House of the rising sons; Camper than Butlins, cattier than Bagpuss, the break-out TV stars of 2003 are Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister, a Scots couple whose Million Pound Property Experiment is car-crash telly at its finest. So why is their ultimate ambition to put an end to car crashes?

From: The Sunday Herald | Date: December 14, 2003| Author: Words Peter Ross | Copyright information

JUSTIN Ryan and Colin McAllister are busy, busy, busy. Their smart Birmingham home is giddy with activity and they are beginning to worry that they will never get to the gym. Three interviews today, tomorrow they are "doing" Terry and Gaby, then there is lunch with Piers Morgan and perhaps a chinwag with new chum Simon Cowell, who has advised them that if they really want to be famous they should "crank up the evil factor by 100 per cent."

Not that they are doing too badly as it is. J...

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