''Poor Little Rich Girls'' is a United Kingdom
reality television
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program that allowed women from very different
profession
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s 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.
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, and between model
Katie Downes
Katie Elizabeth Cook (born Downes; 16 May 1984) is an English glamour model and Page 3 girl.
Early life and career
She was born in Liverpool, England. She has appeared in nearly all of the British lad mags and has been on the cover of '' L ...
and toilet cleaner Michelle McManus.
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See also
* ''
Wife Swap''
Further reading
Review of debut ''
The Sunday Mirror
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References
External links
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British reality television series
British dating and relationship reality television series
ITV (TV network) original programming
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