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To Buy Or Not To Buy
''To Buy or Not to Buy'' is a British reality television series made between 2003 and 2010 for BBC One in the UK. The final series was the eleventh and contained 90 episodes, in one of two formats—either 30 or 45 minutes in length. It aired on both BBC1 and BBC2. The show also airs on Saturday mornings on RTÉ One in Ireland.RTE Ireland One TV listings
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Background

The show is based on the concept of housing programmes such as ''''. The idea is to try to find a house for the participants and allow them to test it out before deciding if they want to put in an offer for the house.


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