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Rich House, Poor House
2017 - 2025 7.3 (6 votes) 11 Seasons
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Genres
Reality Documentary
Networks
5
Created By
Claire Collinson-Jones

Rich House, Poor House (Gazdag ház, szegény ház)

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Claire Collinson-Jones

Writer: Claire Collinson-Jones

Top Cast

Craig Kelly
Craig Kelly

Adam Stott

Hanna Dolk Viksten

Seasons

Season 3 (2018)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Season 4 (2018)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2018-10-04

The Colemans are in top tier for wealth, with a four bedroom house and a weekly budget of £1,800. However, the Morgans are among the poorest with a weekly budget of just £158 - less than a tenth of the Colmans.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2018-10-11

In Bournemouth, the Hansen and Gittings families swap homes, budgets and lives. They live just three miles away from each other, but their financial circumstances are worlds apart with the Hansen's among the wealthiest and the Gittings the poorest.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2018-10-18

The Hornans are among the wealthiest in Britain, with luxury holidays, swimming lessons and a weekly budget of more than £2k. The Llewellyns are among the poorest, and dream only of owning their own home with a garden for the kids to play in.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2018-10-25

The Emmotts enjoy a budget of £1300 per week, affording golf, tennis, music and triathlon training. The Blakes have only £125 of disposable income, so treats include walks in the park and film nights. They swap lives to see how the other half lives.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2018-11-01

The well off Lusks, who made their money from the manufacturing industry, swap places with the Bosleys who are used to getting by on less than one tenth of the Lusks income, brought in by mum Melanie who is a cleaner at a working men's club.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Changed My Life II
2018-11-08

Families from series 2 and 3 reveal what happened when they met for the first time after living each other's lives.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 7 (2021)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2021-02-28

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2021-03-07

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2021-03-14

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2021-03-21

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2021-03-28

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2021-04-04

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2021-08-15

An eight-bedroom, three-bathroom detached residence in the heart of Buckinghamshire is home to Kelly and Rob Filistad and their young daughters.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2021-08-22

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2021-08-29

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2021-09-05

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2021-09-12

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'.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2021-09-26

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 11 (2024)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2024-10-20

Attitudes to money, risk and ambition are challenged as property millionaires Katy and Dan swap homes with tree surgeon Luke and carer Katy, who face daily financial struggles.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2024-10-27

An episode that looks at women's football from either side of the wealth divide as millionaire couple Liv and Gal swap their manor house with the Wings's two-bed rented house.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2024-11-03

Two West Yorkshire families with a passion for upcycling but at opposite ends of the wealth divide swap lives, with millionaires Katy and Peter trading their luxurious Halifax home for Richard and Sarah's terraced house in Bradford. Unusually, both families believe strongly that money doesn't buy happiness. Will they feel the same after the swap?

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2024-11-10

Newlyweds Na'im and Sara own a manor house and wedding venue and they swap lives with Leah, a single mother of two living in a small council flat and dreaming of starting a tea shop. Leah enjoys a taste of the high life and tries running a tearoom at Na'im's venue, while Na'im learns the challenges of budgeting on a limited income. The swap leads to an emotional meeting, with Na'im and Sara sharing ideas to support Leah's business dreams.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2025-01-05

Wealthy father and son Mike and Sam, who run a flight school, swap lives with struggling single mum Claire and daughter Missy who dream of opening a clothes shop together.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2025-01-12

Two families on either side of the wealth divide go in search the good life in rural Scotland, and discover the importance of community, sustainability, time - and chickens.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2025-01-19

The wealthy Gannon family, with wheelchair user son Ben, swap lives with Michelle and her autistic son Toby to discover how disability can lead to success and personal fulfilment.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2025-02-02

In Northern Ireland, beauty clinic owner Michelle and her friend Liz swap with unemployed single mum Amy and daughter Phoebe as they discover how work and confidence can triumph over mental health problems.

Runtime: 45 min

Videos

Rich House, Poor House - Trailer | Channel 5

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