Wife Swap (British TV series)

There have been some celebrity versions of Wife Swap produced:

• Charles Ingram and his wife Diana swapped with Jade Goody of Big Brother and her then-partner Jeff Brazier
• Racing pundit John McCririck and his wife Jenny swapped with politician Edwina Currie and her husband John Jones (known as JJ)
• 1980s pop singer and Celebrity Big Brother star Pete Burns and his partner Michael Simpson swapped with former footballer Neil Ruddock and his partner Leah Newman
• Comedian Freddie Starr and his wife Donna swapped with Samantha Fox and her partner Myra Stratton
• 1980s pop singer Sinitta and her husband Andy swapped with former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones and his wife Sandra
• Soul singer Alexander O'Neal and his wife Cynthia swapped with wine critic, journalist and television personality Jilly Goolden and her husband Paul
• Rhona Cameron and her partner Suran swapped with fellow comedian Stan Boardman and his wife Viv
• Ron Atkinson and his wife Maggie swapped with Tessa Sanderson and her partner Densign White.

Wife Swap has aired several unique episodes in its history.

In 2005, Channel 4 broadcast two international versions of Wife Swap, one where a British family changed lifestyles with a German family,[4] and then one where a British family changed lifestyles with an Australian family.

In 2008, Channel 4 broadcast a version where two British families who happened to be living in Spain at the time swapped with one another.

A spin-off, Boss Swap, was broadcast as a series in the UK.[5] A pilot for a US series was shown on ABC but was not commissioned. Husband Swap and Vacation Swap pilots were also broadcast in America, but were not picked up for series production. In the Netherlands and Belgium Vacation Swap episodes, are produced as "Jouw vakantie, mijn vakantie".

At least once a husband and a live-in boyfriend swapped while the women stayed with their families.

There is an ongoing series on Hunan Television, in which the people being swapped are mostly the eldest children (or in rare cases, youngest or all children) of between 9–16 years old. One of these comes from an affluent family, but with behavioural and legal issues, in which they must surrender all technological gadgets and money (except for the allowances left by the opposite family, or any money they earned or collected). The other is from a poorer agricultural village, often orphaned or with single parents. This show also has celebrity mentors making videos of support for the participants.

In the Netherlands the same format is being used in KRO's Puberruil, broadcast on NPO3. The children are 15–18 years old. Most of the time Dutch children are swapped, but there are also episodes named "Puberruil buitenland" where Dutch children are swapped with children in countries like India, Brazil and Sierra Leone. Longer episodes are called "Puberruil Xtra".