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SATURDAY JULY 22

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME

Can he fix it?

Screening: TVNZ 1, 8.35pm

Streaming: TVNZ+

Mark Millar presented an undoubtedly thrilling earlier series about kitchen and bathroom renovation, now the man billed as “Britain’s favourite straight-talking builder” (sorry, Bob) is back to help people build or renovate entire houses. Millar is there to oversee things as families undertake refurbishments or ambitious new builds. That is, if they can find the chippies. In a recent interview Millar said the British building trade had a 43% decrease in its workforce due to Brexit. The show is called in the UK and the first episode heads to Suffolk where chef Mike and food grower Lucy have an old rundown timber house they want to rebuild as a four-bedroom family home with solar panels and a jungle room to grow tropical fruit among other

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