A DEVON mum who took part in Channel 4?s Wife Swap programme says she would not want to repeat the experience ? sparks flew when she swapped her active lifestyle with that of a self-confessed couch potato.

Viewers saw Sam Cann, who lives near Hittisleigh, swap places for a fortnight with Carole-Anne, leaving behind the Devon countryside and heading north to the Huddersfield home of husband Ian and nine-year-old daughter Alice.

The contrast between the two families could hardly have been greater. The Canns enjoy the great outdoors by cycling, hashing and moor walking, while the other family spend up to six hours a day bargain-hunting on internet auction site E-Bay.

While the Cann family try to eat a healthy, largely organic diet, the exchange family love fast food so much they even held their wedding reception in McDonalds.

The two-week exchange was filmed during May and broadcast on Channel 4 last week as the last in the present series of the popular reality show.

Sam said she found life with her new family ?very restrictive?.

She said: ?I didn?t realise it was going to be so intrusive. Of course it was going to be, but I hadn?t thought it through.

?I accepted that there were going to be cameras in your face 24/7, but what I found difficult was always being asked about your emotions.?

In particular, she found it difficult to get on with her adopted husband, Ian, who she branded ?grumpy and miserable?.

Sam said she had not volunteered to take part in Wife Swap but when producers were looking for an active or sporty family, a friend at the Exeter Mountain Bike Club put Sam?s name forward.

?We don?t have a television, so we had not seen the programme,? she said. ?The producers had to tell us all about it; initially we said no, but after three attempts, the director talked me into it.?

When cycle coach Sam got to impose her own rules in the second week, she was keen to get her adopted family out enjoying the fresh air. ?We went cycling and camping and Alice loved it, she had so much fun,? she said.

Sam said she was pleased to learn after the filming that Carole-Ann and Ian were members of the local hashing club.

Sam is married to thatcher Jim, they have four children: Calamaty-Jayne, 18, Haby-Blu, 16, Capability-Jack, 10, and Bow-Jango, 9.

Sam said she was happy the programme had provided a chance to publicise the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, for which she is Devon support group secretary.

Sam?s youngest son Bow-Jango suffers from the condition, but like his older brothers and sisters is a keen cyclist ? he became the youngest person to cycle from John O?Groats to Land?s End when he completed the challenge at the age of just seven.

Sam said the family had received lots of text messages and feedback from friends and relations after the programme was broadcast, congratulating them on their appearance.