Home TV News Channel 4 Revives Home Makeover Show ‘Changing Rooms’ With Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen & Davina McCall

Channel 4 Revives Home Makeover Show ‘Changing Rooms’ With Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen & Davina McCall

by Dave Elliott

Channel 4 Revives Home Makeover Show ‘Changing Rooms’ With Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen & Davina McCall

Channel 4 has ordered a revival of “legendary” (or should that be infamous?..) 90s/00s home-DIY makeover series ‘Changing Rooms’ the broadcaster has announced, with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen returning along with Davina McCall as host.

In partnership with Dulux, Channel 4 has commissioned Shine TV (part of Banjay UK) to make a new version of the series, which sees two sets of homeowners from the same neighbourhood work against the clock to renovate a room in each other’s houses. They might not share the same tastes, but they are completely in charge of creating a new look for the chosen room – and anything goes.

The homeowners will be making all the decisions about the makeovers, and as a nation of interiors and style obsessives, expectations are higher than ever. In true Changing Rooms style, the transformations will be spectacular, innovative and, quite possibly, unexpected.

Along the way, our bold and creative homeowners will be supported by two handy teams of DIY experts and decorators, captained by interior design legend Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and a second interior designer who has an opposing style to that of the original Changing Rooms star. The show will be packed full of design and DIY hints and tips, teaching us how to be crafty on a budget by upscaling and adding sparkle to unloved or outdated corners of our homes.

“I’m so excited to be presenting Changing Rooms,” commented new host Davina McCall. “It’s a classic! It’s the perfect time to bring it back, everyone is going DIY and decor mad! I can’t wait to see all the amazing transformations – I might even get stuck in myself if I’m allowed to be let loose with a paint brush!”

The original series ran on the BBC from 1996 to 2004, and became something of a cult hit, mainly due to the occasional horrified reactions of some of the participants. Famous incidents include LLB redecorating a room entirely with animal prints on the “advice” of the neighbours, which the owner referred to as resembling “a tart’s boudoir”, and designer Anna Ryder Richardson using framed erotic French undergarments in a family home, which caused the owner to burst into tears.

“There’s no room for beige in our homes and, just as it was in the 90s, Changing Rooms is once more the homestyle antidote to Britain’s blues (and greys and taupes, and even Magnolia),” adds LLB. “It’s taken quite a lot of coaxing to get me under the Changing Rooms banner once more, but nothing like as much coaxing as it’s going to take for me to squeeze those leather trousers back on.”

The new Changing Rooms will be a 6 episode, hourlong, primetime series. It was commissioned for Channel 4 by Jonny Rothery, commissioning editor, Formats and Features with Sarah Lazenby, Head of Formats and Features. It will be made by Shine TV and executive produced by Mark Sammon and Katie Brosnan, and the series producer is James Kane.

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