
The Block (2003)
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John McGrath as Judge
Episodes 101
Episode 1
The four couples are introduced and move into The Block. They randomly draw keys to discover their assigned flat. Everyone is shocked to discover the level of devastation in each apartment. After ripping out horrible old carpets to discover hardwood, one couple finds weak boards...and then termites. An ongoing issue with water leaking from an upstairs apartment creates strife.
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Work on the final rooms leaps ahead. A couple switches up their floorplan by redoing a room they'd already completed. The couples pull out all the stops.
Read MoreEpisode 11
Judgement on the last room at last. Tempers break and one couple threatens to leave the competition.
Read MoreGrand Finale Auction
This season finale covers auction day and the winners of the real estate challenge.
Read MoreReno Rumble (Part 1)
The original four couples from The Block return as a team to compete against designers from other home improvement shows. The 'Reno'vation Rumble pits the two teams against a one week clock to refurbish identical homes to be given to a local childhood cancer charity.
Read MoreReno Rumble (Part 2)
Despite the need to cooperate to complete the tasks for charity, one team completely unravels while a trip to the pub becomes a point of contention for the other. One team show much better organization than the other. One team fails to deliver the first four rooms on time, even after negotiating an extension.
Read MoreReno Rumble (Part 3)
The teams must deliver their houses complete, including front and back yards. Generous donations from many contributors keep costs so low, that one team actually makes money. Another time extension makes it possible for both teams to finish even though not all team members work the final day. The winners are announced. Families are given the keys to the new homes.
Read MoreEpisode 10
All couples desperately need a win on their 3rd rooms to boost their dwindling budgets.
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Matt & Jane's clever idea for their kitchen may turn into a real nightmare.
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The couples' 3rd rooms are revealed!
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The design of the next room causes tension to mount within one of the couples.
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Matt and Jane's much anticipated wedding day has arrived.
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Andrew and Jamie desperately need to win a room to boost their budget.. and morale.
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One couple has banned another from entering their apartment.
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Just when things are looking up for Andrew & Jamie, they face another huge obstacle.
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There's $10,000 up for grabs but has one player finally reached breaking point?
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There's double the drama when the couples are forced to work together as a team.
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They've been warned, now one couple must face the cost of breaking the rules.
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It's time to tackle the outside areas...can the couples agree on a colour scheme?
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As the second last rooms are revealed, a tragedy prevents one couple from finishing.
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There's dirty hands and dirty tricks when a room winner is revealed.
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With only a week until auction, the competition is far from over!
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The couples finally move out and this is one farewell none of them will ever forget.
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It's auction day! Which couple will walk away with the $100,000 prize?
Read MoreWelcome To The Block 2010!
Four couples move into four identical apartments with little more than the clothes they are wearing. With equal-sized budgets of $80,000 they have just eight weeks to out-design, out-decorate and out-renovate each other.
Read MoreFirst Bedroom
The four couples race to finish their first bedroom. Then it's judgement day as the frst room prize is awarded to the winning team.
Read MoreGuest Bedroom
The Four couples’ renovations are now well underway. They have to deliver their guest bedroom, but host Scott Cam has another surprise that will make that task even harder.
Read MoreThe Ensuite
The competition heats up as the contestants have to complete their first rooms and one couple is accused of cheating.
Read MoreMaster Bedroom
All four couples are having major budget problems as they try to secure another win and deliver their master bedrooms in time for judging.
Read MoreBathroom And Laundry
All four couples this week have the mammoth task of completing their main bathrooms and laundries, and the downstairs apartment become suspicious that their upstairs neighbours may be cheating.
Read MoreKitchen And Dining
In this final week of their renovation, the four teams have to produce their toughest rooms yet, with just seven days to create a prize-winning kitchen, and have their apartments ready for public auction next week.
Read MoreElimination Night 1
The show returns with Melbourne as its location. Eight couples turn up to compete in a fierce elimination challenge. Hosted by Scott Cam.
Read MoreElimination Night 2
The competition heats up as the show hosts a state of origin clash when Polly and Waz from New South Wales take on Chrissy and Toby from Queensland.
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Youth and enthusiasm versus age and experience in the third of four elimination challenges. Chris and Carrie from NSW compete with Tania and Rod from country Vic.
Read MoreElimination Night 4
In the last of the eliminations, two sets of sisters take sibling rivalry to a new level: twins Laura and Emily from Victoria versus Katrina and Amie from country New South Wales.
Read MoreThe Key Challenge
Four couples make it through the elimination. They think they're home free but Scotty has another surprise. The couples compete to determine their place in the order of the choice of property to renovate.
Read MoreMoving in to The Block
In a one-hour episode, Scott Cam introduces the couples to their new homes, four dilapidated properties in Melbourne's Richmond. For the first time they get an idea of just how much scary-crazy work lies ahead of them.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #1
Challenge master Shelley Craft puts the couples through another challenge that has them driving all over Melbourne searching for much-needed cash and a very big twist.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #1
This one-hour episode introduces Scotty's Workshop, a place where the couples will not only compete for the opportunity to win cash and bonuses but learn valuable skills from the master builder.
Read MoreScotty and Shelley's Progress Report #1
Scott Cam and Shelley Craft review progress as the couples struggle to complete their first room. All are feeling the pressure.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #1
Judges John McGrath and Neale Whitaker review the first completed rooms. The winning team wins an extra $5000 towards their already dwindling budget. It's a testing time with unexpected results.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #2
Shelley Craft gives the couples $100 to buy a piece of second-hand furniture.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #2
The couples let off some steam in Scotty's workshop distressing a brand-new piece of pine furniture. Beware - violence against furniture.
Read MoreScotty and Shelley's Progress Report #2
Scotty takes Shelley on another tour of work so far while Katrina and Amie face bathroom disaster.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #2
For their second rooms, the couples could only use second-hand everything. Now the judges hand in their verdict.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #3
It's water torture as challenge master Shelley Craft takes the couples well and truly out of their comfort zones with the pipeworks challenge.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #3 / Progress Report #3
The contestants engage in some high-stakes art therapy to win themselves a tradie for the day.
Read MoreThe Block Unlocked #1
Share a personal insight into The Block transformation as the couples guide us through their completed rooms. Hosted by Shelley Craft.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #3
The judges deliver the good news, and the bad, for the couples' third room, the all-important main bathroom and laundry.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #4
Shelley Craft has the couples hanging wallpaper in a challenge with a big cash prize, but also one very big twist.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #4 / Progress Report #4
Scott Cam challenges the couples to raise money for the Salvos and some very unexpected visitors drop in to lend a helping hand.
Read MoreThe Block Unlocked #2
Catch up on all the drama of the week and learn the design secrets of each couple as they guide you through their completed rooms. Hosted by Shelley Craft.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #4
Room reveal of the master bedroom and ensuites. The judges agree that one couple have delivered the best room in the history of The Block.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #5
Shelley Craft sets the couples a challenge to style a room for Belle Magazine. One couple suffer a family tragedy and have to call in reinforcements.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #5 / Progress Report #5
Scott Cam sets the couples a challenge with a very special celebrity host who sends one team straight to the doghouse.
Read MoreThe Block Unlocked #3
Catch up on all the drama of the week and learn the design secrets of each couple as they guide you through their completed rooms. Hosted by Shelley Craft.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #5
Jenna has a painting disaster in the rush to finish the hallway and living room. The rooms are revealed for the judges and this week's winner is announced.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #6
Shelley sets the teams a cooking challenge with one very big twist.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #6 / Progress Report #6
What begins as a seemingly simple challenge turns into a riotous game show as Scott Cam brings in special guest host Ed Phillips for a real estate guessing game.
Read MoreThe Block Unlocked #4
Catch up on all the drama of the week and learn the design secrets of each couple as they guide you through their completed rooms. Hosted by Shelley Craft.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #6
Room reveal of the Kitchen. The judges decide which couple has created the best kitchen - the one room that could make or break a potential buyer.
Read MoreShelley Craft Challenge #7
Shelley Craft offers an amazing $10,000 cash prize which the couples are desperate to win to help them complete this week's exterior renovations - but first they'll have to find the prize inside a hedge maze.
Read MoreScotty's Workshop Challenge #7 / Progress Report #7
Host Scott Cam offers up the series biggest prize of $15000 with a challenge to create the best campaign to sell their homes.
Read MoreThe Block Unlocked #5
Catch up on all the drama of the week and learn the design secrets of each couple as they guide you through their completed rooms. Hosted by Shelley Craft.
Read MoreRoom Delivery Night #7
All four teams experience their toughest day on The Block as they struggle to complete their exteriors in time for the final judging.
Read MoreFinal Room Delivery Results / Last Day
The judges announce the winner of the final reveal, and then it's party time for all four teams before they have to pack up and leave the block.
Read MoreWhere Are They Now?
The four couples have all returned to their own homes only to find that nothing is quite the same after eight long weeks of renovating and suddenly becoming TV stars.
Read MoreAuction Order Challenge (Part 1)
Host Scott Cam calls all of the teams back to Melbourne to take part in a huge two day challenge which will decide the all-important auction order.
Read MoreAuction Order Challenge (Part 2)
The champ or chump quiz is decided in an unusual way and then some very special guests arrive to judge their renovations for crucial points to decide the outcome of the challenge.
Read MoreThe Block Unlocked #6: Your Say
Viewers get the chance to judge all the completed houses and the couples prospects of winning on auction night.
Read MoreThe Block Auction
After eight weeks of exhausting renovations all four houses are finally open for inspection and then go under the hammer at auction to decide which couple will take out the $100,000 prize.
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