The girls move onto a local council estate and immerse themselves in an alien and unfamiliar world - Peckham's vibrant, multi-ethnic community. Attitudes are further tested when they meet the four local women who have volunteered to act as their personal guides for the week - streetwise Kerri, unemployed Sarah, single mum Lashan and hard-working Aleisha. Bridging the class divide proves tricky, and relations between the posh girls and their Peckham 'sisters' quickly sour. Can the two sides overcome their differences and make it through the rest of the week?
When they first arrived, Stephanie, Cat, Serena and Claire moved into an ex-council flat, explored the area and almost immediately fell out with their Peckham 'sisters' - the four local women who've volunteered to act as their personal guides for the week. Now it's Monday morning and next on the curriculum is work. For the following five days the posh girls discover what it's like to do unglamorous jobs for very little money. The real challenge seems to be bridging the class divide with their guides, who are not impressed to hear that one of them has been described as 'looking like a chav'.
With the weekend approaching, the girls are looking forward to partying, Peckham-style. It's an ideal opportunity for the young women to bond and talk soon turns to men, relationships and sex. Over the next 48 hours, the posh girls will witness the good side of men in the inner city, as well as the shockingly bad. On their final morning together, the departing posh girls are given their end-of-term reports. Despite talk of lessons learnt and preconceptions shattered, there are unwelcome surprises for at least one of them. As they head back to their privileged lives in the country, they reflect on what they have learnt and whether they will see their Peckham sisters again.