BBC journalist Ellie Flynn is nervous, she is about to go undercover to meet a man who is offering a bed in his flat, but there is a catch…

For weeks Ellie travelled the country meeting men who were advertising rent in exchange for sex. This is how she produced a documentary for BBC Three about this shockingly prevalent practice.

Read all about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05y93q5

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Miliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

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