The Block (British TV series)

The Block
Genre	Reality
Created by	David Barbour Julian Cress
Presented by	Lisa Rogers
Starring	Matt Brown
Judges	Nicholas Cowell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Production locations	Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	RDF Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	3 August (2004-08-03) – 21 September 2004 (2004-09-21)

The Block is a British reality television show that aired on ITV from 3 August to 21 September 2004, based on the Australian series of the same name. The show was presented by Lisa Rogers with Nicholas Cowell judging the properties. The show also had a sister show on ITV2 hosted by Matt Brown.

The show was ITV's third series in 2004 with a property makeover reality TV theme, following Trouble in Paradise and Building the Dream.

Format

The show followed 4 couples renovating four identical apartments in Brighton, with each couple given a budget of £25,000 to do so. They had to live in the apartments while continuing their daily lives.

Each week the couples are required to complete renovating a room in their apartment. At the end of each week's episode the room was judged by property expert Nicholas Cowell (brother of Simon Cowell) and the best couple won a prize (either furniture or building materials).

At the end of the series, the finished apartments were all put up for auction and the couple whose apartment was sold for the highest value won £50,000.

Broadcast

The series originally aired on Tuesdays at 9pm, but later moved to an 11pm slot on the same night due to poor ratings.

External links

• The Block at UKGameshows.com