Saints & Sinners

Catholic nuns try to transform the lives of five party girls in a new reality series

- Rebecca Mahoney

Within the peaceful walls of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Swaffham, Norfolk, devout Catholic nuns live a quiet life of spiritual contemplation and dedicate themselves to the salvation of others.

But when five loud and proud party girls land on their doorstep this week, can the nuns teach their new flock that there’s more to life than social media, selfies and sex?

In Channel 5’s four-part series Bad Habits, Holy Orders, Rebecca, Gabbi, Sarah, Tyla and Paige – all aged 19-23 – embark on a spiritual journey by adopting the nuns’ lifestyle and learning a new moral code to curb their wild ways. But there’s a hitch: the girls have no idea what they’ve signed up for…

‘I didn’t know I was going to be staying in a convent until I got there!’ says Newcastle club worker Rebecca, 19. ‘I thought I was going to be on a Love Island-type show and would be living in a big house with boys. I didn’t have a clue.