Poor Little Rich Girls

infobox television
show_name = Poor Little Rich Girls


format = Reality TV
runtime = 60 minutes
creator =
starring =
country = UK
producer =Helen Royle
network = ITV
first_aired = May 25, 2004
last_aired =
num_episodes = 6
imdb_id = 1068705
tv_com_id =

"Poor Little Rich Girls" is a UK reality television program that allowed women from very different professions and classes to switch places to see how the other half lives. The six-part series, directed by Iain Thompson and produced by Simon Kerfoot and Helen Royle, first aired in 2004 on ITV. [Worcester News. (May 24 2004) [http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2004/5/24/102058.html Tress stress for glamour girl Natalie] . worchesternews.co.uk Retrieved 15/03/08.] [imdb title|id=1068705.] The premier episode, in which model Natalie Denning trades places with trainee hairdresser Katie Wakefield, was "pick of the day" by "The Sun" for "Best Reality".Foster, Jill. (May 25 2004) [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tv/todaystv/2004/05/25/life-s-toff-at-the-top-89520-14272278/ Life's toff at the top] . "The Mirror". Retrieved 15/03/08.]

Premise

During the two week taping of each show, the women not only take on one another's jobs, but also inhabit each other's homes and cut off all contact with their own friends and family. Episodes included a swap between DJ and model Sassy Porter and cleaning woman Leanne Rodrigues, who was subsequently offered a modeling career of her own, [Wylie, Ian. (February 24 2006) [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/205/205668_cleaner_goes_from_rags_to_riches.html Cleaner goes from rags to riches] . "Manchester Evening News". Retrieved 15/03/08.] and between model Katie Downes and toilet cleaner Michelle McManus. [TV One. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410965/830744 Poor Little Rich Girls] tvnz.co.nz Retrieved 15/03/08.]

ee also

*Wife Swap

Further reading

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040530/ai_n12893896/pg_1 Review of debut] , "The Sunday Mirror"

References