Ex Gogglebox star investigates 'side hustles' that could earn Brits £10k a year

Scarlett Moffatt is to investigate whether it's possible for Brits to earn an extra £10k a year using the “side-hustles” touted on social media, for a new TV show. In Channel 4’s 10 Days to 10k? the former Goggleboxfavourite will put to the test some of the money-making ideas flooding the internet - to see which can make maximum profit with minimal effort.

The aim is to discover whether it’s possible for Brits to achieve an annual boost amounting to £10k, while also finding out how extra work fits in with people’s existing lives.

Having given birth to son Jude two years ago, busy mum Gogglebox, 34, will have help in testing out the schemes from two recruits with differing amounts of time on their hands - one has a part-time job while the other is able to dedicate all of their time to the various activities.

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The three of them will then trial different methods to decipher whether it’s possible to achieve the annual £10k target - or make even more.

The extra work activities range from selling crafts and pre-loved products, to digital money-makers like dropshipping - where products are sold online but the shipping is outsourced - and print on demand, which is a similar venture for customised goods.

Programme-maker Andrew Snowball, of Flabbergast TV, told the Mirror: “We can’t wait for people to see Scarlett investigating the big claims about how easy it is to make money from seemingly endless side-hustles.

“She’s thrown herself into finding out first hand which ones are easy to set-up, which will leave you tearing your hair out and which could make us all an extra 10k a year without taking over our already busy lives. Her investigation is funny, surprising and for anyone wanting to know the best way of beefing up their bank balance, not to be missed.”

Commissioning editor Deborah Dunnett added: “I’ll be honest, I hate the term ‘side-hustle’, but research shows nearly half of Brits have a second income, and they allegedly average out at £10,000 a year. Imagine being handed that in cash… Some people say they give up the day job entirely. But what we want to know is, can everyday folks do it as easily as social media would suggest?”

Calling the one-off programme - which airs later this year - “an excellent idea” she added: “I can’t wait for viewers to find out what’s worth their time and effort and what isn’t.”

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