The Week The Landlords Moved In

There are now 11 million people renting in Britain and most of those are with private landlords. As demand for homes far outstrips supply, the rental market is fraught with challenges – for both landlords and tenants. Fear of rising rents makes tenants afraid to flag problems while landlords are often far removed from what’s really going on.

This three-part series opens up the issues by inviting some of Britain’s most successful landlords to spend an eye-opening week living in one of their own rentals and surviving on their tenant’s budget.

Each week two landlords take the plunge and they are often completely unprepared for what they find – from collapsed ceilings and mould-ridden rooms, to breadline budgets and an enforced choice between heating or eating. And after a week experiencing the true reality of renting, how much will the landlords change?

Wednesday, BBC1, 9pm