If you've been thinking about starting your own TVSA blog but haven't had an idea as to what you'd like to cover - here's a groovy idea for you to get your juices flowing!
On
Sunday, 18 February, 2007 at 17h00 M-Net's launching their new show called Culture Shock.
A mix of
Wife Swap with a zing of
Holiday Showdown, the show's about two people from two totally different South African families who swap lives with each other for two weeks by stepping into each others worlds.
They have to experience life exactly as their new family does for the full two weeks, during which time they'll obviously go insane.
Here's the goss on who the first two families will be:
Family 1: Fishy TypesWithin in the coastal town of Arniston, lies a small village called Kassiesbaai, where the close-knit Agnew family lives. Their days revolve around fishing as they sell most of their catch for income and lead simple, modest lives.
Lorna and Edwin Agnew met each other in 1977 and tied the knot one month later. They only moved to Arniston in 2002, but have slipped into the fishing lifestyle with ease.
Their son, Reagan, (25) has two children of his own from a previous marriage and is engaged to be married again. The fourth member of the Agnew family is Batiswa (14), a Xhosa girl. Adopted into the family at the age of 2, Batiswa is a confident teenager and proud of her very mixed culture.
Family 2: The Rich Kids Back in PE, William Kew and Trish Difford live a luxurious life with their two children, Wesley and Angie, in Walmer. Their rambling four-bedroom home comes complete with a pool, a beautiful garden… and a jewel-encrusted toilet seat.
William, an avid Harley-Davidson fan, and his daughter Angie, who loves ‘boots, bags and bling’, head off into an unknown household while Trish, an eccentric and unpredictable businesswoman, and her son Wesley (a rising rugby star for the Falcons) wait to receive their Culture Shock guests… Edwin and Batiswa Agnew.
Angie Kew is soon put to work washing dishes and clothes by hand and cleaning toilets, while William joins Reagan out at sea. Back in PE, fisherman Edwin finds himself doing household chores and cooking meals - woman’s work, as far as he is concerned. Compromises must be made and tears will be shed before the participants can return home to their cultural comfort zones.
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From the sounds if it it could be intriguing to see what goes down - already we feel the overwhelming need to slap both families so we assume you'll have a lot to say too.
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