Famous, Rich & Homeless

Famous, Rich & Homeless

9pm, 24th & 25th June 2009 on BBC1

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be homeless? Five famous volunteers agree to live as rough sleepers on the streets of London in the middle of winter. The Marquess of Blandford, The One Show’s Hardeep Singh Kholi, journalist Rosie Boycott, former Coronation Street actor Bruce Jones and teen tennis star Annabel Croft swap their lavish lifestyles, fame and fortune for a world of soup runs and hostels.

‘If someone had set out to remake Cathy Come Home in this age of celebrity, this would be it.’ (The Times)