First Series
Thirty buildings were featured in ten regional heats, with money raised from the telephone vote being added to the prize fund. Viewers chose which of a selection of the United Kingdom's most important, but neglected, buildings should be awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant of £3m. The winning building was the turkish bath section of the Victoria Baths in Manchester; however, bureaucratic and technical hurdles meant that the money raised could not be spent immediately, and final planning approval to begin a restoration process was not received until September 2005. The first phase of restoration work finally began on 19 March 2007.
The 2003 live Grand Final was co-hosted by Kate Humble.
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