A scene from the BBC docuseries, ‘Young, Welsh and Pretty Minted.’

Leading a rich, glamorous lifestyle is a motivational goal that many young adults strive to achieve during their lives. While not everyone can achieve that dream, they can imagine what it’s like to be extremely wealthy, by living vicariously through the socialites they see on television. One of the leading reality shows that showcases how the upper class lives is the Wales mini-series, ‘Young, Welsh and Pretty Minted.’

The docuseries follows Wales’ richest young entrepreneurs, who are earning a living through a variety of unconventional means. On the fifth episode of the current second series, Gonth and Ash go into business together, Twitch streamer Rage Darling wows her fans at Ragecon, and world champion Dan Huxtable opens Wales’s largest kick-boxing club.

‘Young, Welsh and Pretty Minted,’ which airs new episodes monthly on the BBC, is also being broadcast on the BBC One channel on Filmon TV. (Note that the BBC One channel is only available to viewers in the UK). The fifth episode of Series 2 will be streamed tonight at 7:20pm-7:50pm local time. It can be watched live, or recorded and watched at a later time.

The BBC One channel is notable for offering something of value for everyone with a range of high-quality, popular programming for a modern UK audience. The channel was named Channel of the Year at the 2007 Broadcast Awards. FilmOn is a popular streaming service that enables viewers to watch live and recorded UK and international television shows, movies and music videos in a variety of genres, including news, sports, drama, comedy, horror, lifestyle, shopping, pop, EDM and blues.

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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