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House Invaders is on weekdays at 11.30am on BBC1. It is hosted by either Linda Barker or Anna Ryder-Richardson, plus their two handymen, Jake and Joe in the last series, who have obviously gone on to bigger and better things, now replaced by Phil and Phil! They come and spend a day in your house and makeover three rooms using your leftovers and their design kit. Mmmm, the design kit is abit dodgy, have you seen the amount of stuff that they manage to fit in that little bag? And isn't it funny how they always manage to have to right colour dye or paint stainer!? It also amuses me how every house that they go to just happens to have a large sheet of MDF ...  Read the complete review

WARNING - watching this programme might end with you looking around your home, your head bursting with ideas on how you can improve your surroundings. I speak from experience. I know that there are a lot of interior design show on television, probably too much, but I won’t complain about this - you don’t have to watch all of them. I don’t mind the surplus as I like and am interested in interior design. Also I think a lot of these programmes are on TV when there isn’t much else on anyway, for instance during the morning. What makes this programme a little different is that they don’t spend any money on the re-decorating, ...  Read the complete review