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Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday - Episode Guide

Season 1

Zambia vs Isle of Wight

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2020

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The Peters family go on safari, the Walthers try a B and B.

Morocco vs Caravanning

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2020

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The Cisses try a caravan, the McQueens jet off to a villa.

Benidorm vs St Lucia

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2020

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A group of wealthy friends from Guildford, who usually fly the globe together in search of sophisticated cultural experiences, take on a fast-paced budget Benidorm break. Meanwhile, party lovers from London who save every year to go to Benidorm together find themselves in the lap of luxury on a trip that sees them in the slowpaced confines of a five-star Caribbean hotel on the island of St Lucia. Each holiday is exactly what the respective groups normally avoid.

Cumbria vs Calais

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2020

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Stuart and Francis from Buckinghamshire trade their luxury getaway for a basic campsite on the shores of Ullswater in Cumbria's Lake District. Meanwhile, the Warriners from Scunthorpe get a taste of the good life as they spend a week at an exclusive chateau near Calais, France - complete with chef, swimming pool, beauty salon and luxury yacht.

Season 2

Episode 1

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2021

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Return of the documentary in which two families with different incomes exchange holidays to see if money can buy happiness. Just who really has the time of their lives when faced with windy campsites and basic bedrooms in Benidorm or luxury foreign villas and private yachts? And does the top 10 per cent ever want to share their loungers with the bottom 10 per cent?

Croatia and Shropshire

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2021

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Two struggling musicians from Bexley take a cruise on Croatia's Adriatic coast, where they hope to put some spark back in their relationship, while wealthy best friends from Surrey Quays go on a caravan holiday in Shropshire, volunteering on a local farm in exchange for free board and lodging and getting to grips with compost loos and basic caravans.

Cromer and Saxony

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2021

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Impoverished single parent Nadine and her family swap holidays with multi-millionaires Gail and Matt from South Yorkshire. They spend around £80,000 a year on five-star getaways, and are concerned that their two sons are getting spoiled by the high life. A cramped caravan in Cromer soon creates tension for the wealthy family, while Nadine, her two daughters and mum Tina enjoy an all-inclusive woodland resort in Saxony.

Portugal and Wiltshire

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2021

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Business partners Sunhil and Nilesh, whose luxury trips to Dubai cost thousands, swap holidays with down-on-their luck, unemployed friends Suzanne and Urshella. Sunil and Nilesh are sent on an out-of-season camping trip in the Wiltshire countryside, while Suzanne and Urshella are off on a no-expense-spared week in the sun- drenched vineyards of Viseu in northern Portugal.

Turkey and Tenerife

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2021

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Two wealthy friends from London used to the most glamorous luxury getaways all over the world swap holidays with a woman and her three children from East Lothian who are unable to afford to all go abroad together. Julia and Katya head off to Tenerife for two nights in a resort hostel, followed by a working break at the island's horse rescue centre, while Annie and her adult children have a week at a luxury historic mansion hotel in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya in Turkey.

Wales and Devon

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2021

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Roger and Lisa are used to spending more than £8,000 holidaying abroad in luxury villas with their young three children. And 100 miles west in Southport live Sue, Genna and Ray. Nan and mum work so much that they rarely have time for holidays. While Lisa and Roger have a trip to windy Wales in a campervan, Sue, Genna and Ray are treated to an all-expenses paid trip to a Devon manor frequented by the super-rich.

Season 3

Episode 1

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2023

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Return of the documentary in which people from different sides of the wealth divide trade vacations. In the opening edition, support worker Cheryl and her factory employee son Harvey trade holidays with entrepreneur friends Marco and Paul, with Cheryl and Harvey jetting off to the super-rich playground of Dubai, while Marco and Paul go motorhoming in Surrey and Southend-on-Sea.

Episode 2

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2023

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Salford couple Janet and Gary swap holidays with wealthy twins Hussain and Hussan who have made a fortune from cosmetic dentistry and spend £20,000 on luxury holidays.

Janet and Gary have been together for eight years and want to get married but can't afford the wedding. Forced to take a second job, Gary works as a wedding singer. They love life but money is a big struggle.

Hussain and Hassan work hard and play hard, reaping the rewards of their success with £200,000 cars, indulgent dinners at exclusive restaurants, and private jets, not to mention trips to the most desirable holiday destinations in the world.

In the swap, Janet and Gary jet off to Iceland to experience its breathtaking views and rugged terrain in the adventure holiday of a lifetime. More used to the simple life, will the ultra-cool destination provide the motivation for Gary to finally pop the question to Janet? And will the couple enjoy indulging the thrill-seeking activities?

Hussain and Hassan head to the Pembrokeshire coast for a down and dirty working holiday on a farm. Their worst fears are camping, animals and dirt, but that's exactly what they get! Not only do the duo have to fend for themselves, but they also have to muck in on the farm as well as mucking out the stables.

Will it be a step too far when it comes to getting their hands dirty or will it serve as a timely reminder of their humble upbringings? And then there's the charming farmer Gerlad and his community of helpers to remind the twins of what really matters in life.

Episode 3

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2023

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Retired millionaire Lyn and best friend Hugh swap vacations with hard-up office workers Keisha and Merrit to find out if you really need money to have a good time on holiday. Lyn and Hugh head to Kent for a week in a static caravan, while Keshia and Merritt head to Chamonix in south-eastern Francef or a stay at a luxury wellness chalet in the shadow of Mont Blanc.

Episode 4

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2023

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Successful DJ Jodie and best friend Annie, who owns a nail salon, head off on a budget camping vacation in Lewes, East Sussex, as they swap holidays with friends Jason, Scott and Chris. The happy-go lucky trio stay at a three-storey mansion with panoramic views across Andalucía in southern Spain.

Episode 5

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2024

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The return after a break of the documentary in which families from different sides of the wealth divide trade vacations. Best friends Nathan and Rico have the financial freedom to spend thousands on indulgent getaways to Mexico and Dubai, but this time they are sampling the simpler side of life by taking a narrowboat along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Meanwhile, Sarah and her daughter Victoria are off to Finland, one of Europe's most expensive countries for an adrenaline-fuelled week of icy activities including swimming and dog sledding.

Episode 6

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2024

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Recruitment manager Ore and his property developer brother TJ swap holidays with hard-up sisters Donna and Clare. While the sisters go on an expensive trip to Puglia in southern Italy, staying in a traditional trullo house complete with private pool, the brothers go to a Great Yarmouth holiday park where you must feed the electricity meter with pounds coins.

Episode 7

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2024

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Polish cleaner Anna and her daughter Naomi exchange holidays with wealthy friends Harry and Lyndsey. For a week, Anna and Naomi have free rein of a majestic 15-bedroom Cotswolds manor house, complete with private pool, manicured gardens and activities they could never normally afford, while Harry and Lyndsey stay in a tiny, decrepit caravan on the Costa del Sol with only 94 euros between them.

Episode 8

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2024

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Millionaire Cassy-Anne and her daughters Bug and Bunny ditch their usual luxury trips for a basic, no-frills one when they swap holidays with hard-up, nature-loving couple Sian and Joe. Never without their phones, Cassy-Anne and her girls have to cope without technology during their stay in shepherd's hut in Dorset, while Sian and Joe have the run of a penthouse at an opulent five-star resort in Hvar, Croatia.

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