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My name is Mr Carr, Mr Carr.

C, A... Ah.

Who threw that?

It's schools week.

Ten aspiring designers

competing for one life-changing contract,

to transform a luxury hotel apartment in Cornwall.

Oh, my God.

Last time...

Don't drip, don't drip, don't drip.

..the designers put their signature stamp...

The roof's on!

..on luxury hotel bedrooms.

Doesn't this feel opulent?

It was desperate measures for Abi...

We've had to rip my bed apart and attach it to a wall.

..Rochelle missed the mark...

I just don't think I'm good enough.

..but Peter went too far.

It was too much.

You will be the person leaving us this week.

Week three...

..and our eight aspiring interior designers are back

and the competition is hotting up.

I think everyone's really talented.

Every week, someone's got a new surprise, a new trick,

a new detail and I'm like, "Ooh, that's smart."

I never want to leave this room. No.

Stay there, super glue your butt there.

Hi. Hey.

Yeah, the pressure is building and building and building

but I'm learning week by week

and I just really want to keep going.

How are you? Yeah, good. Good.

New week, I'm still here.

I am so ready to bring it

and give it my all

and just fully be me.

Last week, I got put on a pedestal

but that only lasts us for one week, yeah, it's one pass.

This week is a new challenge and we start afresh.

So for me, I just want to keep that momentum.

Again, at the 100-meter sprint I got a good lap time

but this time, I'm going for a world record.

Hello, everyone.

How we all doing?

ALL: Hello.

Raring for a new challenge?

Yes. Absolutely. Bring it on. Can't wait.

So, Rochelle, what was it like on the sofa last week?

Um, it was awful.

Going to be more confident this week?

Yeah, I'm going to bring it this week.

You're going to bring it, that's what I like to hear.

And, Abi, you were told not to bring it.

I know, I need to tone it down this week.

How can you tone it down?

That's like telling the tide to go back.

I know.

You're going to have to do something. Absolutely.

Hello. Here's Michelle.

Hi, Michelle. Hello, everybody.

So, here we go, challenge number three. I know.

And I figure you're nicely warmed up now,

so I have something a bit different for you.

We are going back to school.

Oh, my God.

Sitting on the outskirts of Bristol,

near the coastal town of Portishead

is Gordano Secondary School.

Here, pupils are divided into four houses,

branded with their own animal mascot and colour.

Each house has a common room where pupils can socialise.

Working in teams, the designers must

transform these tired rooms and the

adjoining Head of House offices,

creating inviting contemporary spaces with a strong identity.

These are large rooms so collaboration

and time management are going to be crucial.

You're going to need to work together to be successful.

This is not about one person taking over.

And we're upping the ante...

..we're sending one team home.

Good luck. Game on, babes, game on.

We will smash it.

That's going to knock the group, isn't it? Two going this week.

Yeah.

It feels small already and then two

more people going, it will be horrible.

The pressure's on. Yeah.

And we do not want to be on that sofa this week.

Having spent time together working on the brief...

Hi, guys. Hi. Hello.

..it's time for the teams to meet their youngest clients yet.

First into the lion's den...

Hi. Hello.

..are Abi and Rochelle.

It means so much for me to stay in this competition.

I need to prove that I can still be fun, I can still be me.

So, what's the name of your house?

So we are called the Lundy Lions with the purple.

So we're very sporty, competitive

so we want something, like, which fits all those things.

So we've got competitive, sporty, fantastic.

We just wanted to create something

that kept your house colours,

that really had a strong identity.

I was told to bring it up and she was told to tone it down,

so this could be a match made in heaven.

I think the colours, like, are great.

Like, it's not too much purple and

it's not too much, like, other colours.

Me and Rochelle had this idea

of maybe having some fake Astroturf.

Yeah, it would be something different.

You don't walk into a class and just see grass, do you?

So it's going to be quite cool. OK.

Hello! Hello, everyone!

I was thinking, "Who's trying to sneak in?!"

Are you a bit worried

that they've turned up here dressed in their pyjamas?

A bit like you. Ooh!

You're getting a detention.

THEY LAUGH

Do you want actually, like, a physical representation

of a lion in there or do you want these?

No. You know in the American, like, universities or schools,

they have a big sticker.

Some people have eagles, like, with us we were thinking a lion.

So, what I was suggesting was

a big grey and white-striped diagonal floor,

and then having your amazing purple lion logo somewhere.

Yeah? Yeah. Fab.

Up the Lions, yeah!

Up the Lions! Up the Lions!

Next up, it's Dean and Amy with the Biscay Bears.

So, on this bit here is where we are going to put your tables.

These are benches but in cubes,

so they can all be dispersed and put together,

so you can break off together or break off separately.

On this bit here is where your bench seating is going to be,

so you guys can sit on this table, have your lunch.

Yeah, I think that would be good.

So, the main idea would be that it kind of takes on

this vintage varsity idea,

with a lot of, kind of, artful graffiti,

colour-blocking ideas to zone different areas in the room.

I like that, yeah. That's good.

I really like that idea of the graffiti

and, like, maybe doing the bear in graffiti

and add, like, kind of a cool aspect to it.

The key lesson I learnt from last time is

that I need to be more vocal, which I can definitely do.

Dean can talk, but so can I.

Is this the winning team? Yeah! Yes!

So, for the first time ever, schools. Yeah.

And not just schools - common rooms.

That's going to be tough, isn't it?

It is tough, but if you think about it,

school is supposed to be this place of creativity

and inspiration and learning,

and yet when you look at most common rooms,

they're completely bland.

Kids, they're going to be the tough critics, aren't they?

It's not like in our day when we'd just be outside with a stick.

They've got rights now, haven't they?

And they know what they want.

I don't think they're going to hold back

if they don't like something.

But, I mean, there's so much room for improvement.

They need a complete transformation.

And it's got to be multi-functional as well.

This is places where people are going to be having

a bit of quiet time, where they're going to socialise,

so that's going to be difficult to get the balance right, isn't it?

It is, but also practical.

These rooms need to be tough and durable.

They're going to be in daily use

with a lot of kids coming through them.

And as a springboard, they've got the name of the house,

which is also an animal.

And I think they've got colours as well.

Clearly, each house is super proud of its emblem,

so that's got to be big and loud.

They need to celebrate their house.

So they want to feel really proud of their house colours

and their house symbol.

And you're sending two people home, so it could be a whole team.

It could be. They could either win or lose together.

Oh, dear. It's tough, isn't it?

I'm just worried about getting nits.

I'm Banjo.

Banjo and team-mate Molly are with the Fitzroy Foxes.

The house colour is orange, so, yeah...

What do we think about orange?

We don't want the whole thing orange... Yeah.

..because it's quite an out-there colour.

So, more peaceful colours, a little bit of orange.

There's a lot of things that space has to do,

and some tough clients as well.

Those kids know what they want.

So, what I was thinking is having a wave wall

that could kind of, like a fox's den,

could take you through the space and section it off

and give you little surprises and little private areas.

Do you have faith in us? Yes. Good.

Looking for the inside track...

What's the vibe?

..is Fran and Paul with the Crocodiles.

Green, obviously. Green.

I think we want it kind of modern and clean.

So, as you can see,

it's about creating different zones within the room.

Oh, I see. And then you put the screens on wheels,

and then you can actually have them to create definition within spaces

or you can just push them to the side.

I really like that you can fold it away,

cos I think that's quite nice because it's quite a small room.

In terms of your crocodile mural,

I've just put that, kind of, motif on cushions.

So we've got the crocodile in, still... Oh, wow. Yeah.

..but it's just kind of subtle.

I've got kids. I know what kids are like.

They're basically not kids, they're mini adults

with loads of opinions.

Maybe that makes me a kid!

How's it going? Hello, Mr Carr.

They want to talk to someone young.

You don't want these old...

You don't want these two old fogeys, do you? No.

They want a room that's peng, don't you?

Pen? What does that mean? Peng - great.

Really? Yeah. I've never heard of that.

See? I've never heard of it. Am I right or am I right?

Exactly.

What's your biggest rival, then?

Is it the Fox? What's the other ones?

Oh, definitely, I think the Lions.

So, as long as you beat the Lions, that's all that matters.

Yes. Yeah, definitely.

Bye!

We're going to go Crocodiles!

THEY LAUGH

It's a big day for the designers.

# Going back, back to school Back to school! #

This is interesting. Oh, it's quite big!

Working in teams,

they will need to transform four tired common rooms...

Wa-hey!

..and turn them into practical and multi-purpose shared spaces.

I hated school.

So, yeah, being back, I'm like, eurgh!

In addition, they need to rejuvenate the teacher's office

for each Head of House.

Were you a prefect?

Er, no, I was devastated.

Confidence hadn't, sort of, approached me by that point.

When your balls dropped?

Oof!

Each pair has £3,000

and two days to complete their interior designs.

Backing up the teams with their skills are the trades.

Hello! Hey!

Welcome.

You go. I'm like Bob the Builder's girlfriend.

At the Lions...

We need to make sure that this floor is wow.

..Abi is cracking the whip already.

The thing I want to get done ASAP is masking-taping the floor.

Me and Rochelle decided it was going to be every...

..two and a half.

So it's, like, shoulder-length diagonals.

Inspired by the athletic Lundy Lions,

Abi and Rochelle have designed a sports-themed common room.

Upcycled school furniture will show off go racing stripes

on the floor and wall.

There will be 3D zonal boards including a hydration station.

And completing the space is a showpiece vinyl house logo

mounted on a wall of fake grass.

MAN: (ON PHONE)

But the Lions have got a problem with their grass.

We need it by tomorrow.

This was the showpiece, this was the show moment.

The grass is really important to the design,

because we wanted to give that nod

to the sports element behind the house.

Things are always going to go wrong.

There's always going to be a spanner in the works,

and it's just the way you deal with it.

We're coming up with solutions.

I've been frantically looking on the phone,

ringing round trying to get hold of some fake grass,

and I hopefully have got some, fingers crossed.

Over at Cromarty Crocodiles...

We've got three alcoves... Mm-hm.

..Fran and Paul are getting into the detail of their design.

So, there's your cutting list. Nice.

So, back spine is 77,

bottom bench is 40 x 175,

top bench is 37,

front bench is 34,

and the back folding bench is 37.

So, the bench will be on wheels, and it will roll into here.

And then you pick up the table,

and you stack it on top of the bench.

And it is basically genius.

Paul has ambitious plans for the main common room.

That communal table essentially goes where we are over there.

Yeah. Scaffolding pole over the top.

Nice. And then they've got Tolix stools that go underneath.

The whole point is that when you enter from the hallway,

you've got this really strong, kind of, mural, graphic identity,

which is a combination of Fran and I's initial concepts.

And then we've got a communal table in the main space,

breakout area.

So, all of those zones that were about multi-function,

the functionality of the room, they'll all work really well.

It's a lot to do. Yeah.

But hopefully, fingers crossed...

Great planning!

Great planning! Thank you very much.

I've been designing all my life.

Everything is very considered.

Down to my interiors, my home, my clothes.

I am a perfectionist.

I've definitely matured, like a fine wine.

I'm like a good Malbec -

full-bodied, lots of character, and great taste.

Across the playground...

She's bright.

..Molly is starting to colour-block the common room.

Please don't drip. Slather it on.

Yay!

The Fitzroy Foxes were quite against a whole orange wall.

That's why we've done it in sections.

So this section is going to be the play area.

In the meeting area, it's going to be green,

so that's a bit more calming.

In the blue area is going to be, like, the study area,

that's a bit more calm as well.

And this is going to be the fun, vibrant play area.

Out-of-the-box thinkers,

Molly and Banjo are designing their common room

like a fox's den.

Sustainable concertina paper seating will be laid out

in the middle of the room.

Colour-blocked areas will be zoned-off

with giant cardboard screens,

inviting students to make the space their own

with the option of doodling on the replaceable dividers.

HIP-HOP BEAT PLAYS

Boom box!

We're walking down the street in the Bronx.

We've got 100 cardboard tubes.

Just 100? Just 100. OK.

We've got all of this modular kind of furniture

that's kind of made of cardboard

that can be just folded up and put away.

So if we can kind of go here to here.

We've got a little story to tell.

We've got a bit of an environmental sustainable theme going on,

and kids care about that stuff now.

If we have the screen coming out, full height, for a metre... Yeah.

..and then tiered down, 100 mils each tube.

It's a risk when you're throwing up lots of big ideas

that, you know, maybe they won't land,

but I'm pretty confident with them, and hopefully Michelle likes them.

Over at the Bears...

How wide do you want these tables to be? I'll let you work it out

on the tape measure I want you to hold.

..Dean is actioning big plans...

Five foot is nice.

..building bespoke tables and cube seating.

All of the Bears' furniture will be made from

a hard-wearing multi-layered form of plywood called OSB.

I'm trying to create a space where if I was, like, mini me,

when I was their age... A space where they can come and relax.

We've got a lot of seating and a lot of OSB to go in,

so I'll be doing a lot of work with the carpenters.

Amy? Yeah? When I'm talking about the stadium seating,

I'm thinking about here.

But the panels, they're 2.4, aren't they? Yeah.

Should we just go 2.4, and then you're not cutting any off?

My only concern is, Amy, the bigger it is, when we have to move it,

it's going to be a bit more of an issue to move.

If we make the stadium seating too small,

then I'm just worried it's going to look tiny in this big space. Yep.

For the first challenge, I ended up on the couch

and the main reason I was there

was the lack of collaboration with my partner.

So, this week, I've really made sure

that Dean and I are on the same page,

that if we're not, we can get onto a third page.

They're like, "Oh, this will be 1.4,"

and I'm like, "Isn't it 1.2?" and Wayne's like, "Yeah."

And I feel like I'm not shy to say those things now.

MUSIC: Bang A Gong (Get It On) by T.Rex

INTERCOM BEEPS

Hello, Gordano School.

I've got double Interior Design Masters.

I'll let you in the gate. Thanks.

Oh...school! This takes me back.

My first kiss! Ha!

I wonder what that dinner lady's doing now.

# Bang a gong, get it on... #

First port of call is the Fitzroy Foxes.

Molly? Hello, lovely Alan.

Oh, hello, lovely Molly.

Now, where can I stand? Is this wet? Come here. This bit's dry.

Are you sure? You're in, yes.

So...orange.

We're going bold, yes.

And you've gone for bright orange.

Well... You're making me fancy a packet of Wotsits.

What other colours are you going for in the room?

We've got a green little section over there.

Nice calming meeting room.

Then bright blue in the corner over there.

Then a lot of the walls we'll just keep white.

Well, that's clever. You're sort of going on the ceiling.

Yeah, we want it to be like a little wrap-round zone,

so it feels like you're in your own proper little area. That's the aim.

And you don't think the colour's too bright?

I'm here for it. They're kids. You know, it's fun, it's vibrant.

I'm happy with the colour, yeah.

Right, well, I'll leave you to it. Thank you, Alan.

See you, love. See you later, bye. Bye!

Banjo! Alan!

What's this? A giant pan pipe?

It's my screen.

A screen? Yeah. You always come up with these crazy ideas.

How did you think of this?

I don't know. This might be my craziest yet.

So what colour are you going to paint this, then? Au naturale.

Just like that? Yeah!

Cardboard and Wotsit orange. Yeah! Mmm...lovely.

I bet you was a person hoarding all those bog rolls

during the pandemic, weren't it? Guilty. Yeah, got ya!

Well, I'd better let you get on. Bye, Alan. Good luck, Banjo.

Molly and Banjo have gone for these really bold primary colours,

which is all well and good,

but does it look more like a place Mr Tumble would hang out

than a load of teenagers?

With progress being made on the Bears' common room...

How do you want me to do the bobbly ears on the bear?

I think we just cut round it.

..print designer Amy is busy outside.

We were inspired by the logos to start with,

but we felt like it could really do with an update.

So we were kind of taking varsity, but trying to modernise it a bit.

So the idea was to do graffiti,

cos it was like a cool thing I thought the kids might like.

One says Biscay for one wall, the other one says bears.

And then we've got a couple of smaller pieces

that we're going to put around the place.

Yeah, it looks great. I'm really pleased.

Amy, this mask doesn't fit.

SHE LAUGHS

I think it's on the wrong way. You're joking me.

How are you? Oh, great.

How do you feel about a bit of graffiti? Bring it on.

Do you know what? I'm actually Banksy.

Well, you should find this easy, then. Oh, God, yes.

Do you want a go? Let me do it. Right, OK.

So it's the school name.

You have to finish off an N and an O. Yep.

Woohoo! Oh... I like it. Good.

It's a bit different from mine, but I'll take it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're really coming out of your comfort zone.

I feel completely out of my comfort zone.

I no longer remember what that is.

Yeah, because you used to do, like, textiles and prints.

And, like, tiny florals and now I'm out here.

Well, listen, I'm so impressed with that.

I'll leave it to the professionals. Thanks, Alan.

If anyone's seen my jock strap, let me know.

Lovely.

Halfway through day one...

I'm panicking. Like, there's a lot to do.

..and the designers are getting into their stride.

Yeah. There, I think, is good. Yeah, that's cool.

Wallpaper's going up...

I'm thinking more of the brick.

We're on the same page. Shaking, shaking.

Great minds think alike. OK.

..and, for some, thoughts turn to who will be using the space.

I'm thinking about Greta.

She's a sassy little school girl. She's an environmentalist.

She cares about, like, sustainable materials.

Loves a bit of colour. She's playful but serious.

She's academic but a little bit sporty.

Our clients are, like 13-to-16-year-old kids,

so we need to make it fun. The kids know what they want,

so we wanted to let the whole space grow with them.

COWS MOO

My name's actually Brandon,

but my partner nicknamed me Banjo cos I'm highly-strung.

I'm a big-picture kind of guy. I'm a dreamer.

Whenever I design a space,

I'm always thinking about the person who's going to live in there

and if I don't know who they are, I'll make it up.

If it's an eccentric billionaire or a little Disney princess,

I give them a backstory

and create this whole story around who they are

and then I've got little nuggets to play with.

We have grass!

Over at the Lions, Abi has a delivery.

Rochelle! Rochelle!

Oh, my God, it's here. We have grass! Let me feel it.

Oh, that's so good. Yeah. Let's hope we have enough.

I don't care if we've got enough, we've got a bit.

A bit is better than nothing. Amazing.

We're just going to cover the whole wall in grass

and then bam in the middle is just going to be

a vinyl cutting, mounted on MDF...

..that's going to have their house logo in.

I think it'll look good.

See? This morning, it was a problem. Now it's not a problem...

Let's not say that till it's up on the wall. Oh, yeah.

Shh! Wait till it's on the wall and then... Yeah.

At the Cromarty Crocodiles...

I have linked the green... Yeah. ..to our black square.

..Fran is progressing with their mural collaboration.

Paul came with a geometric design initially,

and then we've kind of translated it

into this triangular mural detailing,

which kind of references the logo of the Crocs,

so, like, crocodile teeth, crocodile spikey back, crocodile spikey tail.

So subtly we've got, like, the continuity of the branding.

I don't know if anyone will get it, but I hope so.

It's green, which we've taken from the logo of, like, the Crocodiles,

and then we've complimented that with the yellow

just to keep it kind of fresh and light and airy.

So it's still got that kind of modern geometric feel.

Don't know, I can't really put into words what the vibe is.

Back at the Lions...

Doesn't it make a difference already?

..the grass is going up.

I think it still works.

This grass isn't how we wanted it to be.

The grass that we ordered, it was one huge strip,

so it was just really fluffy and luxury grass.

And obviously we've had to quickly swap that out.

It will look good when it's all up. Yeah.

It'll be fine.

Next door, at the Foxes...

Oh, far out! Ugh!

..Banjo has turned his attention to the sustainable flooring

in the teacher's office.

The kids wanted a space that was kind of environmentally friendly.

Cork is environmentally friendly -

better than all that kind of plastic stuff.

So we've gone for the cork.

I'm regretting it now.

I like to get stuff done. I'm not a faffer.

I don't have patience to make stuff.

It will probably come up like a dog's breakfast, but I mean...

Pfft! We'll see.

Next door at the Lundy Lions,

Abi is preparing the old school furniture for upcycling.

Look at the difference already.

And Rochelle is going above and beyond the call of duty.

I am taking the old chewing gum

off of the bench that we're going to upcycle.

Abi used to have to do this in her detention,

so I thought, "I'll be kind."

I didn't have to do this in my detention.

You better love me forever for this, yeah? I do love you forever.

This was all in there. Look at it.

I appreciate it, thank you. Yeah, that's disgusting.

I'm so grateful for Rochelle.

Last week, Michelle said to her, you know, she needs to be more confident

and this week it's like... It just completely shows.

And I'm really, really proud of her.

Day one is nearly done.

And, for some, there's plenty of work still to come.

Tomorrow, my priority is the office. At the moment, it's a white box.

Yeah, there's a lot to do.

My only worry is about running out of time

and not being able to get all of what we want done

to the standard that we want it.

But over at the Foxes, Banjo's taking a time out.

It was just not going very well for him, bless him.

But he'll find his mojo.

Cork flooring is my downfall.

I'm crying over cork flooring.

I'm not really a practical person.

My husband does all the work - like, you know, the handiwork -

and I have the ideas.

And when it looks average and you have been doing a good job,

it's like...it stings a little.

And I guess two people are going this week, and that's real.

Like, it doesn't matter that I've done well the last two weeks.

Like, if this room's not great, it's like...you're gone.

Day two.

I hope they're ready for us.

The final day of design.

So much to do!

Today's the last day.

ARGH!

I've just had enough of painting. I've had enough, officially.

I've just... I've actually got blisters on my hands

from just painting frantically for two days straight.

Maybe a bit slower. Slower.

Today, Banjo's feeling more positive.

I'm feeling good. Yeah, I'm back.

Um, a bit of a wobble yesterday,

but I've had a good sleep, written my to-do list,

and I've just, like, got no choice but to crack on. Big day.

For most of the teams,

attention has turned to the teacher's office.

The kids said, "No, we don't want purple,"

so this is my little bit of purple going in the teacher's office.

Oh, wow! Look at it. Pretty, right?

Looks so designer, doesn't it? I love it.

I'm glad we went for purple. Yeah.

Ah, yes! Thank you!

Like that much room.

Over at the Crocs,

Fran is thinking on her feet with the new office layout.

It just didn't feel right, and it just makes more sense

when you're working to have all of this in front of you

and then this becomes, like, your work zone.

And this is more relaxing.

Back at the Lions...

The wall looks like it's shedding its second skin.

ROCHELLE LAUGHS

..it's not just problems in the common room

delaying Abi and Rochelle.

Paint. Yep. We've got a big problem. Mm-hm.

Our white paint is a bit too thin and cheap

and then there's a lot to cover in here.

What are we going to do on this back wall, then?

Um...

..I don't know.

We can use white... But it's just going to...

..but we're going to have to do two or three coats.

Just before judging.

Yeah, we'll try and not be in that position.

At the Bears...

Hi! I've got the wallpaper. Can I show you? Great, yeah.

..things are going a lot smoother for Amy.

So this is the paper for our teacher's room.

So I designed this wallpaper.

I took the logo that we were sent in the brief,

reworked it, pulled elements out,

created new kind of old-school varsity bits to put in

to make it into the repeat.

Outside, team-mate Dean is working on Amy's vintage finds.

They're kind of old-school, varsity kind of style chairs,

but we just want to put a little twist.

The house colours are red and black. So obviously you know I love black,

but I can't be putting too much black on everything.

So just to put a bit of popping red, especially against the black floor,

they're going to really pop off each other

and I think it's going to look really nice.

Here she is, doing what she does best - beautiful murals.

I know. It's a leaf this time.

We thought, you know, crocodiles live in, I think, jungles.

I still haven't looked on the internet yet. No, no.

I've been told, like... Well, definitely Australia

and, you know, a big leaf sums that up, right?

Yeah, yeah! My God, yes! Yeah? Yes. Good.

Whenever I think of crocodiles, I think leaves.

Yeah, and I've got little crocodiles.

Aw, they are so cute!

So we're going to subtly place these across our modular furniture

and spray them black. So you'll just get a little motif.

We don't need to go big cuddly toys -

these aren't kids, they're young adults.

Yes. Oh, that's right, young adults. Yeah.

Give them little crocodiles. Little cr...

Oh, don't say that. I'm joking! You think it's really naff!

I love your little crocodiles! I love your crocodiles!

Maybe I'll just stick them up there and it will be a bit more subtle.

Maybe really subtle. What about putting them in the bin?

LAUGHTER

Cheers, Alan. It's a joke!

It's a joke! Do you not have to go talk to someone else now?

Yeah, I've got to go now. Cheers, mate. See you later.

Full of positive vibes. See you later.

At the Fitzroy Foxes...

So I've designed my own little boy and girl fox toilet signs

for the bathroom.

..Molly is hoping her small details will have a big impact.

The Fitzroy Foxes have got their original kind of...

..emblem/mascot/logo,

but we just wanted to add to it a bit,

and the foxes are wearing little outfits,

dressed up as kind of, like, school kids.

I want the kids to feel like they're kind of part of them.

I just really hope they get noticed.

# Ta-da! #

Foxy!

It's the point of no return for the teams.

Have you got it? Yep.

MUSIC: Heart Skips A Beat by Olly Murs ft Rizzle Kicks

The designers have only hours left

to realise their vision for their common rooms.

Doesn't that look fantastic? It's going to look good.

Ah, the size is perfect.

And there's a big reveal for the Bears.

Check out our stadium seating. That looks amazing!

Oh, cool. Wow. That's what I'm talking about.

That looks ace. That looks lovely. And then such great storage.

I reckon I could get in there, you know. Yeah, easily.

Check it out. I'll put you in there at the end of the night.

It's comfy to sit down. Take a seat, take a seat.

It's exactly what my sketch was. Mm. Exactly.

Well, the size is right. The call was right on the size.

What? Don't push us in there. Push me in. Like, back to work Dean.

To land!

After all their meticulous cutting lists...

Where's the big stuff? When's it coming? Yeah, yeah.

..Fran and Paul are still waiting on the main feature of their design,

the modular furniture.

So what time will the dividers be done?

Er, don't know - I'm just doing it right now. OK.

Half an hour? 40 minutes? Yeah, I'm just really conscious of time

because everything you're building is, like, the key structures in here

and if they're not finished... Yeah. ..we're on the sofa.

PHONE RINGS

Hello, Paul speaking.

And things are about to go from bad to worse.

Yeah?

CREW: What's going on?

I'm having a BLEEP drama, that's what's going on!

So we now have less than three hours to get the washers,

so that Tom can put the wheels on the furniture

because it's too heavy to lift.

And if we can't lift it, it's not a multi-functional space.

And if it's not a multi-functional space,

I haven't fulfilled the brief.

And if I haven't fulfilled the brief,

I will go mental.

THAT is the drama.

I've heard on the grapevine summat's gone wrong

with your modular furniture.

Oh, it's my rings, Alan.

Oh, no! No! So what's happened?

Your modular you can't move around, is that right?

No, no, no, no, no. I need some washers. Oh, right.

So, basically, it's the most uninteresting detail,

but let's talk about it.

If I fall asleep, wake me up.

PAUL LAUGHS

My carpenter needs washers to basically put on the wheels

to attach to the furniture. That simple. That's it.

Cos you know you've only got a few hours left? Do you know that?

Thanks! Yeah.

I know! I've got to let you go.

It'd be such a shame if this modular furniture didn't move.

With all the problem solving and time running out...

Then we need to get these doors painted.

..Team Lundy Lions are on the final push.

Megan, join it up more. Just join it up, be free.

I hope we finish the room.

Yeah, we are.

To be a designer, you've got to be adaptable.

You're fighting for your place in the competition

and it feels like more pressure cos you're like,

"Have I done enough? Have I pushed it far enough?"

Actually, like, I'm looking around now

and I'm like, "Those boards look sick,"

apart from the fact the S is...

SHE LAUGHS

Sorry!

The S on "legends" is, like, up there.

And just in the nick of time...

Paul? Yeah? I've got those washers you asked for.

Oh, I love you forever. 50 in there.

Oh, that's amazing. All right, no worries. Thank you so much.

You're a life-saver. See you in a bit.

Yeah, drink tonight in the bar? 100%. Yeah, thank you. Bye!

Ah! Mwah!

# Joy! Joy! Joy to the world! #

Only minutes remaining,

it's a race to the finish line for our designers.

Get in, get in, get in.

Make sure it's in the centre, guys. It looks amazing.

One breakout bench. Woohoo!

Like an accordion!

I'm stoked with the paper benches.

Honestly, like, the space now comes together.

CLANGING

Ooh! One up here.

30 seconds, Rochelle!

SHE EXHALES

And breathe.

It's judgement time.

This week, Michelle will be judging

alongside the queen of colour, Sophie Robinson.

So here we are, four common rooms, four pairs of designers,

rooms to completely transform.

This is about pride -

pride in their house, pride in their emblem,

the symbol that each one of them has, pride in their school.

And I love the fact that these are the children's spaces.

So where other parts of the school, let's say, might be a little boring,

these children, they probably like to think

they're, you know, older than they are,

so keep it looking cool.

I love it. It looks good, I think.

We've absolutely smashed it.

Is this really it?

This is it.

First up to face the judges is Fran and Paul,

with their modular furniture-filled Crocodile common room.

Do I think that space is for 11-16-year-olds?

Well, not me when I was 11 to 16. But now? Hell, yeah.

Our approach, how we've articulated the vision,

how we've sort of joined our designs,

that is an articulation of both our minds.

Well, I mean, it's a massive transformation already.

I mean, it feels clean and bright.

I'm really loving the initial impact

of, obviously, the green for the Cromarty Crocodiles,

but also mixing it with this sort of, like, banana yellow. It's lush.

You know what, though - where's my crocodile?

Cos, for me, the house symbol was this thing

that the children were really, really proud of.

They had been kind of graphically designed, they were huge,

and all I'm seeing out of the corner of my eye

is little black plastic crocodiles crawling across the wall.

And I just think that's...

Immediately, it's a kind of grown-up way to do it.

I want to see the symbol - big, loud, proud.

I kind of think maybe they were concerned about the...

If they overegged the crocodile,

does that then make it a bit young and a bit kiddie?

This is a super clever piece of furniture.

It's been mounted on these big industrial casters,

which means you can flip off the brakes and swoosh this.

The thing you've got to hand it to them

is that, from those bland, beige, boring boxes,

this is bright, fresh.

This, at least, is a space to kind of be proud of and to inspire.

Well, this definitely continues the theme.

It feels fresh, it's bright. Definitely a massive improvement.

This, to me, is more successful,

but maybe that's because it's the grown-up's room.

And it's doing everything that the brief asked -

there's a nice soft area here where students can come in

or parents can visit, have a chat.

Desk for two people,

plenty of wall space used for pinboards,

and obviously oodles of storage.

Next under the spotlight is Amy and Dean's

vintage varsity-inspired Bears' space.

I mean, I'm old but you know what? I'm still cool.

So as far as I'm concerned, as young kids will say, it's sick.

I think, on a personal level,

I'm really pleased with what's in that room,

cos I feel like both spaces have lots of me in them.

It's just... It's given me confidence

that I can do the big pieces, I can do the builds,

and that I've pushed myself.

This is what I'm talking about, Sophie!

I mean, this is Biscay Bear territory.

You know you're a Bear and you're proud of it. I love it!

They've taken the name and the logo and kind of writ large.

We've got some fantastic graffiti art going on.

I love this material.

I mean, I think it's robust, it's practical,

it's got that kind of edgy, urban kind of thing going on again.

And it's also supremely textural, which I kind of love.

Yeah, and again it's the language

that's been carried all the way down the corridor,

and then they've used all the bits of footed furniture in it.

Here, I feel, they've got under the skin of what the kids want.

Ooh-hoo-hoo! Look at this wallpaper!

Now, Amy is a print designer,

so this is where her skillset has clearly come to the fore,

but this is what I mean. That's super cool.

I mean, that's branding, isn't it?

When you talk about having a pride in your house,

literally taking the logo

and wallpapering it on this wonderful feature wall, that is...

I love that. It's brilliant.

The third space is Banjo and Molly's sustainable Fox's den.

I'm really happy with the result.

It's better than I imagined, and I'm, like, proud as punch.

It's really rare for me to feel confident about my design,

but I do feel like, if I was on the sofa,

everything that we've done, I would own it.

Oh, yes, I am digging this colour palette!

And I love the fact, as well, that it's been used

in these really dramatic blocks.

We've got this juicy tangerine,

a lovely, deep forest green,

and I'm really enjoying the azure blue.

This has completely sucked me into the space already.

Well, these are very your colours, aren't they?

But I find it's quite fighty, because they are all so vivid.

The thing I love, though,

is that they didn't just echo the zones on the floor,

but they took it up onto the ceiling.

So at least when I walk in, I can see the zones.

This is, again, a fantastic transformation.

I mean it is - it's uplifting, it's jolly.

You'd feel kind of happy to be in this space.

But I think the thing for me that was so strong

is there are four common rooms, each belonging to a separate house,

and it's that house identity.

And I don't feel it here,

or the way they've interpreted it, again, I'm a little confused by.

I have to agree with you. While I love this space,

I'm not getting a very clear message that this is a common room

that celebrates being in the Fitzroy Foxes.

This is super intriguing.

Made of paper.

And you know it just... Zhoop!

You can shut the whole thing up like an accordion.

The furniture needed to be multi-functional, practical, robust.

I think, you know, while it looks cool,

I think from a practical point of view,

that's going to look really tired, really quickly.

So here I've got a Fitzroy flag - that's making me happy.

SOPHIE LAUGHS

I guess it's just these kind of little corners

that I'm less enthused about.

I'm just wondering what sort of happens in there.

I guess I like a space to be a bit more sort of open,

just so everyone can see what's going on.

Now this is successful to me, Sophie,

because here we've got those tubes,

but by painting them, it just elevates them.

Also forms a wonderful little screen to hide all the storage behind.

There is obviously also quite a strong eco story

I'm sensing in here as well, in connection to the environment.

So there are plenty of plants throughout the whole space.

Use of the sustainable, natural materials like cardboard and ply,

so I think that should be commended as well.

That it doesn't just look great, but actually it feels quite nice.

It has that connection to nature.

Right, then, shall we check out the final house?

The final room is Abi and Rochelle's

sports-themed Lundy Lions common room.

I'm so proud of those panelled pieces.

I love all that zoning.

That was me putting in a bit of me in there and trying to be more bold.

I'm... Yeah, I'm covered head-to-toe

in paint, spray paint and chewing gum.

A lot of... Yeah, a lot of graft has gone into that work.

Well, this is open plan.

This room feels massive, doesn't it?

It certainly does.

Curious use of faux foliage for the other finish, though.

I think it's quite a cool idea to add some texture and softness.

However, execution isn't really good.

It looks a bit... looks a bit shabby.

But I think in terms of an idea, it could be quite nice,

cos also again the green contrasting with the...!

# Dun-dun-dun! # The logo!

Finally loud and proud and centre stage.

Look at that. A nice huge, oversized logo.

Interesting, as well, that obviously the house colour

for the Lundy Lions is purple -

not an awful lot of that.

We've got a purple yoga mat, painted purple table,

and that's kind of it.

Doing these dynamic stripes, which I kind of love,

I do, because it's very energetic.

I just think if you're going to do it, though,

let's do it all the way. So I would have loved to have seen

this grass follow the same diagonals.

Tricky to do, but it would have made sense of the fact it's in strips.

I can see they've tried to make these kind of, sort of...

The idea of the big screens, which I kind of quite like,

but then again it's that attention to detail

that all those lovely letters - they're all a bit wonky and wobbly

and the cork has not been cut very straight,

so that's kind of intimating to me

time management was perhaps an issue.

Do you know what my favourite thing in this room is?

It's that gorgeous purple filing cabinet.

I absolutely love it.

And I know purple's a real Marmite colour,

and not everyone loves it,

but look - there was an opportunity here, wasn't there,

for the designers to show you how glorious purple can look.

And it's been really well finished,

which makes all the difference,

because I did notice the other pieces of furniture out there,

they've also been really well painted,

and that just elevates them a lot.

Well, Sophie, four very different rooms.

I think we've got quite a lot to discuss.

Wow!

Judging complete...

That is amazing.

..it's time for the kids to cast a critical eye on the spaces.

I like the Astroturf wall.

Can you see the big sticker? Yeah. That's nice.

Oh, that's really cool. Look at that. That's awesome.

They've got the bench like they said.

And they've got the little crocodile on the pillow - look at that! Yeah.

I like the hydration station.

It's like the bottles - maybe they could have been purple.

But, yeah, it's a nice... overall, nice contrast in colour.

Not too much of one colour.

Maybe if they took down a bit on the grey. But I like it.

I like how it's not just orange. Yeah.

Look at the wallpaper. Oh, it's awesome.

Give me a B, give me an E, give me an A, give me an R.

Before the designers are summoned back to Michelle's hub,

they get a chance to take a look at the competition.

It's a vibe. Listen, the kids did well.

Love the colours, love the vibrancy. Yeah.

Love the jacket. This can come home with me.

Have you seen this bad boy behind us? Pretty amazing. Wow.

I love that it's tall, actually. It's big, isn't it? Yeah, it's huge.

Do you think it's better than your stadium seating? No.

The lettering really works, the vinyl lettering. Yes.

They've really gone to town on that and it really pops.

This is so clever.

I love the blue, the orange.

I love these seats.

Looks like they'll be getting a special shout-out again.

Oh, 100%. Yeah.

It's elimination day, and a double one at that.

With two designers' dreams on the line,

it's time for them to find out who's time is up.

No-one is ever ready to go home in this competition.

I feel like I've got so much more to prove and so much to show.

It's been the best week ever.

It's been the best week ever. I don't want to go home.

I think the week's gone really, really well.

We've done something magical in that room.

It was a bull's-eye, I've got 100, cos I hit it on the brief - bam!

Excellent outfit.

It's very stressful. It's a double elimination today.

Two of us are going home.

Hello. ALL: Hi!

How are you all feeling?

All right, yeah.

Well, I won't talk too long,

cos I know Molly wants to head off to a disco.

THEY LAUGH

Get on down!

So, listen, how did you all feel about the schools?

Yeah. Brings back old school memories.

Oh, I had a few flashbacks, I can tell you.

Well, listen, I'm sure you're eager to know what the judges felt.

There was one team, they felt,

really smashed every aspect of the brief.

The common room space was fun, well-designed

and had a clear identity.

Well done...

..Amy and Dean, you're safe and through to next week. Well done.

Woo!

THE OTHERS CHEER

I literally cannot believe it.

Not only am I not on the couch, but I'm top team.

And I put my heart and soul in that week,

so I'm so pleased the judges saw it.

Of the remaining teams,

the judges felt you failed to capture enough of the house spirit

that was key to the design.

So it was a tough decision, but by a whisker...

..Fran and Paul, you're also safe for another week.

I'm through. I cannot believe it.

The whisker - I wonder what that whisker was.

Is there any more left in the tank?

I mean, I'm a parent of two kids - I've got plenty left in the tank!

Unfortunately, that leaves the rest of you

on the sofa in front of the judges,

and you'll have to fight for your space,

because two of you are going home.

Best of luck.

Thank you. Thank you.

Whoa. I'm surprised. Yeah.

We were happy with it,

but everyone's are so strong, aren't they?

All right, game on.

Let's go!

THEY LAUGH

So Banjo on the sofa - shut the front door!

I never saw that coming. Why?

You know what? I was so wowed by his first two schemes,

I had high expectations for this one.

And I walked in there and I just... I just didn't feel it.

I loved it. You loved it?

Well, it's bright colours, of course!

I bet you're in heaven in there. It's not just the bright colours.

It's the really clever use of colour

and it was strong colour, which really communicated...

You know, it had energy, it had uplift,

but it also created different moods in different zones,

which I thought was really clever.

You got the impression that Molly and Banjo worked really well,

cos you couldn't tell who did what.

They seemed like they had the same vision, would you agree?

Definitely, and the same with Abi and Rochelle as well, actually.

That they both felt kind of very coherent

in terms of what they were trying to do in both rooms.

So are you a huge fan of fake grass?

If you'd kind of just really leaned into the fact

that it comes on rolls, followed that kind of diagonal stripe

and just sort of gone with it,

but then contained it just on that one wall,

it could have been quite impactful.

The execution really let them down,

and things not being cut on a straight line,

and letters hung that are all a bit on the wonk,

which actually really effects the... your overall feeling in a space. Mm.

I mean, how? What's the excuse for putting the letters all wonky?

Well, we're going to find out.

Hopefully.

Hello. Hello. Hello, hello.

Hiya.

Banjo, first time on the sofa for you. I know.

How does it feel? Rough.

THEY LAUGH

Well, I want you to get the full experience,

so I'm going to start with Abi and Rochelle, OK? OK.

THEY LAUGH

Thanks!

So, guys, I loved, like, the dynamism of the diagonal stripes.

This was exactly the sort of big statement

that we talked about last week. Brilliant.

Little bit more confused by the kind of fake turf.

Cos our house, Lundy Lions, they were quite a sporty house,

just wanted to incorporate something a little bit fun,

give a little nod to the sports element.

I thought it could have been really impactful,

just, like, on that main wall when you walked in.

But cos you had this, like, brilliant diagonals,

I wondered, why didn't you take that on the diagonals as well?

So you just carried that big idea on.

Yeah, as soon as we'd finished, we stepped back and said,

"Right, we know exactly where we've gone wrong,

"and we should have made sure that that back wall

"was the diagonals and just maybe two panels of grass."

Cos I did love, though, your great big emblem.

You were one of the only two teams that really kind of went for it

with the mascots. I loved that.

But again it's like, the house colour was purple... Yeah.

..and it was on a big green wall. Where was more purple?

Yeah, both our visuals that we shared with the school,

we had a lot of purple and they were like, "We don't want that."

I think purple is a bit of a Marmite colour, isn't it?

And I think a lot of people have negative connotations,

and yet it's the perfect partner to green, isn't it?

I mean they do look great together and I suppose in a way

as designers you could have shown how

to make purple look quite cool.

I think out of all the teams, for me I felt

a real sense of a communal space.

Like, this is where we come together and celebrate our achievements.

I think you really captured that feel.

We really hope that the general space is somewhere that does feel

fun and they come together.

There was a sort of air of unfinishedness to it.

Oh, 100%.

But I'm kind of wondering,

what did you spend all the time on, then?

So I think it was... Painting the floor.

Yeah, painting the floor. I think that was a big decision.

I have to point out you used wall paint on the floor.

I mean, were you aware this is the wrong type of paint cos even by

the time we walked in it was already looking a bit shabby.

It was all scuffed. Again, we just had a lot of problem with the paint.

We were just panicking

and we were like, we just need to get it down, basically.

So, Banjo, if I start with you.

Cos, like, you totally wowed me with your last two challenges.

Mostly because I really got this sense of a story behind

your designs and when I walked into that room,

we had very different reactions to it.

The layout really didn't work to me.

Whereas confident Sophie over here was straight through... Loved it!

She wanted to explore everywhere.

The curves gave the whole space, to me,

a real energy and flow and made me feel excited

and want to explore the space. Yeah, yeah.

But it's interesting as well that you were leaving

the cardboard tubes, so for them

to scribble on cos I have to say I was thinking

the low ones, they're going to end up like dustbins. Yeah.

People are just going to drop all their stuff in there

and it felt unfinished to me.

With all the really vibrant colours we did

want to introduce our sort of eco element,

a little bit more natural,

and a little bit more sort of den, fox-like feeling

to try and get the identity of their mascot over in the room.

So that's why we left them, sort of,

as the exposed cardboard as well.

Equally, like, I had a bit of an issue with the colours cos,

for me, it's like orange maybe isn't my favourite colour,

but it was their house colour.

And in that main room I came in first

and I saw brilliant blue and I saw green,

and if I didn't know orange was the house colour

I wouldn't have known it. Mm. Yeah.

And so I just think that the importance of that emblem,

the symbol, the house,

that tribal feeling that those kids want... Mm. Yeah.

..I really think, really got missed by nearly all of you, frankly.

Mm. I absolutely agree.

We should have really thought more about, like, that -

that was the brief with the mascot.

Well, you were both kind of cowed by your kids,

weren't you? If they didn't like purple,

they didn't like orange, but it's like, that's just a few kids,

this is the house colour for the whole school. Yeah.

Maybe these kids have been your toughest customers

so far - it's quite interesting.

You come across this a lot with clients

and you're doing absolutely the right thing,

you're really conscious

and delivering what the client wants.

However, you have to take it to the next level.

And I guess that's what we were looking for, wasn't it?

I mean, it's both the joy and challenge of design that you have

to give people what they don't know they need...

Yeah. ..or want.

Yeah, that's a really good lesson for us, and thinking about,

I know I probably get caught up in, like, the concept of things.

Me too.

And I don't think about, like, the practicality as much.

This was a really tough challenge, OK? There was a lot to do.

These were big rooms, and project management, practicality

and a real clarity of purpose were always going to be

the keys for success.

So I'm afraid the team that I'm going to send home this week...

..on that basis...

..is Abi and Rochelle.

Yeah.

Yeah, we kind of knew... Knew. ..didn't we? Yeah.

But, yeah, honestly, thank you so much, everyone.

Like, we've just had the best week together. We have.

And when stuff was going wrong we were just like, we've just got

to keep going.

As long as we just keep trying to have fun and not cry

and not get upset.

And obviously these guys are just exceptional designers and, yeah.

We love you. Yeah, thank you.

Do you know what, if they ever do a remake of Thelma and Louise...

Oh, absolutely.

..I think we've got our Thelma and our Louise.

THEY LAUGH

Definitely, you'll hear us before you see us. Definitely.

I am really proud, and I can say that I'm leaving on a high.

I'm now able to say, actually,

I'm not so rubbish

and, actually, if I bring my confidence in that

I have in, say, my current workplace and current life,

and I merge them together with my design,

that I actually could do something quite powerful.

The people that I've met have completely changed my life,

and changed my concept of what interior design is.

This is just the start.

Shall we go? OK. This isn't the end, guys.

This isn't the, "Let's drive off that cliff!"

I sent Abi and Rochelle home because,

although they had some really great ideas,

I just wasn't seeing that deeper understanding

of design that really makes the space work.

And we're approaching the halfway stage now,

so I need to see some interior design mastery.

Next time...

..the designers shop...

Bring it on!

..till they drop...

..on a mission...

So fiddly, my God!

..to transform the stores of Salisbury...

Retail theatre, darling.

..and get the judges in a spin.

What are you on? What are you on?

I don't know, but it keeps moving.