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TV review: As Homes Under The Hammer celebrates its 20th anniversary with the help of Toyah Willcox, there are unruly throngs of celebs queuing up for festive specials
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It’s Toyah Day on BBC2 today, with two programmes airing today – both from earlier this week on BBC1 and are being repeated on BBC2. (Photos © BBC)
Homes Under The Hammer: BBC2: Friday 22nd December: 6.15am
Toyah Willcox. Dion Dublin is joined by Toyah Willcox in a 20th anniversary celebrity special, to look around a three-bed semi in her native Birmingham.
The Great British Sewing Bee: Friday 22nd December: BBC2: 1.25pm
Celebrity Christmas Special 2023. Former Christmas special sewer Kiell Smith-Bynoe takes over as host as musician Toyah Willcox, comedian Jessica Knappett and actors Kerry Godliman and Hammed Animashaun are put to the test by judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant.
Homes Under The Hammer’s Dion Dublin says ‘I’m out of a job’ as ’80s music legend co-hosts show
Cue the music of the 1980s and the Toyah puns as the BBC show steps back in time
It’s no mystery that BBC’s Homes Under the Hammer is one of the most popular property programmes on TV – it’s been on for 20 years and has been celebrating this landmark anniversary by inviting celebrity fans onto the show to co-host a visit to an auction property.
Presenter and retired professional footballer Dion Dublin’s invited guest to a three-bed, semi-detached house on the outskirts of Birmingham was 1980s pop legend Toyah Wilcox, who was born less than 20 minutes away from the property in Rubery that went to auction with a guide price of £49,000.
Dion was over-excited, not because he managed to find a way to weave a football gag or reference into the show, but because he was joined by someone he really admires. He said: “You are not going to want to miss this! Sit tight, tea and toast on the lap, and you’re going to love it. You can call her a pop icon, you can call her a punk icon, but I’m just going to call her – I’m so excited – a music icon.”
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Homes Under The Hammer, 20th Anniversary special, with Toyah and Dion Dublin aired yesterday morning on BBC1, and will be repeated this Friday on BBC2. It’s also availabe for the next year at BBC iPlayer.
Homes Under The Hammer: BBC2: Friday 22nd December: 6.15am
Toyah Willcox. Dion Dublin is joined by Toyah Willcox in a 20th anniversary celebrity special, to look around a three-bed semi in her native Birmingham. Jacqui Joseph is in Lincolnshire to see a ground-floor flat. Plus, a look through the series archives to remember one of Dion’s early appearances, where he shows off his dance moves at a former nightclub in Burnley. (Photo © Toyah Willcox)
Homes Under The Hammer, 20th Anniversary special, with Toyah and Dion Dublin aired this morning on BBC1, and will be repeated this Friday on BBC2. It’s also available to watch for the next year at BBC iPlayer.
Toyah Guests on Homes Under The Hammer Monday 18 December on BBC One
Pop superstar Toyah Willcox joins Dion Dublin on a special 20th anniversary episode of Homes Under the Hammer. Explore a house in Birmingham and revisit Dion’s early appearances.
Celebrity Special 3: Homes Under the Hammer Series 26, Episode 74 of 80
Homes Under the Hammer is celebrating its 20th anniversary with some special celebrity editions. Pop superstar Toyah Willcox joins host Dion Dublin to explore a three-bedroom semi-detached house in her native Birmingham. Additionally, the episode will include a throwback to one of Dion’s early appearances on the show, as well as a segment featuring Jacqui Joseph visiting a ground floor flat in Lincolnshire.
This hour long anniversary special is set to air on BBC One on 18th December 2023 at 11.15am.
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Homes Under The Hammer: BBC1: Monday 18th December: 11.15am
Celebrity Special 3. Series 26 Episode 74. A special 20th anniversary show! Dion Dublin is joined by pop superstar and Homes Under the Hammer superfan Toyah Willcox to look around a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Toyah’s native Birmingham. We also delve into the show’s archives for one of Dion’s early appearances, where he’s showing off his dance moves at a former nightclub in Burnley. Finally, Jacqui Joseph goes to Lincolnshire to see a ground floor flat. Click below to visit the BBC website. (Photo © Toyah Willcox)
Celebrities set to unleash their inner property expert as they celebrate 20 years of Homes Under the Hammer
For the first time ever each special episode will contain a celebrity host, a new property, and a memorable moment from the archive with a double-bill due to air on the anniversary
Homes Under the Hammer first aired on BBC One on 17 November 2003 and is set to celebrate in style with celebrity guest presenters on its 20th Anniversary. For the first time ever each special episode will contain a celebrity host, a new property, and a memorable moment from the archive with a double-bill due to air on the anniversary.
The celebrity guests are fans of the programme and will enjoy the opportunity to offer their own individual insight as they share ideas to transform the properties. Martin Roberts will kick off the anniversary celebrations with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen in Bristol, followed by Martel Maxwell and Alex Jones in London. Laurence rivals Martin in the fashion stakes before offering advice on recycling a retro avocado bathroom suite and Alex expresses her love for original features. The celebrities will also present the iconic phrase ‘Let’s find out what happened when it went under the hammer’ before meeting with the new owners who were successful at auction.
Later in the year, Dion Dublin will be joined by Toyah Wilcox in Birmingham, Jacqui Joseph will co-present with Owain Wyn Evans in Wales and Tommy Walsh will get a helping hand from The Traitors favourite, Amanda Lovett, in Buckinghamshire.
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