Demolition (TV series)
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Demolition is a 2005 television series from Channel 4, which can be seen as being the reverse of the BBC's 2003 series Restoration. The public were encouraged to vote for buildings which they want demolished and replaced, with 12 buildings making The Dirty Dozen.
The show was shown on four days, the 17th to 20th of December 2005, with the "Dirty Dozen" covered along with other buildings which did not make the final 12, two of which were actually demolished either during or for filming. The show on the 20th dealt almost entirely with Cumbernauld town centre. The show was presented and narrated by Kevin McCloud, with a Demolition Troubleshooter of Janet Street-Porter, and a team of architechtural and heritage exports.
The show is based around a proposed concept of X-listing buildings, the opposite of making a listed building. Ironically, one of the dirty dozen is in fact Grade II* listed. Many of these buildings are either famous within the UK, or the world.
[edit] The "Dirty Dozen"
- Cumbernauld town centre (in its entirety) ((This in turn earned Cumbernald the award of "The Worst Week of the Week Award, Awarded Weekly, on a Week-By-Week Basis." on the BBC Radio show It's Been a Bad Week))
- IMAX cinema, Bournemouth (empty)
- Northampton bus station
- Crown House, Kidderminster
- Park Hill, Sheffield (a listed building)
- Rugby cement works (The only industrial building nominated)
- Trinity Centre Multi-Storey Car Park, Gateshead (featured in Get Carter)
- The Scottish Parliament Building (A new building nominated as a political protest at its cost as well as for its design)
- The Tower, Colliers Wood
- Lodge's Supermarket, Holmfirth (derelict)
- Number One, Westminster Bridge (due for demolition and replacement)
- Westgate House, Newcastle (derelict, and being demolished)
[edit] External links
- Demolition at channel4.com
- Video nominations at channel4.com (not all of which entered the "Dirty Dozen")
