George Clarke refurb show paying for work?

[mikees]

Mods pls don’t move to tv and streaming

Watching this summers George Clarke series I can’t believe people would pay to do the work that’s done . Plus overspends seems to be ignored

I know we have done this before but do the production companies pay for the work?

List if or love it work seems sensible but the George Clarke stuff seems bonkers

Views ?

[Super Sonic]

I remember his 'amazing spaces', and on that people would build their own little project independently of the telly show, then our George would come along and have his crew film it. Haven't seen any of his shows recently so don't know if this is still the case.

[Byker28i]

Similar with Grand Designs. There's been claims the show help with costs to get some projects finished so they had a programme to show

[Sheepshanks]

Byker28i said:

Similar with Grand Designs. There's been claims the show help with costs to get some projects finished so they had a programme to show

I can’t imagine that - they’d have to spend huge amounts to have any impact. I have seen it suggested that they sometimes dress houses for filming to make them look finished.

Garden Rescue is the show where even bearing in mind it’s just material costs, the totals seem improbable.

[Zetec-S]

Byker28i said:

Similar with Grand Designs. There's been claims the show help with costs to get some projects finished so they had a programme to show

That's just Kevin's child support payments...

[Skyedriver]

Zetec-S said:

That's just Kevin's child support payments...

[Byker28i]

Sheepshanks said:

Byker28i said:

Similar with Grand Designs. There's been claims the show help with costs to get some projects finished so they had a programme to show

I can t imagine that - they d have to spend huge amounts to have any impact. I have seen it suggested that they sometimes dress houses for filming to make them look finished.

Garden Rescue is the show where even bearing in mind it s just material costs, the totals seem improbable.

It was a claim made in a thread here recently, by someone living close to one of the projects and knew the owner.

[Rob.]

Byker28i said:

Similar with Grand Designs. There's been claims the show help with costs to get some projects finished so they had a programme to show

I've only seen a clip, but Kevin has a podcast with Greg James where this was discussed. He said he'd considered it, but that it wouldn't be sustainable to actually go through with.

[TimmyMallett]

The one that is an utter Indiana Jones* is 'Worst house on the street'. They don't help in any way remotely, no 'advice' given is taken, and most properties already seem to be well under way with trades started. The one this week was just them coming in and saying how awful their builder was, when she clearly needed help, and just left again.

• - insomuch as if Indiana Jones wasn't in the film the outcome would have been the same.

[PorkInsider]

Rob. said:

Byker28i said:

Similar with Grand Designs. There's been claims the show help with costs to get some projects finished so they had a programme to show

I've only seen a clip, but Kevin has a podcast with Greg James where this was discussed. He said he'd considered it, but that it wouldn't be sustainable to actually go through with.

Indeed. I can't imagine they could possibly afford to do it, even if they wanted to.

There's not that much money in making TV shows, is there?

It's not like it would be a couple of £k here and there. People seem to run out of many 10s of thousands, if not 100s of thousands, to finish their projects.

Edited by PorkInsider on Tuesday 7th October 11:23