They're armed, dangerous and pose an imminent threat to person and property - and you might even be one! Discovery Channel has tracked down five shockingly shoddy renovators and offers the critical tools to help them improve.
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New Kids on the Block star and HGTV host Jonathan Knight faces his riskiest renovation yet in Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp.
Sarah Beeny visits twenty households to experience their problem spaces for herself before installing cameras to monitor exactly how they use their homes. Having collated the data, she generates life-size floor plans that bring all her design, layout and decor ideas to life. She follows each build over the following months and revisits each household's amazing completed project to prove that if you re-think and re- design the space you already have, it is better to renovate not relocate.
Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
People secretly pinch cars belonging to friends and family to surprise them with a shock makeover from the carjackers team - Matt, Sophie, rob and their crew of vehicle experts and modifiers.
America's Worst Driver was a 2010 reality television program on Travel Channel, based on the British television series Britain's Worst Driver, part of the Worst Driver television franchise. Hosted are Alonzo Bodden and Jill Simonian, contestants from 8 cities compete to not be named the worst driver in their respective cities, because the contestants who are named the worst driver in their city has their car destroyed. Everyone else wins prizes which range from free oil changes to a trip. In the finale, the 8 drivers meet up in Los Angeles to show who is the most improved, with each driver winning a new car, other than the loser. In the finale of season one, Matt Conn of San Francisco was named America's Worst Driver and had a car representing him torn apart by Robosaurus.
Canada's Worst Driver is a Canadian television series on Discovery Channel, based on Britain's Worst Driver, and is part of the Worst Driver television franchise. It and sister series Canada's Worst Handyman are the two highest-rated programs on Discovery Channel. The series is produced by Proper Television, whose president, Guy O'Sullivan, was the director for the original Britain's Worst Driver series; as such, Canada's Worst Driver is considered to be the production company's flagship show. Unlike other Worst series around the world, the Canadian version emphasizes the learning process of the contestants and the science of driving, and as such is often more serious than the other Worst shows around the world, which are mainly played for laughs. It is the longest running of any Worst series to date. The series is also aired dubbed in French in Canada, as the Les zéros de conduite on Canal D.
The BIGGEST renovation knockout Australia has ever seen: Redbacks v Bluetongues! Who will be the last standing as teams renovate TWO Houses every week?
12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including: baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant quality three-course meal for three food critics.
DJ Lil Jon is paired with designer and expert builder Anitra Mecadon to offer skeptical homeowners startlingly unconventional renovation ideas, which seem impossible to execute. By pushing the homeowners out of their comfort zones, they inspire dramatic transformations.
Make My House Bigger follows bold homeowners with ambitious plans to gain an extra room or two. Packed full of take-home advice about these ever more popular projects, each episode looks at the conversion of either a loft or a cellar.
School Pride is an American reality television series which airs on NBC, from executive producers Cheryl Hines and Denise Cramsey. The 7-episode series follows the renovation of a different public school each week. The aired from October 15, 2010 to November 26, 2010. The premiere episode earned 2.90 million viewers.
HGTV renovation stars face off against one another - they have just weeks and a limited budget to renovate four identical blank-slate homes on the same block with their signature styles. The designers who add the most property value netting the highest appraisal get bragging rights and the street named in their honor.
The New Zealand version of the international hit renovation-reality series in which four couples compete to renovate four dilapidated houses in a very upmarket suburb – room by room, week by week, challenge by challenge – and sell them at auction for the highest price.
"Bar Rescue" star Jon Taffer teams up with acclaimed celebrity chef and author John Besh and "Top Chef All-Star" Tiffany Derry on a cross country search for struggling restaurants with incredible potential for success. In each episode, these "diamond in the rough" restaurants will compete head-to-head in challenge based competitions, giving these owners a chance to save their livelihood - their business - and prove to the experts that their restaurant is worthy of an investment.
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Exploring the recent trend of house flippers scooping up foreclosed and often abandoned "zombie houses" and renovating them to return neighborhoods to their former glory.
Designer Keyanna Bowen has a passion for renovating rental properties, showing you don't have to spend a lot of money to make a big impact. She reveals cost-saving tips while updating rentals to help tenants feel more at home.
The Renovators is an Australian competitive reality renovation game show that premiered on Network Ten on 24 July 2011. The basic premise consists of 26 contestants who initially compete to become the head renovator of six run-down houses in the suburbs of Sydney, with challenges and eliminations taking place whilst the renovations are in progress. The last remaining contestant responsible for the property that has made the most profit when sold at auction wins the series. Network Ten announced in August 2011 that it had commissioned a second season of the series, but indicated that it would modify the program's format in order to address poor ratings, but to date no second season has been produced.
Twelve hopeless bakers are recruited for an intense boot camp, during which hosts Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale will attempt to transform them into pastry experts over the course of six weeks of intensive sweet and savory challenges.
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6 episodes • 2006
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Demolition Day | Mar 13, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Toilet Training | Mar 20, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Some Assembly Required | Mar 27, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Counter Revolution - The Switcheroo | Apr 3, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Six Degrees of Renovation | Apr 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Curtain Call | Apr 17, 2006 | 0.0 |
9 episodes • 2007
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| 1 | Starting From Scratch | Apr 16, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Electric Circus | Apr 23, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 3 | A Pane in the Glass / Sealing the Deal | Apr 30, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Clear as Mud | May 7, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 5 | In Too Deep | May 14, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Finishing Touches | May 21, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hanging by a Thread | May 28, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Raising the Roof | Jun 4, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Special Delivery | Jun 11, 2007 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Demolition Derby | May 5, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Totally Plastered | May 12, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Shower Stalling | May 19, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shut Your Hole | May 26, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Light-Weights | Jun 2, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Without a Grout | Jun 9, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Floored | Jun 16, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Guests Arrive | Jun 23, 2008 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2009
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| 1 | Wilderness Lodge | May 4, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Down the Drain | May 11, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Common Sense | May 18, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Off Its Hinges | May 25, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Roll out the Barrels | Jun 1, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Bentwood | Jun 8, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 7 | On Thin Ice | Jun 15, 2009 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2010
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| 1 | The Frat Pack | May 3, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Lofty Ideas | May 10, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 3 | On a Bender | May 17, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Spark an Interest | May 24, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Concrete Ideas | May 31, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Building Breakdowns | Jun 7, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Lone Wolf | Jun 14, 2010 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2011
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| 1 | Check-In | May 2, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Framed | May 9, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Trapped | May 16, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Room Service | May 23, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Down the Drain | May 30, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Easier Said Than Done | Jun 6, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Verdict | Jun 13, 2011 | 0.0 |