More details are available about the upcoming Restoration series of
10 programmes on BBC2.
The programme will run as a viewer vote, the winning structure out of 30
offered will receive the restoration money. The structures include
Clevedon pier, a Scottish folly, the Art Nouveau Victoria Baths in
Manchester, as well as Moulton windmill - the cheapest project,
requiring £500,000.
Celebrities including Richard E Grant, Fiona Bruce and Robert Hardy will
champion their favourite buildings in a similar way to the BBC2 series
Great Britons. The voting telephone line used by the audience will raise
funds for the winning building, and the organisers said they were
optimistic that, with the help of matching funding from bodies such as the
Heritage Lottery Fund, enough would be raised to help even the costliest
project. An appeal will encourage public donations.
BBC's Restoration program resembles Big Brother