Bargain Brits on Benefits

Featuring a family who bought snakes and chameleons as pandemic pets, because they were cheaper than cats and dogs, and a yoga teacher who works in the open air.

Modern artist Maryam sources materials from charity shops for her latest creation, and Kent coast resident Andrea prepares a Thai green curry using just ingredients from her garden.

This week, we meet bargain-loving Clive and Sheila from Liverpool, who know every trick going to hang on to their pennies: they even got married at nine in the morning to save money! DIY king Clive knows how to upcycle stuff that other people chuck away. He's made a water feature out of an old biscuit tin, uses donated wood to make some tomato planters and gets payment in kind. They both know how to complain royally to get full value for money. In Hungerford, Jane's a legend in town, always coming up with a new hack to get people to cough up cash to bolster her meagre pension, whether it's busking or selling stuff she's found in local skips, or in one of her famous yard sales. Over in Kent, Suki has learned to get by growing her own veg, batch cooking and doing voluntary work at her local gurdwara, where she can get free meals, and using the outside sports facilities to keep fit, all for free. Meanwhile, young wannabe actress Jaasvi is living at home to save money before she hits the b

Cameras follow folks claiming benefits whose clever ideas and savvy schemes save them a small fortune.Series 2 Episode 4An Australian living in York shows off no-oven cooking, a self-made broom and more.

A mother plans out her spending to maximise value to herself, her family, and the environment; a woman in South London saves up to take her kids to Jamaica to see her aging mother.

A couple of savvy traders hope their buying-and-selling business will make a fortune.

A woman in Southampton turned years of practice bargain-hunting and discount finding into a career by starting up her own vlog series on budget spending.

After spending time in the U.S., a man in Manchester keeps costs down by living out of a boat; a pair of DIY fanatics use scissors and saws to keep their expenses down