I hate

my wife's really into this george clarke programme where "unfortunate"(?) people with ugly and/or badly designed houses get them revamped by an architect. it should be called "cleanshirt gets an extension" because that's basically what it is.

anyway, they almost always get some edgy facade or cladding put on the front of the house and sometimes they do little voxpops with boomer neighbours about how this MODERN building fits within the existing estate or village or whatever.

i always think a much more interesting programme would focus on these petty planning grievances and the time rich, cash rich, perspective poor people who live for them. "not in keeping with the character of the area with george clarke"