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Vive la différence

MATTHEW RIDGE MAKES A QUITE GOOD architecture show host. Yes, the blokey former rugby and league player and tabloid personality also known as ‘Ridgey,’ who, with his mate Marc Ellis, gave us such gems of TV lad culture as Matthew and Marc’s Rocky Road, Fresh-up in the Deep End plus the sports quiz Game of Two Halves.

In the new Prime TV and Neon series, , the larrikin Ridge has been replaced by someone who wants to be taken seriously, but can’t help but pronounce one of the houses on the show as

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