Restoration presenter Griff Rhys Jones is worried that the BBC are planning to axe the show because of the cost involved in making it.

The show, which sees viewers voting to save historic buildings at risk of demolition, regularly entertains 2.5 million viewers.

However a worried Griff told The Mirror, "I'm keen we shouldn't abandon it - and the people involved in such work - but my guess is that the BBC are doing precisely that.

"I accept the programme is expensive but it had a wonderful impact. But the BBC want to move on to the next big thing, which TV has a tendency to do."

The BBC have not commented on the future of the show, but an insider at the corporation said that there were no plans for a third series.