Trading Places
For six British women, its time to trade their comfortable western lives for a week, to live with families in remote and tribal regions and to find out how the other half live. For some its the ultimate culture shock, but for some its an incredible learning and revelatory experience. Whatever they get out of it, its the ultimate life swap challenge.
The Wives
The series starts with Charlie Brades from Hampshire, who stays with a tribe of nomads called the Yoruk in southern Turkey. An independently minded 23-year-old, she is forced to confront some home truths when she moves into a one-room tent with a family of seven.
Then well meet Linda from Liverpool who visits Gabon, Michelle from London who travels to Mexico, Becky from London who spends time in Papua New Guinea, divorced single mum Jackie in Thailand, and London-based entrepreneur Anna travelling to Ethiopia.
All feel theres something missing from their lives, but these holidays are anything but breaks in the sun. These are life changing experiences in some of the worlds most remote places.