Family Xchange Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Family Xchange: Season 3

• Season 3 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  The two families prepare to meet the people whose lives they have been living as the final day of the swap arrives. East London pastor Daniel and his wife Flavia must decide whether to come clean and tell the rural Cookes what they really thought of their house, while Graham and Sheila consider admitting they didn't quite get the hang of being inner city church leaders

• Season 3 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Gill Tallis calls an electrician, while Ronnie finds snails infesting her furniture - and makes another untoward discovery in the bedroom. Nadia Sawalha presents

• Season 3 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Nadia Sawalha meets two families who swap lives. The Tallis family moves to a three bed semi, while the Browse family move into a converted barn with 400-acres of land

Family Xchange: Season 2

• Season 2 Episode 15: EPISODE: 15

  The two single-parent families prepare to meet on the last day of their swap, but chaos continues to reign as the teenagers' temper tantrums give way to a series of minor disasters. Last in series

• Season 2 Episode 14: EPISODE: 14

  Kerri and Al have fun clay-pigeon shooting while the matriarchs of the two single-parent families begin a day of renovations, with Maggi revamping the kitchen cupboards and Anne doing a spot of decorating. Presented by Nadia Sawalha

• Season 2 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  The adults swap jobs for the first time, with Maggi Butterworth going on her first fox-hunt and Anne Hull teaching cookery, while Eki and Rafe go to school in place of Christina and Johnny, and vice versa

• Season 2 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  Maggi needs to pass a riding test before she can go on the fox-hunt - an activity that is hardly appealing for this vegetarian urban dweller. Meanwhile in the city, Anne's children struggle to adapt to an entirely meat-free diet

• Season 2 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  Nadia Sawalha oversees the culture clash as a Leeds family trade places with a woman who runs a horse farm. Anne's rural existence leaves her badly equipped for taking on an office job, and the prospect of her opposite number's vegetarian diet proves unappetising. In the country, Maggi's children adjust to the eye-opening experience of mucking out horses

• Season 2 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  The eco-friendly Eliases and acquisitive Halsey-Halls prepare to meet each other on the final day of the swap, but with Steve declaring the experience 'terrible' it remains to be seen if the families will ever see eye to eye. Back on home ground, it becomes clear all is not well as the small matter of the renovation work comes under careful scrutiny

• Season 2 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  After only three days, the Hallsey-Hall family are not convinced that living off the land is for them, and soon revolution is in the air

• Season 2 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  The grown-ups start their new jobs and the world of work proves to be a real challenge for the Halsey-Hall and Elias families

• Season 2 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  The two fathers spend their first day doing each other's jobs, but while Piers struggles with breaking up rocks in the barn, Steve is equally stumped when it comes to selling houses. Sharon goes food shopping, but finds her reduced budget tough to work with, while Clare puzzles over the alien world of microwave meals. Later, the families discuss what to do with the renovation money

• Season 2 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  Nadia Sawalha presents as two families exchange homes for the week. The Halsey-Hall family take up residence in a small country cottage, where they are shocked at having to live off the land on a budget much smaller than their normal income. Meanwhile, the Elias family are stunned at the size of their new home

• Season 2 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  The two families prepare to meet the people whose lives they have been living as the final day of the swap arrives. East London pastor Daniel and his wife Flavia come clean to country-dwellers the Cookes about what they really thought of their house and Graham and Sheila admit they didn't quite get the hang of being inner-city church leaders. Presented by Nadia Sawalha

• Season 2 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  The strain of living in the country forces Daniel and Flavia to confront problems in their relationship, and the Cooke boys spend their last day at an inner-city comprehensive school. Presented by Nadia Sawalha

• Season 2 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Sheila Cooke visits central London to try life as a city worker, while her family face the hardship of fasting for a day. Mindy and Jesse Erickson-Hull struggle to cope with the discipline required of military cadets and the stress of the family-swap experiment puts a strain on their parents' relationship

• Season 2 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  The children face their first day at school in their new environments. Jesse Erickson-Hull is very impressed by his new all-boys public school, which he thinks looks like a castle, while Douglas, Roger and Andy Cooke adjust to the more relaxed pace of a London comprehensive - and to sharing a classroom with girls for a change. Back at home, Flavia finds her housebound life more stressful than expected

• Season 2 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Nadia Sawalha presents the life-swap show, as two families take on each other's daily routines for a week. The Cookes live in a peaceful area of Cornwall, while the Erickson-Hull family run a Pentecostal church in London. City girl Flavia finds mucking out the horses a challenging start to the day and Sheila Cooke's efforts to prepare a traditional West Indian meal end in disaster

Family Xchange: Season 1

• Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  The £1,000 makeovers are completed and both families finally meet face to face before returning to their own homes. It's tears and tantrums all round, as Ronnie and Gill come clean about what they really think of each other's property

• Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  The penultimate day sees both families set about a £1,000 makeover of their temporary homes, providing Ronnie with the perfect opportunity to declare war on Gill's beloved Hereford hops. Daughters Faye and Hannah swap driving lessons, Roger gets to grips with his biggest phobia and Phil is left with the messiest task on the farm

• Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  The week goes badly for both families, as the Tallises struggle with being cooped up, Gill decides she has had enough of mucking out the backyard and the children face swapping schools : causing eight-year-old Fred to throw a tantrum. Presented by Nadia Sawalha

• Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Tension builds on the second day of the swap, as the realisation dawns on both families that the grass isn't always greener. Gill calls an electrician to the Browse residence, while snails are discovered down the back of the Tallis family furniture. Roger cooks dinner for his brood for the first time and there are tears before bedtime when Ronnie sees the state of her hosts' bedlinen

• Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Two families have their worlds turned upside down for a week, when they exchange houses, jobs, schools, friends, pets and diets. Nadia Sawalha presents as the Tallis clan from Solihull swap their converted barn for the Browse family's three-bedroom ex-council house in Ellesmere Port