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Theodoric
14-08-2003, 12:46
I have just been reading a BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3141921.stm) about people swapping homes for a holiday. This has brought back a very faint memory about a TV drama series (or programme) of a few years ago where someone did a home swap that then (unsurprisingly - it would have been a very short programme otherwise) led to dire consequences.

Can anyone put me out of my misery by remembering what it was?
gazzae
14-08-2003, 12:50
Was it on BBC last month in the mornings? I remember watching something like that when I was off sick. Something Swap i think it was called
Theodoric
14-08-2003, 12:59
Originally posted by gazzae
Was it on BBC last month in the mornings? I remember watching something like that when I was off sick. Something Swap i think it was called
No, this programme was quite a few years ago.
The Diplomat
14-08-2003, 13:08
Is it the one where the family went out to Australia??
The family that came to the UK assumed his identity etc....
gazzae
14-08-2003, 13:09
Ah right, the one i watched last month was called Family Xchange.
Ramrod
14-08-2003, 15:16
We should have a thread about the perils of wife swopping:D
might be interesting:D
gazzae
14-08-2003, 15:53
I tried to swop my wife once. Got a bottle of vodka, thought that was fair.
Theodoric
14-08-2003, 16:05
Originally posted by The Diplomat
Is it the one where the family went out to Australia??
The family that came to the UK assumed his identity etc....
That's the one! Not that I can remember its name or when it was transmitted.
Theodoric
14-08-2003, 16:07
Originally posted by gazzae
I tried to swop my wife once. Got a bottle of vodka, thought that was fair.
A bottle of vodka. That's what I call entering into the spirit of things. :)
zoombini
14-08-2003, 16:34
I doubt anyone would want to swap for my house, I wonder if the wife would be interested in being swapped? lol
The Diplomat
14-08-2003, 16:45
Originally posted by Theodoric
That's the one! Not that I can remember its name or when it was transmitted.

My Missus reckons it was one of them made for tv movies on c5 or uk living...:blush:

I thought it was a 2 part drama thingy...
The Diplomat
14-08-2003, 16:49
<edit> just found this.......

http://money.guardian.co.uk/homebuying/movinghome/story/0%2C1456%2C927308%2C00.html :)

Still no title yet though...
Theodoric
14-08-2003, 22:22
Originally posted by The Diplomat
My Missus reckons it was one of them made for tv movies on c5 or uk living...:blush:

I thought it was a 2 part drama thingy...
Shhh! Don't tell the wife, but I think that you're right and she's wromg.
Theodoric
14-08-2003, 22:24
Originally posted by The Diplomat
<edit> just found this.......

http://money.guardian.co.uk/homebuying/movinghome/story/0%2C1456%2C927308%2C00.html :)

Still no title yet though...
Sounds like it. But only last year? I thought it was much longer ago. Must be something to do with time passing faster as you get older.
kink
16-08-2003, 21:52
Ok..... was it this??

THE SWAP

ITV1-Greenlit / 2x90 / 10&11 February 2002

Writer: Marc Blake; Director: David Drury; Producer: Jill Green

Tom and Jen, an English couple swap their London home for the Christmas holidays with Charles, an Australian. But all is not what it seems - when they return home they find their home has been sold and the contents stripped bare. Tom, whose relationship with Jen is heading for divorce, discovers that she has been having an affair with the (fake) Australian and the house swap/sale was her endeavour to get a fair settlement in the divorce.

With:- JEMMA REDGRAVE as Jen Forrester / MICHAEL MALONEY as Tom Forrester / JONATHAN CAKE as Charles Anderson / LARA BELMONT as Lissa Forrester / PHYLLIDA LAW as Rose Trenchard

Hope so.... coz i've just spent the past hour looking for it... and it was driving me crazy because i'd seen it :spin:

It was the BBC angle that threw me....

Hope this helps :)
The Diplomat
16-08-2003, 22:36
Yay for kink...:D

That's the one. :)
kink
16-08-2003, 23:08
Originally posted by The Diplomat
Yay for kink...:D

That's the one. :)


Mmmmm.... now that's a kudos for me on another thread from Russ.. and a Yayy for me on here from Dippy..... but..... is it the programme that Theodoric was being mentally tortured by ? :shrug:

Bet it was BBC's Changing Rooms after all that ;)
The Diplomat
16-08-2003, 23:18
LOL

No I'm quite sure that was the one kink. :)
kink
17-08-2003, 01:11
ok.... i trust you :)

Will come by to collect my prize tomorrow.... or should i just invoice you for my professional services instead? ;) :p
Theodoric
17-08-2003, 15:19
Originally posted by kink
Ok..... was it this??



Hope so.... coz i've just spent the past hour looking for it... and it was driving me crazy because i'd seen it :spin:

It was the BBC angle that threw me....

Hope this helps :)
Yes, that's the one. I couldn't remember the rest of the plot, so at least I do know now.