket loaf costs, what, about £1? Given ingredients, time and fuel costs - not to mention wastage as they really had no cooking ability -, I seriously doubt that 

maman

I don't think any of the programmes have much to offer anyone who uses mse. 

Most of the people on the shows are spending silly amounts of money unnecessarily so it's relatively easy to show savings. 

I watch them for occasional tips or recipes. The Greg Wallace one where they downshift the food spending is one of the better ones and they involve the families in cooking cheaper and healthier meals.