Wife Swap: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Wife Swap takes a really fun look at how couples run their lives. The Show lifts the lid on the choices different couples make: how they each share the house work, children, work and shopping and spending. Also what they want from their friends family and social lives. Its a rare insight into what it is like to live someone else's life and experiences. Wife Swap has the two 'wives' of each family trade places for ten days to see what it is like to live in another family's home. They have to do everything in this home including going out and taking on the other's job , but instead of returning to their own home, they return to their new family's home.

Series details

• Title: Wife Swap
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2003-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-04-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25006
• IMDb ID: tt0392948
• TVDB ID: 80640

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-01-01; final listed air date 2003-01-01.
• Season 11: premiered 2009-04-19; final listed air date 2009-04-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Wife Swap on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.