About this season
Rich kids ditch their fast cars, five-star hotels and endless shopping trips to share a home with families living on the breadline. During their stay, they will experience the shock of seeing what life is like below the poverty line.
Episodes (15)
1. Episode 1
Aired 28 October 2019 • 45 min
Adil is the very wealthy child of a property tycoon, who enjoys a chauffer-driven Rolls. Life with the thrifty Bennett family opens his eyes to the mysteries of public transport.
2. Episode 2
Aired 4 November 2019 • 45 min
A week with Pete, Mandy and their five children is not rich kid Sophie's idea of fun.
3. Episode 3
Aired 11 November 2019 • 45 min
Devon, 19, leaves her parents' eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom mansion in Exeter to live with the Gibbins family of Lincoln, who struggle to make ends meet.
4. Episode 4
Aired 18 November 2019 • 45 min
Nadia, the daughter of a self-made Jordanian businessman samples life with teenage mum-of-two Natalie, who has had to scrub other people's toilets just to get by.
5. Episode 5
Aired 25 November 2019 • 45 min
Spoiled teenager Tiana is leaving behind her pampered lifestyle, provided by her father, to learn how to live skint with single mum Candace and her two kids in Southend-on-Sea.
6. Episode 6
Aired 2 December 2019 • 45 min
Trust-fund kid Olivia lives a fun student life, cushioned by the wealth of her late grandfather.
7. Rich Kids, Skint Christmas
Aired 16 December 2019 • 45 min
Privileged April spends Christmas with the Burke family in Liverpool, former children's entertainers.
8. Episode 8
Aired 2 December 2020 • 45 min
Rendall, a wealthy 18-year-old from Essex, goes to live with Leicester family the Edens, an experience where she gets the chance to cook a meal for nine people, and is also tasked with changing a car tyre.
9. Episode 9
Aired 9 December 2020 • 45 min
Rani enjoyed a private education at £32k a year, but he learns not everyone spends £300 on a jacket.
10. Episode 10
Aired 16 December 2020 • 45 min
Alex from Stoke-on-Trent is the 25-year-old son of an entrepreneur. He drives around in a £65,000 car which he bought on a whim and has strong views about people who don't work.
11. Episode 11
Aired 10 May 2021 • 45 min
Mercedez is the pampered heiress to one of Nigeria's richest families and is horrified to discover life is very different to Liam and his family, who live on a council estate in Doncaster.
12. Episode 12
Aired 17 May 2021 • 45 min
The heiress of a wealthy Nigerian family moves in with a couple and their daughter on a Doncaster council estate who are trying to scrape by on universal credit.
13. Episode 13
Aired 24 May 2021 • 45 min
James an American student, lives on fine dining, trendy bars & £2,000-a-night clubbing goes to live in a terraced house with a family and their pig, where he is challenged to prepare a meal for five people on a budget of just £5.
14. Episode 14
Aired 31 May 2021 • 45 min
24-year-old Brooke with her own successful business who has never left her parents' multi-million pound estate in Suffolk goes to stay in a council flat with Soniya, mum of eight, who juggles a busy household and holds down a part-time job.
15. Episode 15
Aired 7 June 2021 • 45 min
Jess has a successful salon business and lives at home in her parent's country mansion, whilst the Yoloye family struggle with what money is left after bill and debt repayments.