In 2016, Michael Gove declared that “the people of this country have had enough of experts”. He was referring to Brexit projections, but he may as well have been predicting the state of Channel 4 television premieres in the spring of 2024. Stacey Solomon, the charming presenter, singer and former X Factor finalist, is now telling overstretched home renovators how to make the best use of their funds and commit to DIY on its fluffy new show, Stacey Solomon’s Renovation Rescue.
Solomon has some relevant experience in the field, having been at the helm of Sort Your Life Out, in which she helped families reorganise their homes. She also regularly posts online about her own DIY projects. But as the new programme features people with crippling debt and uninhabitable houses, you can’t help but wish Channel 4 was sending over an architect with a wheelbarrow of cash.
