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A GROUP of ordinary people are given a tight budget and an even tighter schedule to do up selected properties.
Cameras capture every fraught moment as they battle each other and the trying circumstances (not orchestrated by the production team in any way, shape or form) to win the ultimate prize.
An ITV production with extra scheduling on ITV2 that goes behind the scenes?
I'm smelling a rat - and it's an extremely familiar one.
Haven't ITV already tried this property-makeover-meets-reality- TV show schtick?
Darn tootin' they have, not once but twice already this year.
Andnow they're having a third bite at the reality TV cherry.
So what distinguishes The Block from those previous attempts,Trouble In Paradise (dumped to a late-night slot when...