"It's not pukka at all,'' one lawyer said.
Reclining on a leopard skin chaise lounge, tossing her silken blonde tresses, one ditched wife said losing any money simply wouldn't do for her.
"I come from a wealthy background so I wouldn't have married the local plumber for example - I married wealth of course."
She had never worked, had two housekeepers to dust her mansion and a chauffeur to deliver her to her daily superb lunches with friends.
Having to live alone was the worst, she said.
But her girlfriends sorted a roster where a friend stayed every week until the worst was over.
After having been awarded a £15 million divorce settlement following a four-year court battle, the woman Lisa said she thought she was now an unwitting authority on the subject.
"I have so many friends going through divorces," she said sadly patting the huge diamonds sparkling in her ears.
Sadly though she lost out on the yacht.
"I am not too sad. I am learning to live without it now.''
This doco is set mostly in London, described as the divorce capital of the world.
The starting point in court is 50/50 since 2000 and wives are entitled to millions more than ever before.
And those snippy city lawyers are hauling in the dosh, charging £900 an hour.
One lawyer said: "You add up what you started the marriage with, add up what you have finished the marriage with and divide the spoils by two."
This documentary, probably because it's British, treads a cautious line in that it doesn't become a garish freak show.
The narration was cool and steady as details of the potential prizes in the divorces were played out all fraught with pitfalls and harsh legal lessons.
So if you're needing a tip on how to claw back multi-millions there maybe a clue or two in it for you.
