Eight British business leaders, with a combined fortune of over £600 million, are living in a remote farming community in southern Uganda at the request of aid agency World Vision. They’ve accepted a challenge to develop innovative ways to tackle poverty in the area. And to help get their ideas off the ground, the entrepreneurs have each donated £15,000 to a joint fund.

Multi-millionaire building boss Steve Morgan is working virtually single-handed on a project to provide local schoolchildren with clean drinking water. But just as the water tanks are delivered, he drops the bombshell that he’s heading home early. Despite objections from the group, Steve’s determined to head home. And when torrential rainstorms threaten the project, he rolls up his sleeves to try and get the job done. But after he’s gone, sparks fly in camp when the rest of the entrepreneurs discover just how much unfinished work there is. When calm eventually descends on the camp, there’s cause for celebration when Seb Bishop helps the local farmers strike a very profitable deal for their potatoes. Meanwhile, the youngest of the entrepreneurs, 22-year-old Dom McVey, goes on a research trip for the hotel project, and finds himself face to face with a mountain gorilla…

Wednesday 3 October 2007, 9PM Channel 4