''Demolition'' is a 2005 television series from

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

, 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, 17 to 20 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 Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated ...

town centre. The show was presented and narrated by Kevin McCloud, with a ''Demolition Troubleshooter'' of Janet Street-Porter, and a team of architectural and heritage experts. Since the program aired, 6 of the buildings have been demolished, while 3 have been renovated. One of the latter,

Park Hill, Sheffield Park Hill is a housing estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1957 and 1961, and in 1998 was given Grade II* listed building status. Following a period of decline, the estate is being renovated by developers Urban ...

, is a

grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ire ...

The "Dirty Dozen"

Lodge's Supermarket (now derelict) - geograph

# Cumbernauld town centre # The Waterfront, Bournemouth (demolished in 2013) # Northampton Greyfriars bus station (demolished in 2015) #Crown House,

Kidderminster Kidderminster is a large market and historic minster town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2011 census, it h ...

(demolished 2019–20) #

(under renovation 2009–present) # Rugby cement works #

Trinity Centre Multi-Storey Car Park Trinity Square is a shopping and leisure centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The new centre was constructed on the site of former multi-storey car park and shopping complex going by the same name, which originally opened in 1967. The f ...

, Gateshead (featured in the film '' Get Carter'', demolished in 2010) #The Scottish Parliament Building #The Colliers Wood Tower (renovated 2014–16) #Lodge's Supermarket,

Holmfirth Holmfirth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, on the A635 and A6024 in the Holme Valley, at the confluence of the River Holme and Ribble, south of Huddersfield and west of Barnsley. It mostly cons ...

(was derelict, but was renovated and reopened in 2008) # Number One, Westminster Bridge (demolished in 2006 and replaced by Park Plaza Westminster Bridge) # Westgate House, Newcastle upon Tyne (demolished in 2006–07)

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External links

''Demolition''
at Channel4.com
Video nominations
at Channel4.com (not all of which entered the "Dirty Dozen") Channel 4 original programming 2005 British television series debuts 2005 British television series endings