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Derek & Christine

Following people trying to build a house on less than £100k. At 71 years old, Derek is attempting to build his first house from scratch.

Despite retiring, Derek and Christine have no intention of slowing down. They want to move from Huddersfield to the south east of England but simply can't afford the house prices. Their radical solution? At 71 years old, Derek is attempting to build his first house from scratch.

Children of the 60s, Derek and Christine are flamboyant and sociable, but Piers Taylor and Kieran Long are concerned that their larger-than-life characters simply aren't reflected in their home. The house has ordinary-shaped rooms and a dark kitchen, so Piers suggests flipping the layout for a show-stopping kitchen, dining and living space on the first floor - but will the couple be brave enough to make the leap?

Kieran is concerned that bringing a lifetime of possessions into a brand new house could end up looking a jumble, so takes them to see a house by a Swedish interior designer who has perfected the art of mixing old with new. The house is full of ideas that not only look great but are also cheap - modern kitchen door handles are replaced with vintage pieces of cutlery that cost a few pounds, the family kitchen table is made out of legs from a junk shop and old wooden shelves from a cheesemaker - each item brings a sense of history into any new home.

Then the unthinkable happens - they receive word the house may have been built in the wrong place! No contingency in the world would cater for knocking down a home and starting again. Will this gamble with their life savings end in disaster?

59 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Jan 2022 14:15

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Riverman

  • 00:02

    Bastille

    Good Grief

  • 00:03

    Taylor Swift

    Wildest Dreams

  • 00:06

    Rag’n’Bone Man

    Human

  • 00:09

    Enter Shikari

    Interlude

  • 00:12

    Josef Salvat

    The Days

  • 00:13

    Naughty Boy

    Runnin’ (Lose It All) (feat. µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã© & Arrow Benjamin)

  • 00:14

    Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

  • 00:14

    Ed Sheeran

    Bloodstream

  • 00:14

    Lauren Aquilina

    Oceans

  • 00:20

    Little Mix

    Secret Love Song (feat. Jason Derulo)

  • 00:29

    Florence + The Machine

    How Big, How Blue

  • 00:30

    Peter Bjorn and John

    Between The Lines

  • 00:30

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Night

  • 00:31

    Kwabs

    Forgiven

  • 00:34

    Jax Jones

    Yeah Yeah Yeah

  • 00:40

    Eliza and the Bear

    The Southern Wild

  • 00:41

    Sia

    Alive

  • 00:42

    Rag’n’Bone Man

    Wolves (feat. Stig of The Dump, Rag'n'bone Man, Stig of The Dump)

  • 00:45

    Years & Years

    Worship

  • 00:46

    Stereophonics

    White Lies

  • 00:48

    Noah and the Whale

    Give It All Back

  • 00:49

    Of Monsters and Men

    Little Talks

  • 00:51

    Wisin

    Que Viva La Vida

  • 00:52

    Noah and the Whale

    Life Is Life

  • 00:54

    Kygo

    Fiction

  • 00:55

    Kygo

    Fiction (feat. Tom Odell)

  • 00:56

    Avicii

    Hey Brother

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kieran Long
Presenter Piers Taylor
Executive Producer Joff Wilson
Director Tom Weston
Production Company Remarkable TV

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