Rich Kids Go Skint

2018•1 series•Entertainment / Factual

Available on MTV HD

Young adults from privileged backgrounds forego their luxurious lifestyles of hotel stays, holidays and expensive shopping trips in order to spend some time with families living on the breadline. From sleeping in makeshift beds to doing the weekly groceries on a limited budget, the affluent kids learn first-hand how challenging it is for many poor people to make ends meet. The realities of living every day on the poverty line hit some of the wealthy youngsters hard, with a number of eye-opening experiences ending in tearful exchanges.

Episode 5Rich Kids Go Skint

Londoner Jab has a collection of expensive watches and spends a lot of time and money on fitness. He travels to Redditch to sample life with an ordinary family living without luxuries. (S5, ep5)

Episode 6Rich Kids Go Skint

Rich Chelsea kid Olly spends time with single mum Clare, who has been driven into debt by the cost of living crisis. (S5, ep6)

Episode 7Rich Kids Go Skint

Josie, who lives in a multi-million-pound mansion, stays with a family of five. She learns of their challenges, including how the family live at the whim of the electricity meter. (S5, ep8)

Episode 8Rich Kids Go Skint

Indigo, 21, from a posh area of north London, visits Annemarie in Kent, who lives on universal credit in a one-bedroom flat as the sole carer for her autistic daughter, Lily. (S5, ep7)

Episode 9Rich Kids Go Skint

Seventeen-year-old Mimi leaves her privileged life in the Surrey countryside to live with Kerena and her daughters in a mould-infected house where they survive on universal credit. (S5, ep9)

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