The World's Most Extraordinary Homes
The World's Most Extraordinary Homes
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227bhp

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10,203 posts

151 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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Anyone watching?
Some fantastic buildings globally, this Norwegian one is really something else.

bazza white

3,728 posts

151 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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Nope but what channel is it on ?

TeeRev

1,726 posts

174 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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The houses are amazing but the presenters are terrible and very annoying, two people competing to talk the most rubbish and to say the word extraordinary the most, Piers is winning that easily at the moment!!!!

bristolracer

5,885 posts

172 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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TeeRev said:
The houses are amazing but the presenters are terrible and very annoying, two people competing to talk the most rubbish and to say the word extraordinary the most, Piers is winning that easily at the moment!!!!
Caroline Quentin is getting right up my nose! Shut up !
Third of series this week, kinda bored of seeing " busy professionals" aka squillionaires holiday play palaces.

227bhp

Original Poster:

10,203 posts

151 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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bazza white said:
Nope but what channel is it on ?
BBC2 9pm.

bazza white

3,728 posts

151 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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227bhp said:
BBC2 9pm.
Cheers I'll catch it on I player

Bonefish Blues

34,680 posts

246 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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bristolracer said:
Caroline Quentin is getting right up my nose! Shut up !
To annoying and beyond.

V8covin

9,368 posts

216 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Bonefish Blues said:
To annoying and beyond.
She is the reason I stopped watching during the 2nd episode.
Acting like an excited 8yr old is so off putting

227bhp

Original Poster:

10,203 posts

151 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Either i've got used to them or I was just too tired to be bothered I don't know, but they didn't grate on me so much last night as they did at first.
I didn't know she was a property developer, although to what degree?

Bonefish Blues

34,680 posts

246 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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So we hear, but I can find no references or links when I look.

JackReacher

2,243 posts

238 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Thought the Norwegian one was fantastic, perfect place to get away from it all (in summer)

The Spanish place was an interesting design although not my taste, very Gaudi, and wouldn't mind spending a week there but that would be it. The NZ was nice, fantastic location with the water and trees, but found the building a bit boring. The last one was just very cold, wouldn't want to spend any time there other than appreciate the view and move on. It was just an architects show piece rather than a home.

Women presenter is terrible, but can block her out most of the time.

curlie467

7,650 posts

224 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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The properties are fantastic in their own ways but the programme is terrible from the format to the presenters.

Escort3500

13,207 posts

168 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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I've really enjoyed the series so far but, as said, Quentin is dreadful; squealing like a child on Christmas morning. I can't believe she's some sort of 'property developer', she seems to have very little understanding of what Piers is talking about.

All the houses so far have been marvellous with the exception of the Spanish one last night. No sense of style or design finesse, just out to shock/surprise and totally lacking any sense of function. What was the tiered area with plant holders inside the ground floor all about?

Edited by Escort3500 on Saturday 21st January 21:05

Bonefish Blues

34,680 posts

246 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Am just watching last night's. Piers has just described something as very vertical smile

dub16v

1,201 posts

164 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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Loving this series, some of the houses are incredible (as one might hope given the premise of the show I guess).

The house in New Zealand was unbelievable.

p1doc

3,623 posts

207 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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my favourite was the one in the desert with doors/windows that fully open but concrete block path looked dangerous, presenters are rubbish unfortunately but worth watching for houses last programme tommorow

TwigtheWonderkid

47,958 posts

173 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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Has GetCarter's gaff been featured yet?

GetCarter

30,808 posts

302 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Has GetCarter's gaff been featured yet?
hehe

K12beano

20,854 posts

298 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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GetCarter said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Has GetCarter's gaff been featured yet?
hehe
'Spect he has more taste than to allow that whiney woman anywhere near..... rolleyes

Wonderful idea of a programme, quite good filming but poorest execution as if we need shrieking shrill has beens when there's a perfectly good expert to actually explain stuff.

Fort Jefferson

8,237 posts

245 months

Thursday 26th January 2017
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Some of the houses are good, some of the houses are nice, but most are the reason we have planning laws.