Rich Man, Poor Man - A Knight's Tale

At 67, multi-millionaire businessman John Madejski is to be knighted for a lifetime of giving. He has 250 million in the bank and gives to the arts and education, and especially to his home town of Reading. But as the recession bites, he is not a happy man. He has fingers in eighteen pies and they are all causing him worry, but the powerlessness he feels at least means he can dedicate some thought to the Inner Man. All his life he has been troubled by the need to find out more about his origins, about the man who fathered him, and to discover the secrets and lies about his illegitimate birth. His buildings all bear his name, but what will he call the country estate he is creating on a hillside outside Reading, his very own Shangri-La? In this fascinating documentary, Mr Reading goes on a voyage of discovery and emerges with a new understanding of himself.