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[the Host and Geoff are standing in front of a suburban home, both looking a bit bored and irritated]
Host: [In a tone utterly without enthusiasm, which is maintained throughout the entire process] Hello, and welcome back to Coverage Of People Buying A House And Then Living In It. So, Geoff, you want to buy a house, here's a house, what do you think?
Geoff: [nods, similarly unenthusiastic] Yeah.
Host: D'you like the house?
Geoff: Yeah, it's fine.
Host: Will Geoff be able to buy the house that's fine of his dreams, yes he will, it's in budget, isn't it Geoff.
Geoff: Yeah.
Host: That was not a close one.
Geoff: No.
Host: We'll be catching up with Geoff when he's bought his house, which is [jump cut to the host and Geoff in the (rather nondescript) front hallway of the house] now, Geoff, you're now living in your house.
Geoff: Yeah.
Host: What's that like?
Geoff: 'S all right, just doing a bit of DIY, putting some shelves up, but nothing major.
Host: We'll be catching up with Geoff's attempt to live his "having things on shelves" dreams [jump cut; the host and Geoff have swapped places and there is now a basic shelf on the hallway wall with a jar on it] now, how are the shelves?
Geoff: Useful.
Host: Well, that's fascinating. So, to sum up, Geoff, who you don't know, has bought a house and is now living in it, having put up some shelves, and I think we can all agree that that's basically a good thing. Join me next week when I'll be presenting Coverage Of People Renting A Flat And Then Going To The Shops To Buy Some Food To Eat In It.
That Mitchell and Webb Look, revealing what happens if these shows forget to bring the Mundane Made Awesome and show us what it's really like.

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