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| Wife Swap | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 11[1] |
| No. of episodes | 66 (inc. 13 specials)[1] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | RDF Television[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 7 January 2003 – 15 June 2017 |
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Wife Swap is a British reality television programme that aired on Channel 4 from 7 January 2003 to 15 June 2017.
In the programme, two families, usually from different social classes and lifestyles, swap wives/mothers – and sometimes husbands – for two weeks. In fact, the programme will usually deliberately swap wives with dramatically different lifestyles, such as a messy wife swapping with a fastidiously neat one. Despite using a phrase from the swinging lifestyle, couples participating in the show do not share a bed with the "swapped" spouse while "swapping" homes.
In November 2009, Channel 4 announced that they had cancelled Wife Swap, and no new episodes of the show would be made for the channel.[2] The final episode was broadcast in December 2009.[3]
It was announced that Wife Swap would return for a special Brexit episode to air on 15 June 2017 on Channel 4.[4]
- ^ a b c "Wife Swap UK". Banijay. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Mayer Nissim (12 November 2009). "Channel 4 axes 'Wife Swap', 'How Clean'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Wife Swap - The Carters and the Dales". Channel 4. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "What time is Wife Swap: Brexit Special on TV?". Radio Times. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.