Restoration, Restoration, Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund. It first aired in 2003. The host of all 3 series is Griff Rhys Jones, whilst investigating each building in the heats are the show's resident "ruin detectives", Marianne Suhr and Ptolemy Dean.
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Air Date: 2003-08-08
The buildings featured in the first regional heat are Bank Hall in Bretherton, a home and social centre dating back t...
Air Date: 2003-08-12
Broadcaster John Peel argues the case for restoring the 13th century Greyfriars Tower in Kings Lynn, historian Richar...
Air Date: 2003-08-15
The shortlisted buildings in the south of Scotland are the Mavisbank in Edinburgh, an early Palladian villa champion...
Air Date: 2003-08-19
Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery, is championed by historian Lucinda Lampton; journalist Joan Bakewell advocates the res...
Air Date: 2003-08-22
Actress Fiona Shaw is the advocate for Lissan House, and Dermot Murnaghan puts the case for Herdman's Mill, both in T...
Air Date: 2003-08-26
TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson is the advocate for an unlikely building - the Newman Brothers Coffin Works in Birmingham...
Air Date: 2003-08-29
Arabella Weir makes the case for restoring late 19th-century Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum, Ben Fogle's choice is...
Air Date: 2003-09-02
Kate Adie argues for Ravensworth Castle in Gateshead, a 14th-century building with additions spanning over 500 years;...
Air Date: 2003-09-05
TV presenter and designer Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen argues for restoring Llanelly House at Llanelli, an elegant early ...
Air Date: 2003-09-09
Rory Bremner stakes a claim for the restoration of the 19th century Wiltons Music Hall in East London, while Ozwald B...
Air Date: 2003-09-11
This was a short ten-minute programme recapping the heat winners and launching the final vote. The top ten was also f...
Air Date: 2003-09-14
The winners of the ten heats are featured in a final live telephone vote. The heat winners were: Scottish Highlands:...
Air Date: 2004-01-02
A look at how the first series winner, the Victoria Baths in Manchester, has benefitted from the 3.5 million pounds r...