The girls immerse themselves in (what's to them) an alien and unfamiliar world and hand over their credit cards to live on the equivalent of job seekers allowance. Their guides are four local women, Shauna, Lyndsey, Makylea and Kimberley who educate the southerners in the harsh realities of living with little money. But the experience turns out to be a whole lot harder than they'd ever imagined.
Next on the Geordie Finishing School curriculum is 'work'. How will the girls manage doing manual unglamourous jobs for very little money? And how will they feel when the boot is firmly on the other foot and they find themselves excluded from a lavish black tie event at a 14th Century Castle?
