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Couple compete Big Brother style for house

Streatham Post

A SOUTH London couple are taking part in a Big Brother-style contest for the grand prize of their dream home.

From Sunday, Michael and Janet Burton, from Norwood, will be vying with 11 other couples not to be voted off television's latest reality ITV1 show, Building the Dream.

If they are the last couple remaining, they will get the keys to their dream home as the reward.

The show, presented by Dulwich's very own Linda Barker, will be screened every day for 13 weeks.

Michael and Janet will swap city living for the more tranquil and picturesque setting of Witham Friary, near Frome, Somerset, where the 12 couples will live and work alongside each other to design, build and furnish a stunning £500,000 home.

But as the house goes up, so the number of contestants will go down as those not pulling their weight are voted off by fellow contestants.

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