Coronation Street star Lisa George has said she's 'thrilled' as she revealed she's making a move away from the cobbles. The actress is best known for playing Beth Sutherland in the ITV soap.
14.06.2024 - 10:07 / ok.co.uk
George Clarke impressed TV viewers by building an impressive tribute to his late father. During a special episode of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, 50 year old George and his sidekick Will Hardie aimed high, creating a hand-built observatory in honour of George's star-loving dad. Drawing inspiration from an 1830s camera obscura, a 1950s observatory, a futuristic planetarium, and even a box of fruit, they reached for the stars with a remarkable design that merged a Victorian astronomer's library with a spaceship body.
But creating a rotating observatory roof, a chart table that rises from the floor and a collapsible telescope, pushed their skills almost to breaking point. In the end, though, the result was truly out of this world. On the show, George explained: "A 1950s child, my dad was brought up in a golden age of astronomy," adding that his dad had "always wanted his own backyard observatory".
Born in Sunderland in 1974, his father, who worked as a printer, died when he was young and his mother remarried. His biological father passed away in a water skiing accident in 1981 when he was aged just 26 and George just seven. In the programme, Will and George headed to Bristol to see the planetarium at We The Curious for inspiration for the tribute observatory.
Shockingly though, craftsman and TV director Will seemed to have never heard of or seen the structure. Fans on social media the journey to the observatory's completion, with one person tweeting: "I might build an amazing space just so that I get to meet George Clarke." Another confessed: ")uting myself once again as a George Clarke enthusiast." "George Clarke Amazing Spaces is good! " exclaimed a third. The Gloucestershire-based presenter has often expressed his
.Coronation Street star Lisa George has said she's 'thrilled' as she revealed she's making a move away from the cobbles. The actress is best known for playing Beth Sutherland in the ITV soap.
George Clarke is loved for his TV shows including Remarkable Renovations; Old House, New House; Ugly House To Lovely House and Amazing Spaces.The Sunderland-born star, 50, grew up on a council estate and sadly lost his dad in a tragic water-skiing accident when he was just seven years old. He decided he wanted to become an architect aged 12, after spending time around building sites during school holidays as his grandfathers were both builders.
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