Better Homes Also known as Better Gardens (2000) Genre Lifestyle Presented by Carol Vorderman Starring Adrian and Neil Rayment (Better Homes) Kim Wilde (Better Gardens) Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English No. of series6 (Better Homes) (Better Gardens) No. of episodes53 (inc. 2 specials) (Better Homes) (Better Gardens) Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts) Production company Granada Distributor ITV Studios Original network ITV Picture format 16:9 (also 4:3 )Original release 4 January 1999 (1999-01-04 ) – (2003-07-01 )
Better Homes lifestyle game show that was broadcast on ITV from 4 January 1999 to 1 July 2003 and was presented by Carol Vorderman .
Format [ ] Two houses were renovated for their owners. The one that increased in value after the televised renovation won for the owners an additional £5,000 (or, in the last series, a family holiday).
Transmissions [ ] Better Homes [ ]
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes
1 4 January 1999
12 March 1999
10
2 17 September 1999
29 October 1999
7
3 10 April 2000
3 July 2000
9
4 28 May 2001
14 August 2001
12
5 18 June 2002
1 August 2002
8
6 20 May 2003
1 July 2003
7
Specials [ ]
Date
Entitle
3 September 1999
Revisited
29 December 1999
Christmas Special
Better Gardens [ ]
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes
1 6 January 2000
13 February 2000
8
Ratings [ ] Episode Viewing figures from BARB .[1]
Series 1 [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
4 January 1999
10,070,000
24
2
11 January 1999
10,420,000
20
3
18 January 1999
9,210,000
20
4
25 January 1999
9,430,000
16
5
1 February 1999
9,480,000
16
6
8 February 1999
9,500,000
14
7
15 February 1999
9,490,000
15
8
22 February 1999
10,070,000
13
9
1 March 1999
10,120,000
17
10
12 March 1999
9,400,000
23
Revisited
3 September 1999
5,530,000
23
Series 2 [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
17 September 1999
6,470,000
25
2
24 September 1999
8,250,000
15
3
1 October 1999
6,680,000
29
4
8 October 1999
7,220,000
23
5
15 October 1999
7,240,000
22
6
22 October 1999
7,130,000
23
7
29 October 1999
7,260,000
24
Xmas Special
29 December 1999
9,580,000
12
Better Gardens [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
6 January 2000
9,120,000
14
2
9 January 2000
8,220,000
18
3
11 January 2000
8,750,000
19
4
16 January 2000
Under 6,480,000
Outside Top 30
5
23 January 2000
Under 6,160,000
Outside Top 30
6
30 January 2000
7,250,000
24
7
6 February 2000
Under 6,580,000
Outside Top 30
8
13 February 2000
Under 6,770,000
Outside Top 30
Series 3 [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
10 April 2000
7,190,000
20
2
17 April 2000
7,780,000
16
3
8 May 2000
7,490,000
12
4
15 May 2000
7,290,000
17
5
22 May 2000
6,980,000
19
6
29 May 2000
7,180,000
18
7
4 June 2000
6,920,000
19
8
26 June 2000
6,050,000
19
9
3 July 2000
Under 5,060,000
Outside Top 30
Series 4 [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
28 May 2001
5,430,000
23
2
4 June 2001
5,440,000
22
3
11 June 2001
7,270,000
18
4
18 June 2001
6,590,000
17
5
25 June 2001
6,720,000
16
6
2 July 2001
6,240,000
20
7
9 July 2001
6,670,000
19
8
16 July 2001
6,200,000
20
9
23 July 2001
6,650,000
12
10
31 July 2001
4,470,000
26
11
7 August 2001
6,720,000
14
12
14 August 2001
5,700,000
19
Series 5 [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
18 June 2002
6,150,000
18
2
20 June 2002
Under 4,530,000
Outside Top 30
3
27 June 2002
4,240,000
24
4
4 July 2002
4,310,000
27
5
11 July 2002
4,200,000
24
6
18 July 2002
4,010,000
27
7
25 July 2002
3,710,000
30
8
1 August 2002
3,890,000
30
Series 6 [ ]
Episode No.
Airdate
Total Viewers
ITV Weekly Ranking
1
20 May 2003
Under 4,230,000
Outside Top 30
2
27 May 2003
3,520,000
30
3
3 June 2003
Under 3,650,000
Outside Top 30
4
10 June 2003
Under 3,540,000
Outside Top 30
5
17 June 2003
Under 3,430,000
Outside Top 30
6
24 June 2003
Under 3,280,000
Outside Top 30
7
1 July 2003
Under 3,670,000
Outside Top 30
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