''The Great Interior Design Challenge'' is a British television

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competition broadcast on

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from 20 January 2014 to 19 January 2017. Each series aims to find "Britain's best amateur interior designers". All programmes in the first three series have been presented by

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with the design tasks judged by Daniel Hopwood and Sophie Robinson. Interior designer

Kelly Hoppen Kelly Elaine Hoppen (born 28 July 1959) is a South African-born British interior designer, author, and proprietor of Kelly Hoppen Interiors. From 2013 to 2015, she was a "Dragon" on BBC Two's '' Dragons' Den''. Family Kelly Hoppen was born ...

replaced Robinson as lead judge in series four, with Robinson becoming a guest judge along with Michelle Ogundehin, Elle Magazine's Decoration UK editor-in-chief. Each episode introduces a new location with distinctive architecture and focuses on a few participants at a time. Contestants have a main challenge – usually to make-over a room in the home of their allocated client – and an additional small task – such as the

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of an old item.

Production

The commissioning of the series was announced by Tanya Shaw and Alison Kirkham and the executive producers are Tanya Shaw for the BBC and Alannah Richardson for

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. The presenter Tom Dyckhoff is a design critic of ''

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''. In the first three series, experienced interior designers Daniel Hopwood and Sophie Robinson judge and give expert opinions. Interior designer Kelly Hoppen replaced Robinson as lead judge in series four.