the original series from the uk was authentic and the concept worked great,,but im afraid the american series does have a feel that it is set up to speed the episodes production up and its lost all of that authentic drama of the real world as usual with repros.trust those brits to come up with a fantastic idea and make it better the first time round.
i am just watchin an episode where an ageing blond cheerleader and her mother are in a poor neighbouhood,and for the first two days instead of getting a few groceries with the money they have to keep them going for what is less than a week and getting on with the important task at hand seeking out the needy in order to help them, they only seemed concerned with finding a job to rase money for food for themselves.(this is not supposed to be a fun camping trip)
all in all this whole episode sounds pre scripted and false.