EXCLUSIVE: Discovery has set a marker down for the UK ambitions of its streaming service Discovery+ by luring BBC presenter Nick Knowles to host a series that has echoes of hit Channel 4 show Grand Designs.Knowles, who presents the BBC’s long-running home transformation show DIY SOS: The Big Build, will host Heritage Rescue for Discovery+.
The 12-part series is produced by Curve Media, the prolific Discovery supplier behind shows including Salvage Hunters.Sources have described it as Grand Designs but for historical buildings in need of restoration.
Each episode features a different project, and Knowles will follow the restoration work, showing the results, and diving into the history of the building.Deadline understands that production is
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