Season 12

Business gurus Nigel and Sue swap lives with parcel courier Damian and care worker Becki, who have big dreams of running their own businesses in a week leading to tears of joy and a life-changing gift.

Multimillionaire Poundland founder Steve Smith and his son Joe swap homes and lives with Jon and Kelly Deeming-Thomas and their five children. Jon and Kelly are both plasterers, but business plays second fiddle to family life, but they don't have a van or advertise their business and the debts are mounting. Meanwhile, Steve has enough money to sink the Titanic but hasn't always been present for son Joe and the swap is brilliantly poised for both families to learn lessons that could change their lives for ever.

Multimillionaire plumbing entrepreneurs Sam and Scott live in a £12m Westminster penthouse, but workaholic Scott recently had a near-fatal health scare. Plasterer Lee and gardener Laura live in a two-bed flat in Northolt, west London, with their three children, but the lack of space and financial struggles puts a huge strain on their relationship, so the couple have big hopes that the swap will solve their relationship problems and build Lee's confidence.

A single mum from Essex and her daughter swap homes with a millionaire entrepreneur who has made a fortune on Spain's Costa. Becky lives in the village of Hockley with her nine-year-old daughter Aimee, earning just above the minimum wage working as a trainee teacher, while home is a cramped terraced house. For one week Becky, Aimee and Nanny Bev travel to Spain to swap lives with Adam, his girlfriend Ebbe and his teenage son Jamie. Thirty-three-year-old entrepreneur Adam is another Essex native, but left Romford 15 years ago to set up as an estate agent in Alicante. His Spanish villa is on an exclusive golf course with a swimming pool and amazing views. Will Becky be tempted by a new life in the Spanish sun? Meanwhile, Adam teaches Jamie the real value of money by a week living on the breadline in budget Britain.

Matt and Danni run their own luxury mattress and bedding business and have created quite a life for their family, with home a sprawling country house, but Danni hopes living like the other half will help recalibrate their work-life balance. For Katie and her daughters home is a run-down three-bed in desperate need of updating, and Katie works four jobs to make ends meet, one of which is selling pre-loved clothes.

Millionaire owner of a packaging company Rachel and her husband swap lifestyles with struggling Lyndsay and her 21-year-old daughter Katie, who are both recovering from serious health issues. During the week Lyndsay and Katie take on the work of a successful CEO, while Rachel, Steve and Amelia adjust to a life of chores and cheap pleasures, with the swap proving life-changing for both sides.

In an episode full of tears and triumphs, angel investor Steve Bolton swaps with carer Val, who dreams of starting her own Zimbabwean restaurant. Millionaire Steve lives in one of Bournemouth most upmarket suburbs, and his children Charlie and Ella have their own annexe in a million-pound home. In Portsmouth, Val and her mum Cleo live in a council house that has seen better days and with three kids and only £52 spending money a week, every day is a struggle. Val and Cleo take to the royal box at Newbury races, while Steve, Ell and Charlie learn to cook cow's foot stew. While Val is inspired to move on her business dream, Steve and his kids have some of the best quality time in their lives.

Millionaire currency trader Lewis and his wealthy best friend Helen swap their lives of luxury with cleaner Nicole, joiner Grant and their three sons. Lewis lives in a sprawling country house near King's Lynn, Norfolk, complete with six deluxe bedrooms, while Nicole and Grant's Grantham three-bedroom council house has cramped bedrooms, threadbare carpets and a kitchen barely big enough for family meals. When the two families finally come together at the end of the week, emotions run high, revealing just how life-changing this swap has been.

Millionaire hotel owners Gez and Rosy Chetal swap lives with the cash-strapped Bloor family, who are struggling to make ends meet but dream of running a music café. As the wealthy Gez and Rosy discover what life is like without free spending and financial comfort, the Bloors step into the world of luxury and opportunity, taking over the hotel and putting their café dream to the test, with incredible results.

Wealthy businessman Joe Sealey swaps his luxurious home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, for the rented three-bedroom house of Widnes single mum Steph and her two daughters. Steph works up to six days a week from home selling holidays she can only dream of, but despite being brilliant at her job struggles to make ends meet. In an emotional programme, living on a budget reminds Joe of the dad he lost as a young man, and when Steph discovers Joe is launching a new range of donuts, she is roped into a board-level sales meeting with unbelievable results.