Homes Under the Hammer (2003)
Homes Under the Hammer is a British renovation and auction series that originally screened on BBC One as part of the BBC's morning television schedule, the series has been running since 2003. Its main presenters are Lucy Alexander and Martin Roberts, although in series three Marc Woodward and Jasmine Birtles alternated presenting duties with Alexander and Roberts. The series is the BBC's most successful show in the 10:00am slot, regularly attaining a 30% market share for new episodes.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2018-04-17Martin, Dion and Martel travel across the country to talk to the new owners of three auction property buys. A two bedroom terrace in Norwich, a four bed semi in Wolverhampton and a terrace in Ilford in East London are the latest development projects. All the new owners have plans to make improvements, but will any of them manage to make a profit?
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2018-04-19A new baby, a wedding and brothers in law working together for the first time make today's show a real family affair. Their projects are in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, Aveley in Essex and Llansamlet near Swansea. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow progress on the large semi detached houses and small studio flat.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2018-04-24A three-bed town house in Staleybridge in Cheshire, a maisonette in Barnet in Hertfordshire and an end terrace in West Bromwich in the West Midlands complete with a potential building plot are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell talk to the new owners to hear their plans, which will take between a few weeks and several years to come together.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2018-04-26A period property in Copley in County Durham is sold at auction, as are terraces in Treherbert in Wales and Swinton in Yorkshire. Two are bought by people who want to turn them into their homes, while another sees profit potential in doing it up and selling it on. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow their progress.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2018-05-01The new owner of a semi in Faversham in Kent is faced with security issues, while in Liverpool someone buys a piece of land knowing it's unlikely it can be built on. But perhaps the biggest challenge is with a flat in a block in Walworth in London, which is bought despite the fact that it might be demolished. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow the auction-buy developments.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2018-05-03A run-down Victorian terrace in Walthamstow, a piece of land in Bury in Greater Manchester and a Victorian pub in the historic mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Dion and Martel talk to the new owners and hear what they hope to achieve with their auction buys. But as the months and years pass, it is clear that not everything goes to plan.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2018-05-08Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow progress on projects stretching just a few months to six years, as three sets of families take on ambitious plans to sort out property in Congleton in Cheshire, Coalburn in Lanarkshire and Kings Lynn in Norfolk.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2018-05-10Martel Maxwell meets a developer who plans to add value to a studio flat in Handley, while there is an update on a period house in Berkhamsted which Lucy first saw in 2015, and Martin Roberts chats to a mum and her son who buy two flats in a Victorian house in Bootle in Merseyside. They all want to make money from their auction investments, and for some the projects run smoothly, while one set of developers have to jump over lots of hurdles to get their project finished.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2018-05-15A terraced house in Wigton in Cumbria, a studio flat in Purley in Surrey and a former working men's club, with planning permission, in Cannock in Staffordshire are sold under the hammer. The team take a look and hear plans from the new owners.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2018-05-17A huge office space above a bank in Tring in Hertfordshire, a terraced house in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire and a semi in Ambergate in Derby are sold under the hammer. The team check out the auction buys and talk to the new owners, who hope to create lovely new homes while making a profit.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2018-05-22Dion visits a two-bed terrace in Salford, Martel goes to Derbyshire to look at a three-bed semi, and Martin is in south London, where a one-bedroom flat is the order of the day. The team want to know whether the renovations of these auction properties have gone to plan or if the owners have bitten off more than they can chew.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2018-05-24Martin is on the Dorset coast finding out whether a six-year journey will result in the perfect home for a young couple. Martel is in Greater Manchester where a mid-terrace is in need of some TLC, and Dion is in Ellesmere Port, where a first-time renovator is tackling a three-bed semi.
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2018-05-29Martel Maxwell visits a property in Birmingham with some mesmerising wallpaper and a south Wales house that has her dancing with joy, while Dion Dublin is in Liverpool to see a place that has him a bit confused.
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Episode 14 - Episode 14
Release Date: 2018-05-31Martin Roberts visits a property in Shropshire, Martel Maxwell is in Cumbria and Dion Dublin in Derby. Will the new owners of these auction properties prosper, or will the renovations prove too hard to handle?
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 2018-06-05A trio of properties all bought without viewing ahead of the auction are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell talk to the new owners in West Bromwich, Leeds and Croydon to discover if any of them regret their buys.
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 2018-06-07Martel Maxwell is in Cumbria visiting a former chip shop, Martin Roberts is in London looking at a one-bedroom flat, and Dion Dublin comes across a plot of land in Greater Manchester. This varied trio of auction lots are all ripe for reinvention, but what will they become?
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Episode 17 - Episode 17
Release Date: 2018-06-12Lucy Alexander visits a maisonette over three floors in Crystal Palace, London. Martel Maxwell is in Leeds where a troublesome tree is causing issues at a three-bed semi, and Dion Dublin is in Doncaster at a characterful cottage in a bad state of repair.
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Episode 18 - Episode 18
Release Date: 2018-06-14Dion Dublin visits a bungalow in Cheshire being renovated by a couple as their new home, and an old chapel in Dudley ripe for development into flats. Martel Maxwell is in West Yorkshire at an end of terrace, where the new owners have grand plans for a child-friendly development.
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Episode 19 - Episode 19
Release Date: 2018-06-19Martin Roberts revisits a Derbyshire development project, overseen by a husband and wife team, which he first came across in 2016. Plus Dion Dublin gets a driving test at a Bootle property and Martel Maxwell is near Preston at a detached property with a strange layout.
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Episode 20 - Episode 20
Release Date: 2018-06-21Martin Roberts is in Croydon, at a basement flat bought by two brothers and Martel Maxwell visits a colourful terrace in Cumbria. Dion Dublin is in Greater Manchester, where a first-time developer has taken on a real challenge.
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Episode 21 - Episode 21
Release Date: 2018-06-26Martel Maxwell visits properties in Preston and Liverpool in need of renovation. Dion Dublin is in Nottingham to meet a couple with differing views on how their project should go.
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Episode 22 - Episode 22
Release Date: 2018-06-28Dion Dublin visits a property in Manchester and has some motorised fun with a toy car at a house in Liverpool. Plus the team revisit a London project Lucy Alexander first saw three years previously. It didn't have a roof back then, but it's been worth waiting for the finish.
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Episode 23 - Episode 23
Release Date: 2018-07-03Martin Roberts is by the seaside in Norfolk, Martel Maxwell encounters a house with no stairs in Lancashire, and Dion Dublin is in Staffordshire at a two-up-two-down with a carpeted bath.
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Episode 24 - Episode 24
Release Date: 2018-07-05Dion Dublin meets an impressive young developer in Merseyside, Martin Roberts is in Stoke, where a couple have a long-term plan for their renovation, and Martel Maxwell is in Leeds with a first-time developer.
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Episode 25 - Episode 25
Release Date: 2018-07-11Dion Dublin is in Dover at a property right by the famous white cliffs, Martin Roberts is in the leafy London suburbs of Wood Green, and Martel Maxwell visits a project in Cumbria.
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Episode 26 - Episode 26
Release Date: 2018-07-12The programme revisits an interesting site in Middlesex that Lucy Alexander first looked at in 2016. Martel Maxwell is in Worcester at a three-bed house, and Dion Dublin sees a tiny basement flat in Liverpool.
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Episode 27 - Episode 27
Release Date: 2018-07-17Martin Roberts looks around a flat in Pimlico, London, and Martel Maxwell is in Ipswich and Huddersfield visiting properties bought at auction that are in need of renovation.
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Episode 28 - Episode 28
Release Date: 2018-07-19Martin Roberts is in Tunbridge Wells to see a one-bedroom flat, and Martel Maxwell visits a former supermarket building in Derbyshire and a terrace in Liverpool.
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Episode 29 - Episode 29
Release Date: 2018-07-24Martin visits a fairly modern two-bedroom flat in Manchester, the programme revisits a property in Bexleyheath, Kent, that was first seen in 2012, and Dion is in Wolverhampton at a semi-detached house.
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Episode 30 - Episode 30
Release Date: 2018-07-26It's a tale of three mid-terraces, with Martin in Burton upon Trent, Martel in Bromley, Kent, and Dion in Merseyside.
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Episode 31 - Episode 31
Release Date: 2018-09-04A static caravan is bought for the plot of land it stands on in Dunkirk, Kent. Meanwhile, a semi in Olton in the Midlands and a terrace in South Norwood in London are also sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Lucy Alexander meet the new owners to hear plans for their buys.
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Episode 32 - Episode 32
Release Date: 2018-09-06It's a family affair as a mother and son develop a house in Knutton in Staffordshire, a father and son work on a one-bedroom flat in London's Cricklewood and a husband-and-wife team take on an ambitious project to make a stonework shop and a brick single-storey former shop one home in Belper in Derbyshire. Martin Roberts and Dion Dublin follow the progress made on their auction buys.
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Episode 33 - Episode 33
Release Date: 2018-09-11A couple buy an old prefabricated bungalow in Chesterton in Staffordshire and turn it into their forever dream home, while first-time developers in both Sutton in Surrey and Bilston in the West Midlands hope to sell their projects on for profit. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow progress on their auction property buys.
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Episode 34 - Episode 34
Release Date: 2018-09-13A smart one-bedroom flat in Whitefield in Greater Manchester, a large bungalow bought for an unexpected use in Tipton in Derbyshire and a lovely two-bedroom flat in a Victorian building in London's New Cross are sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell talk to the property developers who hope to make a profit from their auction buys.
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Episode 35 - Episode 35
Release Date: 2018-09-18A trio of terraces are bought by family property-developing teams to try to make some money. Two brothers want to improve the planning permission in place on a terrace in Borough Green in Kent, while a mum and daughter hope they don't have too much to do on their first investment in Liverpool. And a brother and sister who are seasoned property developers have ambitious plans for a generous end-of-terrace in London's Streatham.
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Episode 36 - Episode 36
Release Date: 2018-09-20A trio of terraces are sold under the hammer in Carlisle, Forest Gate in London and Walsall in the West Midlands. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow the developers' progress as they all try to make a profit on their auction buys.
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Episode 37 - Episode 37
Release Date: 2018-09-25A one-bedroom flat in Peckham in London, a terraced house in Bilston in the West Midlands and a third-floor flat in Maidstone are sold under the hammer. Some take longer than others with the shortest project turned around in days and the longest stretching nearly three years.
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Episode 38 - Episode 38
Release Date: 2018-09-27Two sets of fathers and sons, and a seasoned property-developing duo buy and renovate properties in Smethwick in the Midlands, Ramsgate in Kent and Chingford in London. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow their progress to see if anyone can make some money on their auction buys.
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Episode 39 - Episode 39
Release Date: 2018-10-02Martin catches up with an ambitious development in Tredegar in Wales, while Dion chats to a man who wants to turn a house in Great Barr in the Midlands into his family home and Martel is impressed by a grand six-bedroom terrace in Liverpool.
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Episode 40 - Episode 40
Release Date: 2018-10-04A two-bedroom flat in Grays in Essex, a stone-built cottage in Lochearnhead in the Highlands of Scotland and a three-bedroom house in Selston in Nottinghamshire are sold under the hammer. Two of the projects run on for several years, but will any of the developers make any money?
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Episode 41 - Episode 41
Release Date: 2018-10-09A period one-bedroom cottage near Blackwell in Worcestershire, a huge Methodist chapel in Dover in Kent and a three-bedroom end-of-terrace in Bootle on Merseyside are all sold under the hammer. Martin, Dion and Martel follow progress as the new owners get underway to make their dreams a reality.
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Episode 42 - Episode 42
Release Date: 2018-10-11Developers with a pressing deadline of their own race to refurbish a terraced house in Tylorstown in Wales, a businesswoman buys a former takeaway to help her business and a developer got more than he bargains for when he buys a piece of land on the Isle of Sheppey. Martin, Dion and Martel follow progress as the auction buys are developed.
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Episode 43 - Episode 43
Release Date: 2018-10-16Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin, Martel Maxwell and Lucy Alexander follow a four-year project to develop land in Maidstone and two swifter developments in Burnley in Lancashire and Meir in Staffordshire. Budgets range from a few thousand to more than a million, but who will turn a profit?
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Episode 44 - Episode 44
Release Date: 2018-10-18Three properties sold at action take between a month and six and a half years to complete. But is it the semi in Sittingbourne in Kent, the cottage in Landrake in Cornwall or the flat in London's Maida Vale which will deliver its new owner the biggest profits? Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow the refurbishment plans.
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Episode 45 - Episode 45
Release Date: 2018-10-23The bank of mum and dad is used to buy a property in Sidcup in Kent, while seasoned developers in Pontygwaith in south Wales and Leeds snap up properties as investments. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow progress on all the work.
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Episode 46 - Episode 46
Release Date: 2018-10-25All today's property developments in Plymouth, Treherbert in Wales and Hinckley in Leicestershire take much longer than planned, with projects running a little over a year to eight years to complete. But will any of the developments make their new owners money - Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell follow progress on their ambitious plans.
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Episode 47 - Episode 47
Release Date: 2018-10-30The team visit a trio of terraces, with Martin Roberts in Birmingham, Dion Dublin in Bradford and Martel Maxwell going to Dover.
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Episode 48 - Episode 48
Release Date: 2018-11-01Martin Roberts views a ground-floor flat in London, Martel Maxwell checks out a former commercial unit in Staffordshire, and Dion Dublin is in Birmingham visiting a three-bed semi.
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Episode 49 - Episode 49
Release Date: 2018-11-05A one-bedroom ground-floor flat in St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent, a large terrace house in Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria and a three-bedroom semi in Great Barr in Birmingham are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell meet the new owners to hear what they plan for their auction buys.
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Episode 50 - Episode 50
Release Date: 2018-11-08Martel Maxwell visits a characterful cottage in Saffron Walden, Essex, Dion Dublin checks out a terrace not too far from his old stomping ground in Manchester, and Martin Roberts goes to see a plot of land near Wolverhampton.
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Episode 51 - Episode 51
Release Date: 2018-11-12Martin Roberts visits a rundown mid-terrace in Dover bought by a plucky first-time developer. Martell Maxwell is in Dudley, West Midlands, viewing an old retail unit, while Dion Dublin is in Manchester looking round a real shell of a building.
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Episode 52 - Episode 52
Release Date: 2018-11-14Dion Dublin is in Birmingham at a property with one of the smallest kitchens he has come across. Martin Roberts visits a former care home in Penmaenmawr, Wales. Martell Maxwell is in St Helens, Merseyside at a house that seems almost too good to be true.
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Episode 53 - Episode 53
Release Date: 2018-11-20Two flats in Seaham in Durham, a former bank in Westhoughton near Manchester and a building with a shop and residential space in Surbiton in Surrey are sold under the hammer. The new owners have ambitious plans but soon discover a few twists and turns along the way.
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Episode 54 - Episode 54
Release Date: 2018-11-22Martin, Dion and Martel follow ambitious property development projects in Brynmawr in Wales, Upchurch in Kent and Stone in Staffordshire. All the projects take longer than planned with one stretching over four years. But who will manage to make a profit from their auction buys?
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Episode 77 - Episode 77
Release Date: 2019-02-26