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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
6 July 2005 (Iceland) more
Genre:
Family | Reality-TV
Awards:
5 wins more
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(86 articles)
David Attenborough: A Life On Air | Unreported World | We Are Family | Comedy Showcase | Watch this
 (From The Guardian - TV News. 26 November 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
Channel 4 drops Wife Swap for plane crash TV
 (From The Guardian - TV News. 12 November 2009, 10:50 AM, PST)
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Worlds Apart without leaving the country more (5 total)

Cast

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Samantha Fox ... Herself (2 episodes, 2003-2008)

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Runtime:
UK:60 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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Referenced in The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005) (TV) more

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Worlds Apart without leaving the country, 19 March 2009
Author: JessPumpkQueen from United States

Remember that show on National Geographic Worlds Apart, where an American family went to live with another family, usually of a "tribal" culture, and then suddenly realized "holy cow, our lives are different!"? A little overdone, but it was actually a pretty good show. I wish they were still making it.

Wife Swap is very similar in format, except, of course, that they stay in the country. And, instead of moving the whole family to live with another whole family, they just switch the wives.

It's a decent show that would be a better show if it showed more versatility, but as it is, there are pretty much three kinds of episodes: the politically conservative, usually military, family and the politically liberal family; the stay at home mom who home-schools and smothers the kids and the working mom who doesn't spend enough time with the kids; and the very strict family who expects too much from their kids and the family that has no rules. There are variations, but they tend to be minor and they still end up fitting into one of these categories.

This wouldn't be as big a deal if they didn't due 9 seasons of this. And it does get a little annoying when every other episode claims that the table meeting is "the most shocking table session yet", meanwhile, 90% of the time, the arguing is minor and they often end it with some level of tact.

However, that is the normal reality crap. Those of us who watch reality TV know that it is contrived, faked, and the commercials are over-hyped. Yes, that's right, contrary to popular belief, most of us know this. I'm not sure it works in the context of this show, which is really more of a straightforward drama than train-wreck reality schlock.

Despite this, the idea is still interesting. The idea of having to live someone else's life for two weeks is interesting to even the most content person. In that sense, this show is very good.

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