Restoration (television)
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Restoration was a 2003 BBC television series in which viewers chose which of the United Kingdom's most important but neglected buildings that were nominated were to be awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant of £3m. 30 buildings were featured in ten regional heats, with money raised from the telephone vote being added to the prize fund. The winning building was the Victoria Baths in Manchester, which it is hoped will be fully restored and open to the public ahead of the building's centenary in 2006.
A second series, featuring 21 buildings in 7 regional heats, appeared on BBC2 in the summer of 2004. The winner was the Old Grammar School and Saracen's Head in Birmingham.
The host of both series was Griff Rhys Jones, whilst investigating each building in the heats, were the show's resident "Ruin Detectives", Marianne Suhr and Ptolemy Dean. The 2004 live grand final was also co-hosted by Natasha Kaplinsky.
The incoming controller of BBC2, Roly Keating, has stated that there will not be a third series.
The Channel 4 programme, Demolition is an "answer" to Restoration; instead of voting for a building to be saved, viewers will be asked to vote on which eyesore should be demolished.