January 24th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
Wife Swap , the BAFTA-award winning hit series, is back starting with a celebrity swap. Notorious comedian Freddie Starr and his wife and manager Donna swap places with Page 3 pin-up Sam Fox and her partner and manager of eight years, Myra Stratton.
Freddie Starr captivated the nation in the 70s and 80s with his zany humour. After becoming infamous for his hell-raising hamster eating exploits, Freddie has now settled down to a traditional life with his third wife Donna. While Freddie gigs, Donna is in control of the home and three children, sleeping for only a few hours each night as she tries to fit in her endless chores. Freddie firmly believes that the working man needs to be looked after, and his doting wife Donna is happy to oblige. Read more & comment »
October 6th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Jess and Lou Pearson-Faith are a lesbian couple from Essex. They live in a council flat with Jess’s three children from a previous marriage. With no full-time jobs, they are reliant on benefits. Read more & comment »
September 30th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Wife Swap , the BAFTA-award-winning hit series, is back with a celebrity swap. The recently married Pete Burns and his husband, Michael Simpson, swap places with the hard man of football, the notorious Neil “Razor” Ruddock, and his partner, ex-page-three glamour girl Leah Newman.
No one gets the better of Pete, and husband Michael takes care of everything in Pete’s life. By contrast, Ruddock’s partner Leah would love some more me-time in her life. Wife Swap: The Aftermath follows on E4, with Pete, Michael, Neil and Leah meeting again after watching the show go out. Read more & comment »
July 18th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Channel 4 show Wife Swap is to ramp up the controversy by including their first ever gay couple.
The swap will take place between a homophobic farmer and his wife, and a lesbian couple.
A show source said: “The farmer is very prejudiced, and initially he’s horrified living with the lesbian.
“His wife is none too happy either. But it’s interesting to see what happens . . . it’s not what you’d expect.”
Should be good telly!
May 18th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
It’s the penultimate episode of the series and this week there’s an extraordinary swap between Melissa from Wiltshire and Noelie from Doncaster, where viewers will find out what happens when a Wife Swap goes wrong. Noelie Klineberg is the doting partner of millionaire Robin Goforth. They’ve been together for five years and they live on the outskirts of Doncaster with Nolie’s 17-year-old son Danny and Robin’s 16 year-old-son Adam. Appearances are important in the Klineberg household, and Noelie keeps the house and herself in perfect condition and is accustomed to a glamorous lifestyle. On top of all of that, Noelie also takes care of Robin’s every need from running his bath to ironing his boxer shorts, while Robin runs a string of businesses from petrol stations to used cars. Read more & comment »
May 12th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
It’s a fiery swap as housewife Tina Griffiths from Basingstoke and Labour party councillor Julie Young from Colchester trade places for 10 days. Julie Young and her teetotal husband Tim are both Labour party councillors, which means politics is top of the family agenda. As a socialist couple they spend more of their time helping others than spending time with their family. Young family life is constantly interrupted by their constituents who need their help, which means the needs of 10-year-old Kier, 14-year-old Matilda and 16-year-old Harriet often end up coming second. Read more & comment »
April 28th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
It’s an explosive Wife Swap this week as Alison from Eastbourne and Michelle from Northampton trade places – and parenting styles. Alison Henry has one priority in life: her five children. She cooks, cleans and runs around after them all day, every day. Alison believes her role is to make life as fun and comfortable as possible for her children, so the household is run according to the kids’ timetable. Alison doesn’t like rules or forcing her kids to do anything they don’t want to do, so they have no set bedtime, leading to post-midnight running around; and even when they eventually go to bed they rarely stay there. Read more & comment »
April 14th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
The award-winning Wife Swap continues with the Ahmed family, a strict Pakistani Muslim family who pray five times a day and choose to wear the hijab (headscarf). The backbone of their family philosophy is based on Islamic principles and their three teenage children are well-mannered, work hard and are very respectful of their parent’s wishes. Supermum Nuzhat works full time, studies, manages all the cooking and household chores, and keeps a keen eye on what her children are doing.
Deborah Escott works as an admin director for a theatre company and is the sole breadwinner in her liberal family. Husband Andy is a musician and house husband who looks after their three-year-old daughter Emily and 16-year-old Becky, Debs’s daughter from a previous relationship. Becky has recently come out as a lesbian. Will these two very different mums ever see eye to eye? How will husband Shakil react when Deborah arranges for his two teenage daughters to attend a live music gig and how does Nuzhat deal with a rebellious teenage daughter whose sexuality is a direct challenge to her religious beliefs?
Sunday 15th April Channel 4 8PM
April 6th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Wife Swap , the BAFTA-award-winning hit show, returns with a new series. Wheelchair user Ruth, an active and health conscious mum from Shropshire, swaps places with Sue, an armchair loving mother of four from Kent. At 17, Ruth was involved in an accident that left her a paraplegic. Despite this she is an incredibly active mum of two who doesn’t let anything stop her from living life to the max. She is extremely passionate about healthy eating, limits sugar and salt in her house and has strict control over what her well-mannered children do and don’t eat.
Despite a demanding job working with adults with learning difficulties, Sue ‘runs’ her household from her favourite armchair in front of the TV while her four daughters bicker around her. At mealtimes the kitchen turns into a fast food café. The freezer is packed with pizzas and chips and there’s always an endless supply of crisps, chocolate and biscuits. How will Sue’s family react to their new ‘Mum’, when Ruth bins the junk and enforces a healthy eating regime? And when Sue introduces chocolates and sweets along with her new rules to the household, will Ruth’s children overdose on their sugar rush? Wife Swap: The Aftermath follows on E4, with Ruth and Sue meeting again after watching the show go out.
Channel 4, Sunday 8th April, 8PM
April 5th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
A couple who appear in this years series of Wife Swap have revealed that they like to Wife Swap in real life too.
The Sun reports:
Publican Steve Tyler and his stripper partner Tori Martin meet up with other couples for swingers’ nights where “anything goes”.
Bisexual blonde Tori — real name Justine — has also been filmed by common-law hubby Steve enjoying lesbian romps at wild sex parties.
Of course, their new partners, Andy and Paula Wroath, a straight laced couple of horse trainers, know nothing of their professions or history…you can imagine how that revelation went down!
You can catch up with the couples on Channel 4 on the April 22.
