Housecall

Someone tell Aunty's progammers they are missing a trick. Tucked away in the daytime schedule is this potential gem. Move it to an evening slot and they would knock chunks out of the ratings of half the other programmes in a similar vein. OK, I admit this opinion is based on seeing just one programme, but as the lottery balls never have the right numbers on them, I still have to go out to work during the day. But, finding myself at home this morning and having decided it was really time I had breakfast, I sat down and chanced upon the makeover show with a difference. Between items on garlanding your stairs and collecting sporting memorabilia, there was a ...  Read the complete review

Housecall is a series where a group of designers do up a house and garden. The programme is on every morning on BBC1 at 10.00 for an hour. Each day there will be two designers in one room and another two either in another room or in the garden. There may also be a chef, florist or antique expert in the house. During the course of the programme the designers have the hour to do up one room at a small budget. This sounds quite difficult but they tend to bring quite a few things with them and they do have a team on hand to help them out with putting the room/garden together. The type of ideas they have come up with in this series are a zen ...  Read the complete review