Series synopsis
Relocation, Relocation is a British drama television series that premiered on Channel 4 on March 18, 2003. It ended on March 10, 2011. It stars Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer.
Professional property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer scour the country on behalf of house-hunters seeking the ideal balance between urban energy and rural relaxation
Premise
Professional property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer scour the country on behalf of house-hunters seeking the ideal balance between urban energy and rural relaxation
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kirstie Allsopp as Self - Presenter
- Phil Spencer as Self - Presenter
Episodes
This series spans 8 seasons with 89 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 5 | March 18, 2003 | March 18, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 14 | ||
| Season 3 | 10 | ||
| Season 4 | 13 | December 31, 2007 | February 20, 2008 |
| Season 5 | 12 | December 31, 2007 | June 13, 2008 |
| Season 6 | 13 | January 7, 2009 | April 8, 2009 |
| Season 7 | 13 | April 14, 2010 | |
| Season 8 | 9 | January 13, 2011 | March 10, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Glasgow & Scottish Countryside Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Tom and Fiona Butcher hunt for a Glasgow flat and a home in the Scottish countryside - complete with a potter's studio - on a budget of £285,000. During their search, however, the couple fall in love with a baronial mansion that is well over budget and are forced to decide whether to change their plans |
March 18, 2003 |
| 2 |
Birmingham & Leicestershire Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Bradford couple Ruth Chenery and Ian Collett look for their ideal flat in Birmingham so Ruth can avoid lengthy daily commuting. They also hope to find a country home in south Leicestershire to give them somewhere pleasant to unwind during the weekend, and are hoping to achieve this on a budget of £270,000 |
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| 3 |
Dorset & Bath Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Tom and Carol Crosner, who are expecting their first child, to revise their housing situation. Despite a healthy budget of £350,000, their decision to buy a family home in Dorset - one of the UK's most expensive regions - may pose problems, especially as they also hope to acquire a Georgian property in Bath |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kent & Whitstable Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help a London house-hunter to find his dream rural retreat in Kent - and hopefully have enough money left over to buy a small flat in the city. Designer Shane seeks inspiration in properties with period features and a sea view - preferably in Whitstable. |
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| 2 |
Sheffield & Gateshead Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer come to the aid of Darlington couple Paul and Panjarat, who are bored with the slow pace of life in the country. Paul has also had enough of the five-hour commute to work he faces every day. Their plan is to sell up and buy a house in Sheffield, while still having enough money left to purchase a rural retreat near Gateshead for when city life gets too hectic for them. |
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| 3 |
South Wales & Bristol Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer assist a couple who want to find a house in South Wales with enough land for their horse, as well as a crash pad in Bristol where one of them works during the week. However, their requirements make it difficult for the duo to track down ideal properties |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Heathrow & Lyon Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help a couple of airline workers from Wiltshire whose quality of life is suffering owing to the time they spend commuting. They are looking for a pad near Heathrow and a country home in the French countryside east of Lyon, where they hope their budget of £100,000 will stretch far enough to meet their dreams |
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| 2 | Episode 2 | |
| 3 |
Kent & London Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp help Alison Green and Mark Thomas. They have a baby on the way and want to leave their Marylebone flat in London for a more spacious home on the east Kent coast, as well as finding a crash pad in the capital. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon & Bristol | December 31, 2007 |
| 2 | Cumbria | |
| 3 | Lancashire |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Devon & Bristol These newlyweds have been living in Hertfordshire for the last three years. But the frenetic life of London suburban commuters isn’t really for them. Andy is a planning manager and Rosie a local government officer and they’re fed up with their hectic routine of all work and no play. So fed up in fact, they’ve already lined up new jobs in Devon which will enable them to spend more time together. From the sale of their house in Tring Andy and Rosie cashed in a hefty 60 grand but it’s not all for their Devon home. They're also helping Andy’s 25 year old brother Matthew buy his first property in Bristol, forking out 10 grand for his deposit. It will give them a nest egg for the future as well as giving Matthew that all important step onto the property ladder. With Rosie and Andy's house sold already, and two new jobs to start in less than six weeks, Phil and Kirstie need to get cracking! |
December 31, 2007 |
| 2 |
Harrogate and London Johnny and Lynsay Davies have been living it up in the capital for the last 10 years and they’ve had a ball. But two small boys later, the bright lights of London Town have lost their sparkle. So they're trading the home of high fashion for the home of high teas and heading 200-miles north to Harrogate, well known for its excellent schools and café culture high street. All very well, but Johnny’s an MD for an international insurance firm and his workload is ever-increasing. He plans to continue working from London during the week, so Phil and Kirstie also need to find him a city base within easy reach of his Tower Bridge office. They've got a total budget of £750,000 from the sale of their Battersea home - just enough for a family home in Harrogate and a studio pad in London. Well, if they can just make some small compromises... |
January 6, 2008 |
| 3 |
Northumberland & Heathrow Matthew and Louise met in the skies, Matthew as a long-haul commercial pilot and Louise as a flight attendant - truly the stuff of bed time novels. At the moment, the Vardys are squeezed into Matthew‘s old flat in the stunning historical town of York. But after living it up here, there and everywhere, Louise wants a soft landing back home in beautiful Northumberland. RELOCATION, RELOCATION Northumberland & Heathrow Matthew and Louise Vardy, looking for a home in Relocation Relocation with Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp. New parents Matthew and Louise Vardy are looking for a home close to Louise's family in Northumberland - and a pied-à-terre near Heathrow for commercial pilot Matthew. 1. The People 2. Photo Galleries 3. Viewer Vote 4. Property Details page 1 2 3 4 The People Matthew and Louise met in the skies, Matthew as a long-haul commercial pilot and Louise as a flight attendant - truly the stuff of bed time novels. At the moment, the Vardys are squeezed into Matthew‘s old flat in the stunning historical town of York. But after living it up here, there and everywhere, Louise wants a soft landing back home in beautiful Northumberland. House buyers Matthew and Louise Vardy with Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp, presenters of Channel 4's hit property show Relocation Relocation Article continues below The nerve-centre of Phil and Kirstie's search is the winsome town of Hexham. Just 12 miles from Louise’s family in Prudhoe, it’s a popular area which overlooks the beautiful Tyne valley. But ideal as that may sound, there is one problem. Northumberland is 300 miles away from Heathrow, where Matthew will continue to fly from once a week. And although he’ll be happy to commute there from Newcastle airport, to make his life a little easier he wants Phil and Kirstie to find him a pied-à-terre in the south. So with a total budget of £680,000 for both properties, Phil and Kirstie are up, up and away ... |
January 23, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
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| 1 |
Series 6, Episode 1 The property market has never looked so confusing. With prices on the decline and the number of houses being bought and sold at rock bottom, it's easy to believe that the market is completely dead. But there are still some trail-blazers who want to buy that dream new house and a dream new life. This week, Relocation, Relocation is in the West Country and this search definitely comes with a health warning! IT Consultant Dominic Clark and his wife Stephanie are a pair of shrewd operators. They’ve been successfully riding the property wave since they got together. It was the birth of their son Oscar just over a year ago that prompted the change – now a full time mum, the priority for Steph is to have a long-term family home near Bristol to be close to her parents and sister. |
January 7, 2009 |
| 2 | Rikita and Dony | January 21, 2009 |
| 3 |
Series 6, Episode 3 Thirty-somethings Helen and Grant live in the leafy suburbs of Forest Hill, South East London. This alternative couple work in the creative side of advertising and are keen to uproot themselves from their tranquil pastures and buy their first property together in the more trendy, post-industrial corners of North East London. But that's not all... Because Kirstie and Phil like a challenge, they also need to find a new home in Kent for Grant’s parents. Ray and Connie are moving a whopping 6,000 miles from Durban, South Africa, to be reunited with their family - who have been living apart for 10 years. Grant and Helen want to share in this idyllic Kent lifestyle too, as well as getting a foothold on a fast paced life in London, so they’re stumping up a good chunk of the cash for the Kent home to share with mum and dad at the weekend. |
January 28, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | |
| 2 | Hampshire & Kent | |
| 3 | Victoria and Frank |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Devon Kirstie and Phil visit Devon taking on a triple search for a dog-daft family. Can they net a hat trick of homes to please the Langman family? |
January 13, 2011 |
| 2 |
Manchester Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are in Manchester struggling to satisfy a perfectionist and his partner in their hunt for their first and second property purchases. |
January 30, 2011 |
| 3 |
Scotland Phil and Kirstie tackle their biggest search area ever when they scour an entire country seeking out a whole new way of life for two would-be hoteliers. Christine and Keith Bettis have given up everything they know to chase their dream of running a hotel, somewhere, anywhere in Scotland. They're new to the game, but Christine's been doing her homework, spending the last two years living away from Keith in a range of hotels while learning the ropes in preparation for their new venture. Now Keith has moved north and the two of them are living in a hotel room, waiting to start living the dream for real. |
January 27, 2011 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 18, 2003 |
| Last aired | March 10, 2011 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |