Rich House Poor House getting major change due to cost of living crisis and viewers will be livid
THE cost of living crisis has finally hit the TV industry – with daytime favourite Rich House, Poor House being ditched.
In its place Channel 5 is currently filming a pilot called Old Money New Money, which involves a similar experiment where two families from opposite ends of the economic spectrum swap homes for a week to find out about each other’s lives.
Except the new show will involve two wealthy families — one from old money, the other from new.
A TV insider said: “If this proves popular it could lead to a full series, which is sure to delight fans of Rich House, Poor House.
“Although it’s a slightly different set-up it’s still based on the same theme of watching how people adjust to a different way of living.
And that’s been the key to the success of the original show.
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Now Channel 5 will be hoping this spin-off works just as well.”
The show will include one group of people who struck it rich through business, hard work or a lucky windfall who see what it’s like to live the lifestyle of people who have had their wealth handed down to them.
Rich House, Poor House has been airing since 2017 and is one of Channel 5’s most viewed daytime shows.
It has produced some incredible stories too, including Demi and Ben Gowland-Jeffries from County Durham, who took part in the show in 2019.
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The roofer and housewife were scraping by on just £57 a week, but after swapping homes with millionaires Steve and Gemma Green from North Yorkshire, the wealthy couple gave them the chance to have training in property investment, which meant they could start their own businesses — and as a result they quadrupled their income.
THE One Show, Rip Off Britain and Watchdog will join forces for a BBC campaign called Cost Of Living: Tackling It Together.
Experts such as Martin Lewis will offer consumers tips and advice, and the initiative, which will begin this month, will also span the BBC News website, Radio 4’s Today, BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live, Radio 1’s Newsbeat, News at Six and Ten and Newsnight.
BBC Food will also deliver a daily low-cost recipe for families.
Fleur’s East End knees up
THIS weekend the Strictly contestants will dance to a playlist of BBC theme tunes to celebrate the corporation’s centenary.
And the assignment has got some of the celebs pondering where else they would like to feature on the Beeb.
For Fleur East, the choice is obvious.
The singer, who is partnered with Vito Coppola, said: “EastEnders. That’s a no-brainer, I am an East Ender and my last name is East. I would love that, even if it was just a walk-on role, I need to get in there with James Bye (fellow contestant and EastEnders actor).
“Imagine if I was just walking round Albert Square, or to have a moment in the Queen Vic and to have a pint, that would be a dream.”
Paralympian Ellie Simmonds said: “Being from the West Midlands it has got to be Peaky Blinders – I’d love to be Tommy Shelby’s wife.”
How IVF floored Nicola
BOXING champion Nicola Adams had some tough fights in the ring, but she says nothing compares to her and partner Ella Baig’s battle to have a baby through IVF.
In a new film for ITV called IVF & Me she says: “In fighting I could switch off my emotions and just focus. The IVF journey was the complete opposite.
“I was experiencing emotions I’d never felt and I could not just switch off, I had to ride through all the ups and downs.
“The worst part for me was everything was out of our control, we could do everything right and it still might not work, that was a hard pill to swallow.”
The couple are now thrilled to be parents to son Taylor, who was born in July.
- Watch Nicola Adams: IVF & Me tonight at 9pm on ITVBe.
CHANNEL 4 is launching new digital-first brand Channel 4.0 on October 26.
Streamed via YouTube and social media, it will be aimed at 13-24 year olds.
It will feature comedy and entertainment “rooted in youth culture” from talent including Chunkz and Nella Rose.
Mich a velvet dream
MICHELLE KEEGAN has brought a little class to proceedings with her latest Instagram shoot.
The Brassic star scrubs up well in a black, velvet mini dress ahead of the party season.
And there is plenty to celebrate, as her first stint in a period drama is expected to air in January.
Michelle plays a nurse in the BBC’s Ten Pound Poms, about a group of Brits who leave post-war Britain in 1956 for a new life in sunny Australia.
Luther’s Warren Brown and Game Of Thrones actor Faye Marsay also star in the six-part series.
Tony’s plan for Wrinkly Island
THE cast of Love Island are usually tanned, toned and in their 20s – a fact Tony Blackburn reckons need to change.
The veteran broadcaster has become an unlikely campaigner for a new breed of older Islander.
He was inspired while appearing on Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel alongside the dating show’s narrator Iain Stirling.
In this Saturday’s episode the contestant opts to “shut down” poor Tony when dealt a question on the topic Love Island.
Tony joked: “What a surprise! What I want to know is: why isn’t there a Love Island for us over-70s to take part in? We can call it Wrinkly Island.”
Iain joked: “Because Tony, you’d enter it and there’d be no women left for anyone else!”
Host Michael, who is back for a third series of his BBC game show, added: “For now, unfortunately, there is no such show and Tony you are shut down.”
- Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel returns this Saturday at 5.40pm on BBC One.
Kam’s quiz quip
FOOTIE boss Harry Redknapp probably wishes his zero-pounds performance on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? had never made it on air.
Harry will be reminded of his 2021 flop this weekend when Chris Kamara sits in the famous chair.
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Kammy makes his way to the £1,000 question, where he deliberates over an answer.
He quips: “I think it’s D, but I’m doubting myself and thinking, could I go away like Harry, without any money?”
Tune in to ITV for the celebrity special on Sunday at 9pm to find out if the Ninja Warrior host’s gamble paid off.