Claire Collinson-Jones
Director
Rich House, Poor House (2017)
Season 7
Two families from completely opposite ends of the financial spectrum and class divide swap homes, budgets and social status for seven days to discover how the other side lives.
Released March 30, 2017
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Keywords: imdb.class-divide, imdb.weekly-budget, imdb.house-swap, imdb.relocation, imdb.rich-and-poor, imdb.repetition-in-title, mdblist.has-trailer + 4 more, tmdb.economic-problems, tmdb.wealth-differences, tmdb.british-class-system, tmdb.reality-tv
Production Companies: Hat Trick Productions
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S7E1 - Episode 1
Businessman Adam and his father Ian, who live in a four-bedroom mansion in Essex, swap with single mum Kiptieu, who lives in a small council flat in Abbey Wood, London. With a number of successful businesses under his belt, Adam now travels round the world, interviewing the great and the good from showbusiness, sport and business.
Feb. 28, 2021, midnight
S7E2 - Episode 2
A family, who enjoy a weekly disposable income of around £1200, are swapping lives for a week with Mike, Natalie, and their two young daughters. They hail from Coleshill on the outskirts of Birmingham, where they survive on just over £75 a week.
March 7, 2021, midnight
S7E3 - Episode 3
A former city banker's family struggle on under £150 a week, while Jade and Dean and their five kids don't know how to spend their weekly allowance of £1300.
March 14, 2021, midnight
S7E4 - Episode 4
Exploring if money buys happiness. Trevor and Marie swap their four-bedroom, three-bathroom detached house, with Michael and Natasha who get by on £100 a week.
March 21, 2021, midnight
S7E5 - Episode 5
Multi-millionaire property investor Ayo and his best friend Patrick swap their luxury lifestyle with Jodie and her family who get by on £53 a week.
March 28, 2021, midnight
S7E6 - Episode 6
Kamil's businesses turn over £3m a year and he makes over £40,000 profit every month, while his partner Francesca runs a successful lingerie company. They trade places with Derbyshire couple Mel and Sophie and their seven-month-old son Teddy, who live in a three-bedroom rented property in Derbyshire and exist on just £56 a week after bills for all their shopping and travel.
April 4, 2021, midnight
S7E7 - Episode 7
An eight-bedroom, three-bathroom detached residence in the heart of Buckinghamshire is home to Kelly and Rob Filistad and their young daughters.
Aug. 15, 2021, midnight
S7E8 - Episode 8
Single mum Geri has moved from job to job while struggling to raise daughter Scarlet and lives on under £60 a week, while millionaire businesswoman Debi has money but no work-life balance. For one week they're swapping lives, homes and budgets to find out if money really does buy happiness, with Geri heading to a luxury 18th-century home in Kent, while Debi lives in a ground-floor flat in Shoreham-on-Sea, West Sussex.
Aug. 22, 2021, midnight
S7E9 - Episode 9
Does money make you happy? Mum Gemma who owns a successful accountancy company swaps house with family who rents a three-bedroom council house and lives on Universal Credit.
Aug. 29, 2021, midnight
S7E10 - Episode 10
Single mum Naomi and her three children live in Walthamstow, east London, on £60 a week after bills are taken into account. They head to a luxury six-bedroom, six-bathroom property in Hertfordshire that is home Toni and her 27-year-old daughter Dayan, who are both successful businesswomen.
Sept. 5, 2021, midnight
S7E11 - Episode 11
Kim and Dave live just outside Newcastle-on-Tyne. After 20 years, Kim, a teacher, and Dave, a landscape gardener, have risked everything to chase 'the Good Life'.
Sept. 12, 2021, midnight
S7E12 - Episode 12
Millionaire ‘Content King’ Leonard lives a luxury 2-bed apartment overlooking the Thames on London’s Southbank. He swaps homes with Single mum Dominique, from South London.
Sept. 26, 2021, midnight
Network: 5
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 2925 min.
Released: March 30, 2017
Last Air Date: Feb. 2, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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