Episodes
Episode 1
February 28, 2021
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.
Episode 2
March 7, 2021
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.
Episode 3
March 14, 2021
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.
Episode 4
March 21, 2021
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.
Episode 5
March 28, 2021
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.
Episode 6
April 4, 2021
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.
Episode 7
August 15, 2021
An eight-bedroom, three-bathroom detached residence in the heart of Buckinghamshire is home to Kelly and Rob Filistad and their young daughters.
Episode 8
August 22, 2021
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.
Episode 9
August 29, 2021
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.
Episode 10
September 5, 2021
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.
Episode 11
September 12, 2021
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'.
Episode 12
September 26, 2021
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.
