Better Homes and Gardens (TV series)
| Better Homes and Gardens | |
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| Genre |
Lifestyle Home improvement |
| Presented by |
Noni Hazlehurst (1995–2004) Johanna Griggs (2005–present) |
| Opening theme | "Getting Better" |
| Composer(s) | Jay Stewart |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jason Franklin |
| Location(s) | Sydney Australia |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 24 January 1995 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Better Homes and Gardens is an Australian lifestyle television program which is broadcast on the Seven Network. The program covers a wide variety of lifestyle related topics and hobbies, offering advice and solutions including gardening, cooking, craft, pet care, home improvement and DIY, as well as featuring celebrity guests.
Australian actress Noni Hazlehurst hosted the show from 1995 to 2004. Her husband at the time, John Jarratt, was also a presenter on the show. Former olympic swimmer-turned-television presenter Johanna Griggs replaced Hazlehurst as host in 2005. The show also features pet advice from Dr. Harry Cooper, a popular TV vet, after his TV series, Harry's Practice, which also featured Dr. Katrina Warren and Dr. Chris Brown, was axed in 2003.
The theme song for the show until 2005 was a cover of The Beatles' "Getting Better". This was changed to a new theme in 2006, composed by Jay Stewart.
The program originally aired on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm and ran back to back with The Great Outdoors until the travel program was moved to Mondays early in the 2000s. It then aired before Room For Improvement, which was hosted by then-DIY presenter Scott McGregor. Better Homes was moved to Saturday nights at 7.30 pm in 2004, before being shifted to 6.30pm. Both timeslots were reportedly disastrous for ratings and the show struggled immensely against Australian rules football on other networks. In 2005, it was shifted to 7:30pm on Friday nights, where it has enjoyed ratings success since. It is now the longest-running Australian TV lifestyle program and the highest rating show on Australian TV. It was often among the top 10 rating programs in Australia during the 1990s, sometimes with audiences in excess of two million.
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