House Gift

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House Gift
House Gift Logo.jpg
Logo from the opening titles.
Starring Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen
Philip Chklar
Stephen Collins
Anita Kaushal
Tom Keane
Gillian Anderson-Price
Danielle Proud
Narrated by Pip Torrens
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes56
Production
Running time60 minutes
(including advertisements)
Production company ITV Studios
Original release
Network ITV
Release31 August 2009 (2009-08-31) 
18 March 2011 (2011-03-18)
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House Gift is a lifestyle game show created by ITV.

Contents

Show overview

Three interior designers set out to find the perfect gift for a house. The gift they'll choose must complement the home, and also appeal to the homeowner's tastes. Each designers must buy an item in four hours with different amounts of money: one getting £200, one getting £500 and one getting £1,000. The homeowners at the end of the show must pick one of the three gifts chosen by the designers, having no idea how much the items cost. In early series, the amounts were slightly different, with the lowest being £80, the middle amount being £300 and the highest being £1,000.

Interior designers

Three designers try to impress the homeowner each day. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is always one of the designers, along with an antiques expert and another female designer, usually Danielle Proud.

A list of interior designers who appear listed in order of frequency:

DesignersAppearances
Everyday
Tom Keane
Often
Danielle Proud
often
Gillian Anderson-Price
Occasionally
Philip Chklar
Occasionally
Stephen Collins
Occasionally
Anita Kaushal
Occasionally

Transmissions

Original series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
131 August 20094 September 20095
225 January 201012 February 201015
329 November 201017 December 201015
421 February 201118 March 201120

Special

DateEntitle
20 December 2010Christmas special

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