Wife Swap

The Courtenays and the Darby-Dhyans

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Marbella socialite Anna and her husband Chris enjoy the kind of lifestyle many would envy: a five-bed Spanish villa with a pool, three domestic staff to run the house, a beach close by and the weather to enjoy it all.

The couple run two successful businesses, and make sure their four privately educated children get what they want. But the family rarely spend time together.

Kara and her husband Dan live a completely different life in the sun. When they left the UK, they also turned their back on modern life. They live a self-sufficient, carbon-neutral existence on their boat Sinbad, spending their days tending the land, growing their own food and raising their own cattle for meat.

For the Darby-Dhyans, consumerism is the number one evil. Their three children are home-schooled, and the Darby-Dhyans spend all of their time together as a family.

How does Anna cope with getting her hands dirty tending the land, no modern conveniences and living off a mere six-Euro weekly budget? And how does Kara handle enduring everything she has come to despise about modern life, including `frittering away' a mammoth weekly budget?

On TV

First Shown

Date Time Channel
Friday 15 May 2009 10PM E4

Last Shown

Date Time Channel
Friday 15 May 2009 10PM E4

Music from the episode

Played Track Artist Label
0:00:00 Happy Heart J Cyrka,T Bricheno Kpm 454 / Tk 6
0:01:25 Money Josie And The Pussycats Epic
0:02:48 Sail Away David Gray East West
0:04:38 Bodega De La Playa Library Contributors Koka Media
0:08:11 Open Your Arms The Editors Kitchenware
0:13:00 Miramar Library Contributors Bruton
0:15:06 Go Spain B Library Contributors Kpm
0:19:45 Rich Girl Gwen Stefani Interscope
0:20:45 Unidentified Tune From Childs Toy Unknown N/A
0:24:01 It's All Over Broken Family Band Track And Field Organisation
0:25:36 Seven Dials Library Contributors Bruton
0:35:00 All Sparks The Editors Kitchenware
0:35:26 Maracana Beach Library Contributors Bruton
0:42:04 Feeling A Moment Feeder The Echo Label
0:47:00 Fingers In The Factories The Editors Kitchenware
0:50:59 Seaside Ordinary Boys B Unique
0:51:51 Radio Wave Library Contibutors Bruton
0:52:49 Radio Wave Library Contributors Bruton
0:53:25 Salsa Funk Library Contributors West One Music

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  1. come on now, been ages and still not on catch up!!!!
    Posted by monkeyface on 20/05/2009 16:29:31
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