Full series of Honey I Bought the House for Watch

UKTV has greenlit a full series of factual entertainment show Honey I Bought the House for its premium pay entertainment channel Watch, following the show’s pilot last autumn.

Factual entertainment format Honey I Bought The House is a nail-biting approach to the reality of buying a first home, which sees couples given a £15,000 deposit to get them on the property ladder. The only catch is they are separated immediately and one has three weeks to secure a property – or they lose the money. The hunt is on for the perfect home. Will their partner be thrilled with their new property and sign the mortgage papers, or risk losing that precious deposit?

“Commissioning pilots for Formats Labs gave us the opportunity to trial a number of ideas and take risks. It also meant we were able to hone the format of Honey I Bought The House before growing the show to series. Each episode delivers comic insight into the vastly differing ideas that many couples have about what makes an ideal home. We see how one person’s dream house is another’s worst nightmare, as we tell the story of the struggle to buy the perfect property for their other half.” – Senior Commissioning Editor, Hilary Rosen

New programming on Watch this year includes the hotly-anticipated Singing in the Rainforest, which sees musicians travel across the globe to meet remote tribes and create an extraordinary music track together, as well as hit fantasy drama Grimm.