House Doctor
House Doctor

House Doctor

1998 7 Seasons 132 Episodes ⭐ 6.0

House Doctor is a television programme, originally broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK. Each week, the House Doctor - Californian real-estate stylist, Ann Maurice - helps UK home-owners sell their houses with her industry know-how and style tips. The popularity of the show has lent the word "house doctoring" to the British English lexicon, which is similar to the American term home staging. This program is now shown in many countries around the globe, which is broadening the use and familiarity of this term.

House Doctor is a television programme, originally broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK. Each week, the House Doctor - Californian real-estate stylist, Ann Maurice - helps UK home-owners sell their houses with her industry know-how and style tips. The popularity of the show has lent the word "house doctoring" to the British English lexicon, which is similar to the American term home staging. This program is now shown in many countries around the globe, which is broadening the use and familiarity of this term.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Milton Keynes

Paul and Angie had recently moved into their large new home in Milton Keynes. Although the house was spacious and in goo

EP 2

London part 2

Geoffrey and Timothy had lived for years in a four bedroom house in suburbia but yearned for a new urban existence and s

EP 3

Bletchley

Lisa and Paul had recently moved into a three bedroom semi detached house in Bletchley, Bucks and with them had come the

EP 4

South London

Andrew and Christie and their two children had lived in their Victorian house in South London for several years and duri

EP 5

Episode 5

Sarah and James had only recently moved into their three bedroom end of terrace home. The house had been refurbished a

EP 6

Episode 6

Jill and Hugh had lived in their four bedroom modern house for around seven months. Although they both liked a traditio

EP 7

London

Property expert Ann Maurice helps the owners of a five-bedroom family house in Raynes Park, south London, make their hom

EP 1

Ewhurst Green

Ann Maurice helps a widower sell his 200-year-old cottage so he can pack up and start a new life in Scotland. The proper

EP 2

Knutsford

Ann Maurice offers advice to a bachelor having trouble selling his home in Knutsford, Cheshire, telling him to tone down

EP 3

Headcorn

Ann Maurice visits Headcorn to help a couple spruce up their tiny cottage in a bid to make it more attractive to prospec

EP 4

Bournemouth

Property expert Ann Maurice offers her advice on making first impressions really count, visiting a couple in East Sussex

EP 5

Aintree

Property expert Ann Maurice targets the pink and beige colour scheme of a house in Aintree, Merseyside, which has been o

EP 6

Southampton

Ann Maurice and Tris Payne visit Southampton's prestigious marina development Ocean Village, where a couple's home needs

EP 7

Episode 7

Californian interior designer and estate agent Ann Maurice visits a house on the market, and offers advice on making it

EP 8

Headingley

Ann Maurice helps a student in Headingley, Leeds, make her flat more attractive to potential buyers, advising her on how

EP 9

Wandsworth

Ann Maurice visits a house off a busy road in Wandsworth, South London, where she helps the owners get their property re

EP 10

Maidstone

Property expert Ann Maurice visits Kent to offer advice to a Maidstone homeowner looking to relocate after his girlfrien

EP 11

Hammersmith

In Hammersmith, west London, Ann Maurice helps a couple trying to sell their house by helping them store their belonging

EP 12

Rothwell

Estate agent Ann Maurice offers her expertise to a couple whose home in Rothwell near Leeds is still for sale after 10 m

EP 1

Stepney

Interior design expert Ann Maurice visits Stepney in London's East End, where she advises part-time DJ Simon Denny on ho

EP 2

Chester

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to would-be sellers of a Victorian house in Chester to make it more marketable

EP 3

Warrington

Alistair Appleton and Ann Maurice set to work on a property in Warrington, Cheshire, which the homeowner is having diffi

EP 4

Cheltenham

Ann Maurice offers advice to the owners of a three-bedroom detached house in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, suggesting a c

EP 5

Camden

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to the owner of a three-bedroom Victorian house in north London's highly desir

EP 6

Worcester

Ann Maurice helps a Worcestershire couple sell their country cottage, which has been on the market for more than a year.

EP 7

Kitchens and Dining Rooms

A compilation edition of the home improvement series, with interior designer Ann Maurice revisits some of her most strik

EP 8

Halls and Living Rooms

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton renovate neglected hallways in Hammersmith, west London, and Headingley in north Leeds

EP 9

Exteriors and Gardens

Design guru Ann Maurice visits a house with an unsightly pile of brick rubble, investigates a property whose garden is a

EP 10

Bedrooms and Bathrooms

Compilation of highlights from the home improvement series, featuring bedroom and bathroom makeovers by Californian desi

EP 11

Edinburgh

A pink mansion in Edinburgh gets a makeover from Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton. They attempt to give the garishly pa

EP 12

Portishead

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton help a Portishead couple spruce up their bungalow to attract a quick sale. At £196,95

EP 13

Crieff

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to a Perthshire woman whose split-level bungalow in Crieff has been on the mar

EP 14

Yeovil

Property expert Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton ride to the rescue of a couple who are having trouble selling their co

EP 15

London

Property expert Anne Maurice offers advice to the owner of a Brixton flat, on the market for £235,000, to make it more

EP 16

Chippenham

Alistair Appleton joins interior designer Ann Maurice as she applies her expertise to the task of revamping a three-stor

EP 17

Dulwich

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice on selling a property in West Dulwich, south London. The owner, a single mothe

EP 18

Ashover Hay

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to another would-be seller, this time visiting a house in Ashover Hay, Derbysh

EP 19

Sutton-in-Ashfield

Ann Maurice offers advice to a woman hoping to sell her desirable property in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

EP 20

Frome

Ann Maurice visits the market town of Frome, Somerset, to find out why no one can secure a sale for a Grade II-listed ho

EP 1

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Ann Maurice helps a Staffordshire couple sell their three-bedroom house in Newcastle-under-Lyme by clearing clutter and

EP 2

Beckenham

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to a couple in Beckenham, Kent, whose 1930s-style house has been on the market

EP 3

Glasgow

Property expert Ann Maurice tackles a Glasgow bachelor pad set in a sought-after stately home address in city-centre par

EP 4

Clapham

Property expert Ann Maurice lends her skills to a home in Clapham, London.

EP 5

Moorecroft

Alistair and Ann visit a property in Moorecroft, North Wales that's in dire need of the House Doctor's magic touch.

EP 6

Garelochhead

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to the owner of a four-bedroom Victorian villa in Garelochhead, Argyll and But

EP 7

Interiors and Depersonalising

Property expert Ann Maurice presents a compilation of advice from past episodes, visiting an Edinburgh home suffering fr

EP 8

Kerb Appeal and Colour

Ann Maurice stresses the importance of first impressions, showing a couple from Portishead, Somerset, how to spruce up t

EP 9

Pets and Defining Space

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to would-be sellers on optimising space and dispelling animal odours in the ho

EP 10

Clacton-On-Sea

Ann Maurice helps a chauffeur and his girlfriend spruce up their neglected seaside bungalow in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, to

EP 11

Hawkesbury Upton

Interior design guru Ann Maurice creates the illusion of space in a 200-year-old cottage in the Cotswold village of Hawk

EP 12

Clapham Village

Property expert Ann Maurice suggests improvements for a four-bedroom dormer bungalow in Clapham, West Sussex, to make it

EP 13

Colchester

Ann Maurice visits Essex to offer advice to a Colchester couple unable to snap up their dream home until they can sell t

EP 14

Bristol

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to would-be sellers in Cotham, Bristol, whose four-bedroom bungalow has been o

EP 15

Episode 15

EP 16

Clutter and Red Flag

Property expert Ann Maurice and designer Alistair Appleton present a compilation of tips on making a house presentable f

EP 17

Original Features and Garden Makeover

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton present highlights of the home improvement series, focusing on making the most of orig

EP 18

Creating Space and Kitchen Makeover

Compilation edition reliving house-transforming triumphs from the series. Property expert Ann Maurice visits Newcastle-u

EP 1

Manchester

Property expert Ann Maurice and presenter Alistair Appleton offer advice to the owner of a loft apartment in Manchester.

EP 2

Nailsworth

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton offer advice to the would-be sellers of a four-bedroom house in the Gloucestershire vi

EP 3

Petersfield

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to the owners of a four-bedroom house in the picturesque Hampshire market town

EP 4

Northwich

Californian interior designer and estate agent Ann Maurice visits a five-bedroom house on the market in Northwich, Chesh

EP 5

Cheltenham

Property expert Ann Maurice transforms the Cheltenham bachelor pad of 29-year-old IT consultant David Clifford, replacin

EP 6

Camberley

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to a divorcing couple trying to sell their three-bedroom Victorian semi in Cam

EP 7

Quorn

Property expert Ann Maurice visits the Leicestershire village of Quorn to see a two-bedroom cottage that has been on the

EP 8

Bow

Ann Maurice tackles a period property in Bow, in the heart of London's East End, hoping to attract potential buyers by c

EP 9

Darlington

Ann Maurice offers advice to the owner of a three-bedroom house in the historic railway town of Darlington, Co Durham. W

EP 10

Scraptoft

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton visit Scraptoft in Leicester, where a five-bedroom house valued at £229,500 needs a m

EP 11

Stoke Newington

Ann Maurice advises a basement flat owner who is unable to find a buyer for her home in Stoke Newington, north London. S

EP 12

North Shields

Ann Maurice clashes with Sheila, a textile designer from North Shields, Tyneside, who is reluctant to tone down the ecce

EP 13

Compilation 1

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton look back over home improvement highlights from the series, and focus on making the mo

EP 14

Compilation 2

Compilation of interior design tips from previous editions of the series, revealing how style guru Ann Maurice has helpe

EP 15

Compilation 3

Compilation of interior design tips from previous editions of the series, revealing how style guru Ann Maurice has helpe

EP 1

Cradley Heath

Property expert Ann Maurice offers advice to Teresa and Nigel Parfitt, the would-be sellers of a two-bedroom semi in Cra

EP 2

Milton Keynes

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton head for Milton Keynes, where they help a couple desperate to sell their home so they

EP 3

Kensal Green

Ann Maurice works her magic on an arty garden flat in the Kensal Green area of west London, where the owners are finding

EP 4

Spennymoor

Property guru Ann Maurice applies her home improvement remedies to a house in Spennymoor, Co Durham, for the purpose of

EP 5

Radford Semele

Ann Maurice meets homeowners near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, who are having trouble selling up. She shows them how to

EP 6

Wells-next-the-Sea

Californian interior designer and estate agent Ann Maurice visits a cluttered B&B in the town of Wells-next-the-Sea on t

EP 7

Henley-on-Thames

Alistair Appleton presents as interior design expert Ann Maurice casts her eye over a cluttered home in Henley-on-Thames

EP 8

Kirk Merrington

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton tackle a cottage in Kirk Merrington, Co Durham, that has been on the market for eight

EP 9

Hammersmith

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton head for Hammersmith, west London, where a couple hoping to move to their dream home i

EP 10

Norwich

Property expert Ann Maurice tackles a three-bedroom terraced Victorian house in Norwich which, thanks to a vast array of

EP 11

Welton

Property expert Ann Maurice tackles a three-bedroom terraced Victorian house in Norwich which, thanks to a vast array of

EP 12

Sandhurst

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton head for Sandhurst, Berkshire, to offer advice to Julie Frith, the owner of a four-bed

EP 13

Compilation 1

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton look back over home improvement highlights from the series, and focus on making the mo

EP 14

Compilation 2

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton look back over highlights from the series. A two-bedroom semi in the Black Country mad

EP 15

Compilation 3

Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton look back on more highlights. They recall a basement flat in Stoke Newington, north Lo

EP 1

Episode 1

Tracy Metro helps a Northamptonshire couple whose house has been on the market five times in the last three years, but i

EP 2

Episode 2

Tracy Metro transforms a large Edwardian family home in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, that has had no viewings in the previous

EP 3

Episode 3

Tracy Metro tries to improve a house in Christchurch, Dorset, where the dated decor needs to removed and owner Sue's liv

EP 4

Episode 4

Tracy Metro tries to freshen up a Leicestershire home, where peeling wallpaper has left owners Mark and Pascaline unable

EP 5

Episode 5

Tracy Metro visits a couple from Wallasey, Wirral, who believe poor first impressions of their top-floor maisonette are

EP 6

Episode 6

Tracy Metro advises Gill, who is keen to downsize from her four-bedroom, detached house in Bicester, Oxfordshire. Gill d

EP 7

Episode 7

Tracy Metro heads to North Yorkshire to offer advice to Anne and Vernon, who are keen to sell their well-proportioned Ed

EP 8

Episode 8

Tracy Metro transforms a Hampshire cottage, with the owners' clutter a contributing factor as to why it has yet to sell.

EP 9

Episode 9

Tracy Metro sets out to spruce up the tired interior of a picturesque former pump house in the Peak District, which is c

EP 10

Episode 10

Worcestershire couple Davina and Craig feel trapped in their current home, with no sign of a buyer to take it off their

EP 11

Episode 11

Tracy Metro helps a man who wants to move to Australia - but first he has to sell his West Yorkshire home, which has no

EP 12

Episode 12

Tracy Metro meets couple Peter and Sharon, who have spent four years trying to sell their property in Southport, Merseys

EP 13

Episode 13

Tracy Metro helps the owner of a canal boat to make her narrowboat more attractive to would-be buyers, with the vessel h

EP 14

Episode 14

Tracy Metro tries to help couple Rob and Nikaila in Jarrow, who have already tried to jazz up their house, but now need

EP 15

Episode 15

Tracy Metro helps a woman in Worcestershire who loves her clothes, but her house needs some attention for buyers to show

EP 16

Episode 16

Tracy Metro advises globetrotters John and Tonette, who cannot sell on their charming Cotswold cottage in the Oxfordshir

EP 17

Episode 17

Tracy Metro meets a Manchester man whose distinctive ceiling seems to be putting off potential buyers, and helps change

EP 18

Episode 18

Clutter consultant Tracy Metro helps West Midlanders Joe and Nobuko, who need a quick fix to sell on their digs.

EP 19

Episode 19

Tracy Metro tackles a Tyne & Wear property that has seen better days, and shows amateur artist Alistair and his partner

EP 20

Episode 20

Tracy Metro tries to help Birmingham homeowner Omer, whose vocal parrot has put off prospective buyers from bidding for

EP 21

Episode 21

Tracy Metro visits a house in Bicester, Oxfordshire, which the owners have struggled to sell despite its spaciousness, w

EP 22

Episode 22

A property owner is ready to set up a new family home with his fiancee, but is reluctant to sell his existing premises d

EP 23

Episode 23

Tracy Metro meets a Southport woman whose dark wallpaper has left her downstairs looking dreary, so she tries to brighte

EP 24

Episode 24

In Braintree, Essex, Tracy Metro visits Linda and Vince, who are adrift in a sea of clutter, and helps the retirees get

EP 25

Episode 25

Tracy Metro helps a homeowner in Nottingham, giving rock music lover Dianne advice on making her property more attractiv

EP 26

Episode 26

A couple from Suffolk feel trapped in their overbearing home and potential buyers seem to share their concern. Presented

EP 27

Episode 27

An aspiring seller requires the help of Tracy Metro to declutter a bungalow in the New Forest, sprucing up the home to h

EP 28

Episode 28

An odd approach to decor has placed Yorkshireman homeowner Barry's dreams of traveling to Thailand on indefinite hold, s

EP 29

Episode 29

Tracy Metro meets Northumberland woman Norma, whose bungalow could be a desirable property if it were not for her love o

EP 30

Episode 30

Tracy Metro comes to the rescue of seamstress Geraldine from Bradford, who needs help finding a buyer for her stuffy fam

EP 31

Episode 31

Tracy Metro visits Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, where driving instructor Christine wants to downsize and go travelling

EP 32

Episode 32

Tracy Metro is in Caistor, Lincolnshire where dog groomer Debs wants to buy a home with new husband Kev, but first she m

EP 33

Episode 33

Tracy Metro comes to the aid of Hampshire couple Den and Eleni, who need a bigger home now they have a young son, but ar

EP 34

Episode 34

Tracy Metro helps Hampshire couple Pete and Zivilie, who want to start a new life in Australia but cannot sell their six

EP 35

Episode 35

Tracy Metro helps a man who wants to sell his dated three-bedroom property in Needham Market, Suffolk, so he can move cl

EP 36

Episode 36

Tracy Metro visits Wiltshire, where she helps book-lover Alison to revive her home's dated decor and give her a better c

EP 37

Episode 37

Tracy Metro helps would-be sellers Mark and Cindy need rid their Warwickshire home of its sports bar chic so that they c

EP 38

Episode 38

Tracy Metro helps a couple who want to sell their property in Wolverhampton, as they are eager to leave their home behin

EP 39

Episode 39

Tracy Metro helps a Mansfield family inject a bit of character into their first home, so they can work their way up the

EP 40

Episode 40

Tracy Metro helps a couple in the Tyne and Wear region who are in serious need of a downsize, but six months after going

EP 41

Episode 41

Tracy Metro visits a sales manager who wants to climb the property ladder, but her modern three-bed, end-of-terrace in S

EP 42

Episode 42

Tracy Metro helps ex-policeman Keith who wants to sell his home in Sutton-on-Trent, but his untidy rooms and cluttered c

EP 43

Episode 43

Tracy Metro tries to help a man in Mansfield who wants to sell his home of 43 years to be with his partner in Lincolnshi

EP 44

Episode 44

Tracy Metro visits Keith and Christine in Warrington, whose home is right next to the motorway and has several unfinishe

EP 45

Episode 45

Music lovers Laura and Steve want to buy a home together, but need to sell Laura's property first. Her modern, three-bed

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