Wife Swap

A publican from Cornwall who gives her everything to running her pub 24-7, swaps with a working mum from Gravesend who shares an unconventional home life with her partner.

Sam Stevens and her partner Ivor Thomson work together running their busy pub in the idyllic village of St Agnes in Cornwall. The couple live upstairs on the premises with Sam's children from a previous relationship: Callum (12) and Taome, who is nine.

For publican Sam (34), the demands that come with managing a pub are the number one priority: 'Running a pub is 24/7, I love it!' Working an average of 14 hours a day, she rarely has a spare minute away from the bar. Meanwhile, her partner Ivor (33), believes that his special gift is charming the customers.

By day, the children Callum and Taome keep busy with a host of extra curricular activities. But once back at home it is a different story, with very little time spent together as a family.

In Gravesend, Natalie Rayfield and Jay Collins have an unconventional partnership. Natalie is the main breadwinner, while Jay is a stay-at-home dad to Natalie's four-year-old Zac, and the couple's one-year-old Kai. Twenty-three-year-old Natalie has a thoroughly modern approach to her relationship: 'Im the breadwinner, I go out to work and Jay cleans the house, does the kids and makes me dinner.' The couple's arrangement suits 21-year-old Jay: 'I don't mind it. Being with the kids you get to see their first step, their first words, their first teeth, it's brilliant.'

The wives have agreed to swap families to see what they can learn from the experience. What happens when a house husband faces a few home truths? And how does it feel when a new wife spends time with a man who has a very different approach to work than she's used to?