I am totally sick and fed up with this!

It annoys me to see the hand-holding too. I also wonder how many of the older couples searching for a new home will not be sharing a bedroom but don't admit it!

That's probably the reason they want so many bedrooms, not 'visitors'....

I enjoy "Homes Under the Hammer" and "Escape to the Country" but don't watch "Location x 3" because I can't stand the women presenter. I find her so irritating!!

Kirstie looked like she was about to storm off in disgust, Auntieflo

I would love a programme to end with, 'Oh, find your own bloody house then!'

Um.... this is not important enough to make yourself feel ill over, Phoenix.

Oh phoenix how I agree! Of course it's lovely to see people holding hands but I too get irritated by this. My DH and me rarely hold hands (after 50 years together we just don't). It actually makes me feel a bit inadequate (not sure that's the right word) when I watch these programmes. I think 'oh look how loved up they are, we're not like that'.

It's okay, phoenix, you didn't have to explain yourself. My posts were given with a smile on my face not a critical look.

Property programmes are bad enough but what about the cooking ones don’t get me started

I love the programme Escape to the Country,but some of the things are well rehearsed, they are no doubt told to hold hands, say different things about the houses etc, as they nearly always say the same things, but as someone said on GN, having a free Holiday, anyone would do or say anything to charm the producer!

DH and I are usually arm in arm. But we very often hold hands. We have been together since 1963.

I find it funny not annoying. Politicians do it too even when they have been caught out cheating . Comical

Have you noticed how presenters never arrive anywhere by car. You see them walking up a lane or street as if they've walked over the mountains to get to their destination!

Hubby and I always hold hand when we are out and about. Married 45 years :-)
Theresa and her hubby were holding hands yesterday after the conference too

Never noticed that.

I'm with you on this one phoenix. It comes across as totally stage managed, contrived and unnatural. Yep I do occasionally hold my OH's arm in public, usually when I'm feeling tired. So not averse to public displays of affection.
'Escape to the Country' is my fav ..... very relaxing apart from my muttering!

I'm another one who hasn't noticed the hand holding. What always irritates me is the retired or almost retired couples who want a remote home, haven't they considered what happens if they can't drive or one dies???? Also love house 2 but it would be better if in location of house 1. Comromise

still on the theme of tv how about "l promise" how many times do you hear that or "l will make it up to you". Script writers need to get out more.

I've known my husband since I was 16 (nearly 50 Years) and we always hold hands when we go out. No prompting, it automatic.

my husband and I who have been married nearly 59 years make a joke of this saying every time we see someone holding hands "They must be buying a house"

I'm with Phoenix. I don't object to handholding at all but in some of these property programmes it just looks so staged as to be uncomfortable.

My son and daughter-in-law were on Location, Location, Location and they were not instructed to do anything. It was totally natural. They always hold hands walking down the street. There was no rehearsal and they certainly were not told how to behave. Of course the programme was edited but they could not put things in which did not happen naturally. Kirsty, in fact, said to them that this was about them finding a flat not about making a programme and that is what they did. They found a very nice flat and got it for a reasonable price with Phil's negotiation. I don't see why a couple holding hands should be so offensive.

I was married to my late husband for 47 years, and held his hand every time we went out walking together until the day he was in a wheelchair, my god how I missed that contact when out. After the stroke I used to hold his hand when sitting next to him reading, To us that was natural and a loving part of our relationship.

I have yet to discover the ' statement' that so many people think the decor etc in their home says about them. No one has ever said what it is.

My personal advertisement hate is all those cheesey Pension Plan ads that show a smiling elderly couple, dressed in pastels, picking the bluddy roses in a perfect garden!

(And they both appear to still have their own teeth and the husband has a full head of hair!)

All these programmes are one long cliché - the making one’s stamp, the heart of the home, the that’s a good space blah blah blah.
So,it is no surprise that the body language is similarly clichéd but on the scale of 1-100 of things to get really sick and fed up about, surely it ranks about 101?