Name: Episode 4 — Essex: Black House
Released: 2016-10-12
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Kevin McCloud

The Next Best Thing (1999 – ...)

1999 • 27 seasons • Documentary • TV-G

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Episode 4 — Essex: Black House

Released: 2016-10-12 • Documentary

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Kevin McCloud meets Michelle Parsons, an artist and teacher who decided to seize the day and build her own private hideaway in a woodland environment in Essex after she recovered from a serious illness. Together with her architect husband David, Michelle planned to construct a sleek, black-clad, three bedroom house complete with an art studio. However, torrential rain and a potentially disastrous gas leak stalled progress on the build, and as construction gets under way, Kevin wonders whether the couple's decision to eliminate windows on two sides of the property may leave them living in a gloomy bunker.

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Episode air date	12.10.2016
Episode runtime	45 min
Episode rating	9.99
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	7.1
IMDb series rating	8.5
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	0+
Country	GB

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