Britain's Most Spectacular Backyard Builds
Synopsis
"Inventors are building the unimaginable. They're creating the magical, the wonderful, and the quite ingenious." During this one-hour pilot, we meet some tinkerers, each turning the ordinary and quotidian into something quite remarkable.
Ten weeks, £2500, build it in your own backyard (or shed, or kitchen, or junkroom-slash-workshop). The producers will give advice to make sure it's safe and won't collapse onto anyone's head.
Over an hour, we follow three projects from inspiration to reality. A carousel that dispenses sweets. A man building his own battle robot. And a machine to make the perfect breakfast.
Sara Cox is the host, an innocent who needs everything explained to her. Some of the technical detail comes from co-host Piers Taylor.
Made by the same company as Scrapheap Challenge, there are lots of familiar elements. Animated models showing how things should work, a guiding hand from producers, and lashings of ingenuity. And the joy when all the hard work pays off is clear.