Design Wars
Host
Mark Durden-Smith and Ann Maurice
Co-hosts
Lorraine Kelly (Around the Houses)
Broadcast
Talkback for ITV1, 13 September to 3 October 2003 (4 episodes in 1 series)
as Around the Houses: 15 September to 2 October 2003 (13 episodes in 1 series)
Synopsis
A sort of competitive Changing Rooms which played out over three weeks. Five top international interior designers (yes, apparently such people do exist) were each given one of a row of houses in Nottingham and told to do them up, with daily updates on their progress and a vote at the end to decide the winner.
Champion
Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla
Trivia
The show was poorly received ("Blisteringly bad" one of the more printable comments). It was pulled from a plum Saturday night slot at 9.30pm, opposite the Fame Academy results show after only the second episode, and burned off the two remaining episodes in a 5pm teatime slot on 29 September and 3 October where its 30 minute sister show Around the Houses was occupied.