Isabella leaves her high life and celebrity boyfriend to live homeless in Stratford, immediately encountering aggression and abuse. She also meets Cathy, a homeless mother who won't go anywhere without her companion dog.

Former ballet dancer Calum finds it difficult to cope on the streets, even when paired with Gert, a Belgian man left homeless after losing his benefits even while having a job. At first abandoning Gert for a friend's couch, Calum does eventually return to Gert's side.

Billionaire's son Bobby has a Ferrari and a private jet, and loves to party. But will his monied charms get results when he is sleeping rough?

Far from her designer brands and world trips, Rukaya soon feels vulnerable on the streets when a group of men intimidate her and a fellow homeless woman. Begging brings only 20p, so the second night is spent in a shelter, where she meets a woman whose alcoholism cost her her family.

Trust fund kid Hanif, used to trading commodities on the stock market, spends three nights sleeping rough in Camden, where he meets George, a former academic who helps to change his views on the homeless.

Kieren thinks a plan to beg and then invest the money in umbrellas will get him off the streets, but he faces drugs, violence and security, and is turned away from shelters for not being registered homeless.