Series synopsis
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr is a British reality television series that premiered on BBC One on August 14, 2019. It was created by Alan Carr. It stars Michelle Ogundehin, Alan Carr, Fearne Cotton and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
Aspiring interior designers transform a variety of spaces from dowdy to delightful as they vie for a life-changing contract with a top London hotel.
Premise
Aspiring interior designers transform a variety of spaces from dowdy to delightful as they vie for a life-changing contract with a top London hotel.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Michelle Ogundehin as Self - Series Judge
- Alan Carr as Self - Presenter
- Fearne Cotton as Self - Presenter
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen as Self - Series Judge
- Jonathan Adler as Self - Series Judge
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor as Self - Presenter
- Mary Portas as Self - Presenter
- Shane Brady as Self - Presenter
Supporting cast
- Nisha Katona as Self - Presenter
- Kelly Hoppen as Self - Presenter
- Abigail Ahern as Self - Presenter
- Sophie Robinson as Self - Presenter
- Kelly Holmes as Self - Guest Judge
- Dara Ó Briain as Self - Guest Judge
- Linda Boronkay as Self - Guest Judge
- Lynsey Ford as Self - Guest Judge
- Ross Bailey as Self - Guest Judge
- Fatboy Slim as Self - Guest Judge
- Georginio Rutter as Self - Guest Judge
- Fran Kirby as Self - Guest Judge
Guest cast
- Jonathan Adler as Self - Series Judge
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor as Self - Presenter
- Mary Portas as Self - Presenter
- Shane Brady as Self - Presenter
- Nisha Katona as Self - Presenter
- Kelly Hoppen as Self - Presenter
- Abigail Ahern as Self - Presenter
- Sophie Robinson as Self - Presenter
- Kelly Holmes as Self - Guest Judge
- Dara Ó Briain as Self - Guest Judge
- Linda Boronkay as Self - Guest Judge
- Lynsey Ford as Self - Guest Judge
Episodes
This series spans 8 seasons with 57 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | November 12, 2024 | November 12, 2024 |
| Season 1 | 8 | August 14, 2019 | October 2, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 8 | February 2, 2021 | March 23, 2021 |
| Season 3 | 8 | March 9, 2022 | April 27, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 8 | March 7, 2023 | April 25, 2023 |
| Season 5 | 8 | March 12, 2024 | April 30, 2024 |
| Season 6 | 8 | April 10, 2025 | May 29, 2025 |
| Season 7 | 8 | April 21, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Children in Need Special Six famous faces join Alan for a fun-filled makeover to raise money by transforming a young carers project in the Midlands before the judges decide who will win Stand Out Space. |
November 12, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Aspiring interior designers take part in a commercial design challenge to redesign two show homes. Presented by Fearne Cotton, with judges Michelle Ogundehin and Matthew Willamson. |
August 14, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The nine remaining interior designers take part in a commercial design challenge to transform hotel rooms. Presented by Fearne Cotton, with judge Michelle Ogundehin and guest judge Jade Jagger. |
August 21, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The eight remaining interior designers take part in a challenge to transform shop interiors. Presented by Fearne Cotton, with judge Michelle Ogundehin and guest judge Mary Portas. |
August 28, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Alan Carr hosts a new series of the interior design challenge, in which 10 aspiring designers compete to redesign Oxfordshire show home. Michelle Ogundehin assesses their efforts, and is joined in the first episode by guest judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. |
February 2, 2021 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The nine remaining interior designers take part in a commercial design challenge to transform London offices. Presented by Alan Carr with judge Michelle Ogundehin. |
February 9, 2021 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The eight remaining interior designers take part in a commercial design challenge to transform a country wedding venue in Sussex. Presented by Alan Carr with Judge Michelle Ogundehin. |
February 16, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Head judge Michelle Ogundehin challenges the contenders to transform upmarket rental flats in Manchester. |
March 9, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The designers are sent to Wotton House in Surrey, a Grade II listed grand hotel. There they must each update a bedroom in their signature style, incorporating a 'British eccentric' twist. |
March 16, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The remaining eight contenders work on four dated common rooms at Gordano School in Bristol, with two to be eliminated after this challenge. |
March 23, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Ten budding interior designers are challenged to transform luxury apartments in London’s Elephant and Castle. Hosted by Alan Carr. |
March 7, 2023 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Working in teams of three, the designers make over three classrooms of a children's nursery in Oxfordshire. |
March 14, 2023 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Each designer must make over a hotel room at a five-star golf and spa resort on the banks of the River Clyde in Scotland. |
March 21, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 A new batch of interior designers show off their signature style by heading to a former Norfolk convent, turning nuns’ cells into bijoux B&B bedrooms before one wins Stand Out Space. |
March 12, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Nine designers are tested on teamwork as they go wild at Chester Zoo, creating three activity centres for schoolchildren, themed around the wildlife of Brazil, India and Madagascar. |
March 19, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The designers are let loose on exclusive hospitality boxes at Ascot Racecourse, with each creating their own personal interpretation of high-end sophistication and luxury. |
March 26, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The new cohort of interior designers tackle their first challenge, demonstrating their signature style on YHA bunk rooms in the Lake District. |
April 10, 2025 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The nine designers demonstrate sustainable design by transforming shipping containers into offices in Bristol for start-ups using recycled and repurposed materials. |
April 17, 2025 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The eight designers pair up to transform luxury retirement apartments in Portsmouth, using their home staging skills to attract baby boomers into buying their forever home. |
April 24, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Alan Carr tasks ten designers to transform Dorset beach huts in their signature styles. Michelle Ogundehin and Jonathan Adler judge Stand Out Space and decide who goes home first. |
April 21, 2026 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The nine designers storm a medieval-style castle to turn hotel bedrooms into perfect love nests, drawing on their own ideas of what makes a romantic retreat. |
April 28, 2026 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The designers team up to create uplifting spaces at a London homelessness charity, and Dara Ó Briain pops by to check in on Alan and the new rooms. |
May 5, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 14, 2019 |
| Last aired | May 26, 2026 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 20:00:00 |