Series synopsis
Homes Under the Hammer is a British reality television series that premiered on BBC One on November 17, 2003. It stars Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Martin Roberts as Self - Presenter
- Lucy Alexander as Self - Presenter
- Dion Dublin as Self - Presenter
- Martel Maxwell as Self - Presenter
- Tommy Walsh as Self - Presenter
- Jacqui Joseph as Self - Presenter
Guest cast
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen as Self - Presenter
- Alex Jones as Self - Presenter
- Toyah Willcox as Self - Presenter
- Owain Wyn Evans as Self - Presenter
- Amanda Lovett as Self - Presenter
- James Bye as Self - Guest Presenter
- Sarah Greene as Self - Guest Presenter
- Ian 'H' Watkins as Self - Guest Presenter
- Zack George as Self - Guest Presenter
- Scarlett Moffatt as Self - Guest Presenter
- Dianne Buswell as Self
- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey as Self
Episodes
This series spans 20 seasons with 186 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 20 | November 17, 2003 | December 12, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 50 | November 8, 2004 | March 14, 2005 |
| Season 3 | 8 | July 25, 2006 | July 25, 2006 |
| Season 4 | 40 | August 2, 2006 | October 3, 2006 |
| Season 5 | 0 | July 14, 2006 | |
| Season 6 | 2 | January 8, 2007 | February 16, 2007 |
| Season 7 | 2 | April 30, 2007 | June 29, 2007 |
| Season 8 | 2 | September 17, 2007 | November 23, 2007 |
| Season 9 | 2 | January 7, 2008 | February 22, 2008 |
| Season 10 | 2 | February 25, 2008 | June 20, 2008 |
| Season 11 | 2 | June 30, 2008 | September 12, 2008 |
| Season 12 | 2 | November 24, 2008 | February 2, 2009 |
| Season 13 | 2 | February 9, 2009 | March 1, 2010 |
| Season 14 | 2 | April 12, 2010 | February 4, 2011 |
| Season 15 | 2 | March 7, 2011 | March 2, 2012 |
| Season 16 | 2 | April 9, 2012 | February 13, 2013 |
| Season 17 | 2 | March 11, 2013 | March 31, 2014 |
| Season 18 | 2 | April 15, 2014 | March 30, 2015 |
| Season 19 | 3 | April 13, 2015 | May 31, 2017 |
| Season 20 | 39 | April 12, 2016 | March 23, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The weekday run starts by following three Devon properties that are up for auction. |
November 17, 2003 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A large Victorian house in London, an Epsom retreat and a Stourport cottage are all up for grabs at auction. |
November 18, 2003 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 A Middlesex terrace in need of attention, one in Comwall that's hiding a potentially dangerous secret, plus a Devon bungalow whose large garden is its only redeeming feature - all three are up for auction |
November 19, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Three properties are put up for auction. |
November 8, 2004 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A cute Devonshire cottage devoid of ceilings is up for grabs. |
November 9, 2004 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The show visits an abandoned house in Norwich, Norfolk with all its furniture and Possessions intact. |
November 10, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their expert eyes over three properties before they go to auction. They visit a three-bedroom house in the Wirral overlooking a chemical factory; a flat in West Kensington overlooking Queen's Tennis Club; and a garden plot in Harrogate with planning permission. |
July 25, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their eyes over properties before they go to auction. They visit a piece of land in Maidstone; and a 3-storey Victorian house in Liverpool. |
July 19, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their expert eyes over three properties before they go to auction. They visit a property in north Yorkshire that needs some work, a house in Liverpool and a terrace in Stoke that is ready for action. |
May 1, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their expert eyes over properties before they go to auction. They travel to Wiltshire to see a four bedroom house, another in London in desperate need for a make over and a house in Manchester with lots of potential. |
August 2, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their expert eyes over properties before they go to auction. They travel to Cornwall to see a beautiful cottage, then to Derby to see a run down home turn into a love nest and a derelict place in Lancashire that someone has waited twenty five years to buy. |
August 3, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander cast their expert eyes over properties before they go to auction. They travel to Wiltshire to see a four bedroom box house with lots of space, to Devon to see a grade 2 listed house and there's a two-for-one in Stoke-on-Trent. |
August 4, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Episode 2 | June 6, 2006 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | June 7, 2006 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | June 8, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 8, 2007 |
| 20 | Episode 20 | February 16, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 30, 2007 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | April 24, 2007 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | April 25, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | September 17, 2007 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | September 18, 2007 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | September 27, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 7, 2008 |
| 20 | Episode 20 | February 22, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | February 25, 2008 |
| 30 | Episode 30 | June 20, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | June 30, 2008 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | February 26, 2008 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | February 27, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | November 24, 2008 |
| 30 | Episode 30 | February 2, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | February 9, 2009 |
| 85 | Episode 85 | March 1, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 12, 2010 |
| 53 | 19th November, 2010 | November 19, 2010 |
| 54 | 22nd November, 2010 | November 22, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | March 7, 2011 |
| 100 | Episode 100 | March 2, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 9, 2012 |
| 80 | Episode 80 | February 13, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | March 11, 2013 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a property in Ripon, a maisonette in South West London and a house in Heanor, Derby.All of these properties have been sold at auction; Martin and Lucy find out who bought them, and what they paid when they went under the hammer. |
April 1, 2013 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a house in Devon, a property in Donnington, Shropshire, and a semi-detached house in Brandon, Durham.All of these properties have been sold at auction - Martin and Lucy find out who bought them and what they paid when they went under the hammer. |
April 3, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 15, 2014 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Lucy Alexander looks around a run-down two-bedroom flat in Fulham, but the potential for profit is huge. Martin Roberts calls in on a former railway cottage in the North East and sees a terraced house near the Kent coast that needs doing up.All of these properties have been sold at auction. Martin and Lucy find out who bought them and what they paid when they went under the hammer. |
April 17, 2014 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander travel the length of Britain, calling in on a holiday home on the south coast, a detached house in the Midlands and a great tenement flat with much potential in Glasgow.All of these properties have been sold at auction. Martin and Lucy find out who bought them and what was paid when they went under the hammer. |
April 22, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Dion Dublin, Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander look at homes in Kent, Llanelli and Croydon - all of which have been sold at auction. |
April 13, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Dion Dublin, Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander tour the country looking at auction buys. A three-bedroom semi in Crewe, a top-floor flat in London and a terraced house in Oldham are sold under the hammer. All the owners are happy with the prices they paid, but will any of them be able to turn a profit at the end of the renovation projects? |
April 14, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Dion Dublin, Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander tour the country looking at auction buys. Bedrooms are proving tricky in this episode. While developers in Croydon in Surrey and Donnington in Shropshire wrestle with the question of whether to lose a bedroom each for a better placed kitchen or bathroom, two friends developing a large property in Derby consider creating two more in their six-bedroom house. |
April 15, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Dion Dublin visits a stone cottage in Tilton on the Hill in rural Leicestershire while Martin Roberts is at a property auction buy in Croydon. |
April 12, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A mid-terrace house in Chaddesden in Derby, a two-bedroom flat in London's Maida Vale and a property in Warrington are all sold under the hammer. Martin Roberts, Lucy Alexander and Dion Dublin meet the new owners to hear what they have planned for their auction buys. |
April 14, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Martin looks round a pretty cottage with outbuildings with huge potential in Burton upon Trent, while Lucy checks out a flat in London's Crystal Palace and Dion is in Mossley near Manchester in a four-bedroom bungalow. The new owners share their ideas to make money on their auction buys. |
April 19, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 17, 2003 |
| Last aired | April 21, 2026 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Tuesday, Thursday at 11:15:00 |