The Home and Family Show (1996)
The Home and Family Show is an American talk and home information show that was first shown on the Family Channel on April 1, 1996. The original hosts were Cristina Ferrare and Chuck Woolery. Woolery had to leave the show in September, 1996, to have heart surgery. He was replaced by Michael Burger.The show was an unusual chat show with many regular guest and segments. The set was housed in a small studio designed to look like a house, which was built in an out-of-the-way corner of the Universal Studios backlot. This first incarnation of the show was cancelled on August 14, 1998 due with News Corporation buying The Family Channel and turned it into Fox Family Channel. The series was revived on October 1, 2012, this time for The Hallmark Channel. Coming from the same stage as the original series, this incarnation of the show was at first co-hosted by Mark Steines and Paige Davis. After 6 weeks, Davis left the show, and taped her final episode November 15, 2012, which aired the next day. She was replaced by the co-host of the original series, Cristina Ferrare.
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Episode 1 - home and family
Release Date: 2008-11-05George Clarke unlocks the potential of a tired and very dated family house in Dorking, stripping it bare to show the young family of five the house's assets before transforming it into their dream home.
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Episode 2 - Family House Brixton (Venetian)
Release Date: 2008-11-12Architect George Clarke helps turn a battered family house in Brixton into a dream home. Meanwhile, Angela Brady travels to Italy to unlock the secrets of Venetian style.
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Episode 3 - Worcester Park
Release Date: 2008-11-19Grant and Jo live in a very, very small house and now they have two young daughters they’re outgrowing the building. The only way for George to work out what the biggest problems are is if he moves in to sample family life. George feels like he’s in a doll's house until he steps outside – the garden is huge, and out of proportion with the house. This has already led to some pretty extreme storage solutions, such as using mini sheds to store pots and pans.
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Episode 4 - Kew
Release Date: 2008-11-26George Clarke tackles the dysfunctional layout of Annie and Don's tired home of 20 years in Kew, and comes up with a clever way to create enough space for their three grown-up children
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Episode 5 - London Town Home
Release Date: 2008-12-03George Clarke breathes life into a soulless four-storey west London town house for Ian and Jen who both work from home and haven't touched the interior since they moved in a few years ago.
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Episode 6 - Surrey
Release Date: 2008-12-10Architect George Clarke tackles a house in Surrey with a beautiful view but the drabbest of interiors. The owners are split on their priorities: she wants a kitchen and he wants a garage.