George Clarke takes aim at Helen Skelton as her new BBC property show embroiled in ‘plagiarism’ row

‘Oh get over yourself, George!’

Helen Skelton has found herself at the centre of a “plagiarism” row thanks to property show presenter George Clarke.

Morning Live host Helen – who sparked dating rumours with her co-host Gethin Jones this week – is on BBC Two tomorrow (May 15) with her new property show Forever Home.

It follows a young couple as they uproot from London and head to their native Wales to renovate their dream property.

And, in a now-deleted rant, George took aim at Helen’s BBC show, suggesting it sounds pretty similar to one of his…

Helen Skelton hosts her own property renovation show on the BBC tomorrow (Credit: Splash News)

Helen Skelton ‘plagiarism’ row over new property show

According to screenshots taken by GB News, George took aim at Forever Home in a now deleted rant.

He shared a picture of Helen Skelton and her co-host – architect Patrick Bradley – taken from an article on the BBC Press Centre.

Posting on Instagram, he shared it alongside a furious caption that read: “What is that saying again? Oh, that’s it…. ‘Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery’ #BUILDINGHOME #CHANNEL4 @channel4.”

George appeared to suggest that the show has copied the premise of his Channel 4 show, Building Home. That sees George meeting “people uprooting their lives and testing their relationships to build wonderful homes of their dreams”.

However, his followers seemed to think that there’s more than enough room for more than just George’s property series…

George Clarke has accused the BBC of copying his property show (Credit: Cover Images)

Backlash from followers

One commented: “Nobody tell him Kevin McCloud’s been doing Grand Designs for 30 years.”

Another urged George: “Oh get over yourself.” A third commented: “Has he never heard of Kevin McCloud or Sarah Beeny? They lead the way and made it easy for him eh George – stop me when I’m wrong.”

Oh get over yourself.

Others were a little more diplomatic with their complaints. One said: “This is only a positive thing, I love programmes like this, there’s not enough of them.”

Helen fronts Forever Home with architect Patrick Bradley (Credit: BBC)
Meanwhile, another backed George, giving his ego a boost by posting: “Ah yes, but they don’t have you fronting it, so it won’t be as good.”

The post has since been removed from George’s Instagram grid.

ED! has contacted George and Helen for comment. The BBC had no comment when approached by ED!.