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Grand Designs
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Season 26 (2025)

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Worthing 2025
1 : Worthing 2025
Howard and Sarah embark on their most ambitious building project yet - a sleek, angled, metallic floating home on a tidal estuary near Worthing. Designed to look like a boat, and nestled within an idiosyncratic houseboat community, the structure will sit on an experimental prefabricated polystyrene slab to deal with high tides alternating with hours sitting in the mud. It's a huge experiment, with £385,000 to spend over an 18-month schedule, especially as they'll be doing much of the work themselves and finalising the engineering as they go. Things get off to an agonisingly slow start when it takes months to painstakingly remove a condemned D-Day landing craft from the plot before they can even get started and the constant tidal shifts that disrupt any construction creates a real recipe for disaster
Episode 2
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Sarah and Pip are smitten with a 150-year-old Bedfordshire barn that's keeling over. Can they retain its charm and spirit, while at the same time transform it into a sleek, modern home?
Episode 3
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Recently widowed 82-year-old Kathryn plans to build a new, accessible, ultra-sustainable home right next door to the home she lived in with her husband Jon, where a garage and extension currently sit. It'll be a mirror image of her current Edwardian house, but with a 21st-century twist.
Hackney Revisit 2025
4 : Hackney Revisit 2025
Kevin McCloud revisits architect Graeme and Melanie, who had huge ambitions for their new home in Hackney; a comfortable haven for themselves and their teenage daughters, Isla and Indi. Eighteen months since his last somewhat gloomy visit, Kevin returns to see if Graeme and Melanie are finally out of their hole.
Richmond Revisit 2025
5 : Richmond Revisit 2025
Does good architecture have the power to heal? Kevin revisits Elinor and Born, who in 2018 built a clean-aired, hypoallergenic house, motivated by the extreme allergies of their two boys. [Revisits Season 19 episode 3 "Richmond, London" from 2018]

Series 25 (2024)

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Episode 1
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Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Zahid and Ferzana from Leeds as they set out to transform an obsolete coastguard station in East Yorkshire into a cantilevered, three-storey home made of steel and glass to enhance their panoramic sea views. With a tight budget of £325,000 and a goal of finishing in 10 months, the pair had their son Yusef manage the project but when Yusef gets a career opportunity he can't turn down and Covid hits the couple's business, will they be able to stick to their budget and time frame?
Episode 2
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In Lincolnshire, high-flyers Zara and Giuliano set out to build a 400-square-metre malthouse-inspired home, but run into problems from the get-go. Can they get the project off the ground?
Episode 3
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In West Yorkshire's rolling hills, Kara and Jonny build a striking stone and zinc home. The challenges come in thick and fast, but can they can pull it off and redefine accessible design?
Henley-on-Thames
4 : Henley-on-Thames
Physical therapist Ara and researcher Tony set out to create a home focused on health and wellbeing on a woodland clearing near Henley-on-Thames. The pair plan to live on site to cut costs with Tony taking on the task of project managing to save Ara any stress that could compromise her already fragile health but as problems arise both Ara and Tony end up labouring onsite and what was meant to be a house of healing is in danger of becoming the opposite.
Northamptonshire 2024
5 : Northamptonshire 2024
In Northamptonshire, Adam and Tassy convert a 20-metre-high water tower into a fun family home with curved walls, slides, secret rooms, a firefighter's pole, swimming pool and a sky garden
Newhaven Revisit 2024
6 : Newhaven Revisit 2024
On a nostalgic revisit to the first ever Grand Design, from back in 1999, Kevin finds out if Tim and Jules are still flying high in their timber-framed home on the cliffs above Newhaven

Season 24 (2023)

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Wye Valley 2023
1 : Wye Valley 2023
In the Wye Valley, Rosa and Craig battle the never-ending elements to convert a family-owned, century-old, decommissioned steam railway reservoir into a unique living space
Tree house
2 : Tree house
Devoted dad Danny builds a sustainable but affordable stilted house up among the trees in his garden. But with no self-build experience and spiralling costs, can he do it on ambition alone?
Tunbridge Wells 2023
3 : Tunbridge Wells 2023
Kate and Rob replace their 1940s past-it prefab with a bespoke, modern, factory-built home using volumetric modular construction. But will it feel like the characterful home they dream of?
Episode 4
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Graeme and Melanie want to squeeze a bright red-clad modernist house onto a tiny twin garage plot with no surrounding land. It'll be cleverly laid out to maximise space over three floors, including bedrooms for their daughters in a new basement.
South Herefordshire 2023
5 : South Herefordshire 2023
Furniture maker Lucinda wants to construct a beautifully crafted, two-storey, highly insulated timber home in the woodland of South Herefordshire on a very modest budget, and without using heavy machinery.
Cotswolds 2023
6 : Cotswolds 2023
Duncan and Liz build a revolutionary Passivhaus Premium powerhouse of a home in the Cotswolds. But with a spiralling schedule and lonesome living, will it really all be worth it in the end?
Liskeard, Cornwall: Revisited 2023
7 : Liskeard, Cornwall: Revisited 2023
Leigh and Richard planned to transform a derelict 17th-century flour mill, full of rotten timbers and riddled with structural cracks, into a warm, contemporary, four-floor, three-bed home. (Revisited from Series 21: Episode 5 in 2021)
Billingshurst, Sussex Revisit 2023
8 : Billingshurst, Sussex Revisit 2023
In 2019, Olaf and Fritha set out to build on a tricky slice of land in West Sussex, boxed in by an A-road and a train line. Kevin returns to see how their triangular triumph is faring.

Season 23 (2022)

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South Manchester
1 : South Manchester
In south Manchester, can Colin and Adele overcome contractor issues, delays and financial ruin to finish the build of their eye-popping curved glass home?
Tunbridge Wells
2 : Tunbridge Wells
Kate and Rob replace their 1940s past-it prefab with a bespoke, modern, factory-built home using volumetric modular construction. But will it feel like the characterful home they dream of?
Canterbury
3 : Canterbury
Ship’s captain Dorran promised his family he’d build a super-modern underground lair on a hill outside Canterbury. But as the epic build hits choppy waters, will Dorran fulfil their dream?
Chess Valley
4 : Chess Valley
Zimbabwean born Davi and Matt from Australia set out to build a house in the Chess Valley with a radical multicultural design. Can they deliver, or will it end up just a mishmash of ideas?
Derbyshire
5 : Derbyshire
In Derbyshire, Mike and Sarah set out to build a multigenerational longhouse. But with a complicated roof, a shortage of materials and an unexpected bereavement, it proves far from easy...
Dunstable
6 : Dunstable
In Dunstable, John and his wife Helen demolish an old, dilapidated house and in its place build a million-pound, high-tech, accessible glass pavilion, complete with wildlife garden
Sydenham Hill London
7 : Sydenham Hill London
Corinne plans to build a beautifully crafted, wedge-shaped home on a slither of garden down the side of the house she’s lived in for 24 years. But it sits in a strict conservation area…
North Devon Revisit
8 : North Devon Revisit
In 2011, Edward and Hazel set out to build a lighthouse on the north Devon coast. By 2019, they were near bankruptcy with just a rusting shell. Three years on, has anything has changed?
South Somerset Revisit
9 : South Somerset Revisit
In 2015, Vicky and Ed set out to transform a derelict cowshed into a 21st-century smallholding in Somerset. Six years on, how much has this wildly ambitious project changed their lives?
Bolton Revisit
10 : Bolton Revisit
In 2015, Paul and Carol's plans to build a fortress-like home on the edge of the wild West Pennine Moors were thwarted when they ran out of money and time. Have they finally finished it?
Devon Revisit
11 : Devon Revisit
In the longest revisit in Grand Designs history, Kevin McCloud returns to Devon to see if Sue and Martin's renovation of two ancient barns has finally come to fruition, two decades on.

Season 22 (2021)

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South Devon 2021
1 : South Devon 2021
Joe and Claire hope to create 'one of the greatest homes on the planet', that looks like a huge piece of art, with 34 enormous angled zinc shards. But the expensive build faces mind-boggling problems.
West Sussex 2021
2 : West Sussex 2021
Master carpenter Olaf faces the biggest challenge of his career: creating an oasis for himself and his partner Fritha on a tiny slice of land in Sussex near a mainline railway and A-road
Kinross 2021
3 : Kinross 2021
Iain and Jenny plan to build an enormous black, minimalist, rectangular building in the middle of a country estate in the dramatic Scottish countryside. But what will the neighbours say?
Ely, Cambridgeshire 2021
4 : Ely, Cambridgeshire 2021
Gretta plans to build a Malaysian-inspired pavilion, designed by her nephew, on her sister and brother-in-law's land in Ely. Will this family affair and story of renewal end in harmony?
Chichester, West Sussex 2021
5 : Chichester, West Sussex 2021
Dan and Nina want to build a unique family home, but their plot is dominated by a pond filled with local drainage. Will their West Sussex house be sublime and sleek or a Shrek-like swamp?
South Lakeland, Cumbria 2021
6 : South Lakeland, Cumbria 2021
Rob and Ruth plan to transform a 200-year-old former blacking mill of historic importance into a new-build hybrid. But can they conserve its original atmospheric magic?
East Essex 2021
7 : East Essex 2021
Geoff's selling up in Spain to build a flood-resistant architectural marvel on a flood plain on the Essex coast. Will he sink or swim when Covid hits and Spain's property market collapses?

Season 21 (2021)

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South West London 2021
1 : South West London 2021
Justin plans to restore a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge and convert its toilet block into a luxury extension complete with a moat and swimming pool. But can he keep his budget under control?
Kent: Converted Barn
2 : Kent: Converted Barn
Kevin McCloud meets Greg and Georgie who are taking on the highly ambitious task of converting a dilapidated, 35-year-old barn in Kent. The build will be a huge challenge involving the painstaking conservation of the existing rotten structure, building a new two-storey internal steel frame and recycling everything they can to stretch their £250,000 budget.
South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House
3 : South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House
Nathan and Amye are building a cathedral-like home modelled on local Dutch barn houses with a sleek twist and a 5000-tile armadillo roof. But the pressure mounts for project manager Nathan.
South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House
3 : South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House
Nathan and Amye are building a cathedral-like home modelled on local Dutch barn houses with a sleek twist and a 5000-tile armadillo roof. But the pressure mounts for project manager Nathan.
Bletchley: Self-Heating House
4 : Bletchley: Self-Heating House
Energy conservationist Andrew plans to build a radical, self-heating home by storing the warmth of the summer sun into insulated earth banks. But will this gigantic thermal experiment work?
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Lewes Revisit 2021
6 : Lewes Revisit 2021
Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Megan, whose dream home in East Sussex became a nightmare. With the house now fully complete, what is living in a cutting-edge concrete bunker really like?

Season 20 (2019)

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Galloway
1 : Galloway
Andy and Jeanette plan a precarious cliff-top build on the west coast of Scotland. There are battles with extreme weather, budget overruns, and a sudden emotional shock.
Lincolnshire
2 : Lincolnshire
Paul and Amy Wilkinson plan to build a lakeside home in Lincolnshire with five circular timber buildings linked by walkways. But Paul's health suffers as he struggles to finish in a year.
Warwickshire
3 : Warwickshire
Design engineer Mark Butler, wife Penny and their three young children live in a seemingly idyllic old farmhouse in Warwickshire. But there’s a big problem with the house. Mark is paralysed from the waist down following a motorcycle accident and his home has no accessibility built in. Getting around the house in his wheelchair, using the kitchen and bathroom and putting the kids to bed upstairs ranges from difficult to impossible – and it’s only going to get worse as he gets older. But indomitable Mark, a former Paralympic swimmer, who’s spent the last 30 years developing sports cars and racing bikes, has a radical solution. Along with Penny, they will build a dual-purpose family and wheelchair friendly home on the site of a redundant barn next door. Their cutting-edge new barn will have accessibility baked into its very fabric – with a drive-in basement, a passenger lift, accessible kitchen and bathroom, step-free flooring and extra wide retractable sliding doors. But building such a unique accessible home over three floors for just six hundred thousand pounds proves a huge challenge. With quotes astronomic, design changes forced upon them and inexperienced Penny made to oversee the project, getting the precision needed to make the house work for both Mark and the family comes under serious threat. Then when personal circumstances suddenly change too, the strain on Mark and Penny becomes almost unbearable.
Hull
4 : Hull
Back in 2013 engineer Richard Bennett and his partner Felicia Böhm set out on a giant re-invention scheme – to transform a vast, dark underground water reservoir near the Humber Estuary into a light, airy courtyard family home for them and their four-year-old daughter. And they wanted to do it in 9 months, for just 150 thousand pounds, almost entirely on their own without the help of a designer or an architect. It’s ambition bordering on wild optimism. From the start it proves an epic task. Demolishing the concrete roof while keeping the reservoir’s walls and floor intact takes an almighty feat of engineering. Grinding hundreds of square metres of bare reservoir walls to become the interior of the living spaces is utterly exhausting. Design and layout decisions stretch their abilities and the schedule to the max. But all this is put into perspective when life threatening illness strikes out of the blue…
Suffolk
5 : Suffolk
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of musician Toby Leeming as het sets out to build a house wrapped around an ancient oak tree in rural Suffolk. The design for Toby's five-building home contans six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a music studio and an annexe - a vast project more like a village than a house.
North Devon
6 : North Devon
Edward and Hazel plan a shining white art deco lighthouse on a rugged beautiful clifftop. But almost immediately their wildly optimistic plan runs into trouble.
Strathaven Revisit 2019
7 : Strathaven Revisit 2019
Six years on, Kevin returns to Scotland to see Colin and Marta's incredible metal home, inspired by aircraft hangars, now that the construction is finally finished.

Season 19 (2018)

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Aylesbury Vale
1 : Aylesbury Vale
Kevin meets a couple converting a listed mini-castle in Buckinghamshire into a family home. The Saxon burial ground the folly is built upon throws up some macabre surprises.
Padstow
2 : Padstow
Harry and Briony are relocating and building an American modernist house inspired by 80s teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The project is big and proves challenging.
Richmond
3 : Richmond
Richmond 2018 In a leafy spot in south west London, Elinor and Born want to build Britain's first 'healthy' house, to alleviate their sons' life-threatening allergies in a race against time.
Leominster
4 : Leominster
Steph Wilson and husband Alex try to build a contemporary farmhouse on her grandfather's old farmland. But lack of money leads to a long spell in a caravan and a total re-design.
Sheffield
5 : Sheffield
Identical twins Nik and Jon build near identical houses in Sheffield. Raised on steel stilts, these two extraordinary properties pay tribute to Sheffield's industrial past.
Lewes
6 : Lewes
Deep-sea diver Adrian Corrigall and wife Megan want to build a concrete family home that Adrian hopes will prove the ultimate 21st-century country house.
East Devon Revisited
7 : East Devon Revisited
Kevin returns to Devon to meet Kevin McCabe, who wanted to build one of the biggest houses ever on Grand Designs, out of mud. Seven years after it began, the cob castle is complete. (Revisited from Series 13: Episode 8)

Season 18 (2017)

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1 : Malvern: Hill House
After a four year stint living in New Zealand, ex-RAF pilot Jon and GP Gill Flewers want to build a Kiwi-style hill house on the slopes of the Malvern hills in Worcestershire. They plan to build an ambitious three-storey home clad in wood and stone, but the pair encounter problems as the site is so steep builders do not want to take on the job.
2 : Harringey, London: Victorian Gatehouse
Kevin McCloud meets neurologists Penny Talelli and Mark Edwards, who plan to combine their love of old and contemporary architecture as they transform a derelict Victorian gatehouse in North London. However, the pair soon find themselves struggling to balance their busy working lives alongside project managing the build.
3 : County Down: Agricultural House
Kevin McCloud meets young architect and shed fanatic Micah Jones, who plans to transform an old agricultural building in County Down, Northern Ireland. Micah plans an upside down, four bedroom shed using new techniques and materials, but the £200,000 budget runs short, and Micah is forced to take on some of the building work himself.
4 : South Hertfordshire: Roman House
Kevin McCloud meets Chris and Kayo, who plan to build a unique, Roman-inspired home on the protected land surrounding one of Britain's most historic abbeys in Hertfordshire. The pair find themselves constrained by stringent planning conditions, and the intricate and complicated build puts both their schedule and budget under a great deal of pressure.
5 : South East London: Victorian Dairy House
Beth and Andrew rescue a crumbling Victorian dairy, hoping to make it into a 'shabby chic' family home fit for modern life. But is the building simply too derelict?
6 : Blackdown Hills, Devon: Snake House
Kevin McCloud visits a house belonging to an engineer that resembles a giant snake. The building was inspired by an ammonite shell and has a scaly, curving structure that spirals over two levels and combines natural materials with the latest modern technology. However, completing the project within the 12-month schedule may not be possible.
7 : Peak District: Post-Industrial House
After 15 years of saving and planning, ecologist Fred and communications manager Saffron Baker start building work on their new family home in a village in the Peak District. However, the couple face difficulties as the start of construction proves more a feat of civil engineering than a house build, and work comes to a halt when their self-build mortgage falls through.
8 : London: Minscule House
Design engineer Joe Stuart and service designer Lina Nilsson take on the London property market, as they build their own home on a miniscule 38 square metre plot. Joe designs a split level, six half-floor house that will cleverly maximise the space, but the project is soon runs months behind schedule, and thousands of pounds over their budget.
9 : Revisited – Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-Framed House
Following the work of Ed and Rowena Waghorn as they continue to build a handcrafted, five-bedroom house on an eight acre smallholding in Herefordshire, 10 years in the making. Progress on the build was slow as Ed decided to do most of the work himself, and after four years the house was still a shell. Now, years later, is it possible this house may finally become a medieval masterpiece?

Season 17 (2016)

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1 : Dursley: Gloucestershire Treehouse
Kevin McCloud follows plumber Jon Martin and ceramicist Noreen Jaafar as they transform a neglected half-acre site in Gloucestershire. However, they are unable to cut down the 27 protected trees on the plot, so their solution is to build a big, modern treehouse with stilts screwed into the earth and balconies that will have views for miles.
2 : Horsham: Fun House
Kevin McCloud follows Matt and Sophie White from Sussex as they build a giant family house of fun for themselves and their children. Going against the norm of designing a serious and practical home, the couple's property features a revolving bookcase door, secret dens, hiding places, one-way mirrors, and a fireman's pole. Matt uses a steel frame system to allow them to change the layout of the property, and other changes include amending the window shapes and sizes, and adding a half floor to create a James Bond room.
3 : South Cornwall: Steam Bending House
Kevin McCloud meets Tom and Danielle Raffield, whose lifelong passion has been steam-bending wood. They've used the technique to create extraordinary furniture and lighting, but now plan to use it on a larger scale. In an attempt to escape the confines of their tiny gamekeeper's lodge, they have decided to build a wavy wooden house in South Cornwall, completed with curved cladding, twisted furniture and interior walls covered with weathered timber. With a £100,000 budget, the pair have decided to do a lot of the building themselves, and Kevin is on hand to discover whether they're up to the challenge.
4 : Essex: Black House
Kevin McCloud meets Michelle Parsons, an artist and teacher who decided to seize the day and build her own private hideaway in a woodland environment in Essex after she recovered from a serious illness. Together with her architect husband David, Michelle planned to construct a sleek, black-clad, three bedroom house complete with an art studio. However, torrential rain and a potentially disastrous gas leak stalled progress on the build, and as construction gets under way, Kevin wonders whether the couple's decision to eliminate windows on two sides of the property may leave them living in a gloomy bunker.
5 : Bolton: Ultra-Modern House
Bolton-based bricklayer Paul Rimmer, who has spent his career restoring and renovating Victorian terrace houses, sets his sights on constructing a state-of-the-art home on a budget of £350,000. However, instead of using the construction materials he has spent the past 40 years mastering, he has opted to build his new home from wood. Roping in his wife Carol, daughter Abby and a selection of favoured workmates, Paul and his team begin work on the ultra-modern, five-bedroom build, and Kevin McCloud reveals how extreme weather, exhaustion, and rapidly dwindling funds place the entire project in jeopardy.
6 : Pembrokeshire: Low-Impact House
7 : Devon: Plough-Shaped House
8 : The Wirral: Floating Timber House
9 : Revisited – Somerset: Cow Shed

Season 16 (2015)

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1 : West Sussex: The Perfectionist's Bungalow
Kevin McCloud meets Clinton Dall from Sussex, a self-made businessman and father of four aiming to build one of the largest homes ever featured on the show. Dall wants the end project to be perfect - from the finish of his mirrored cruciform steel columns, to how the floor tiles line up with the dining room table, and is willing to spend whatever it takes to achieve his vision. However, the construction represents a huge risk, as down one road lies abject failure and financial ruin, while down the other, is the creation of something sublime and almost heroic.
2 : East Sussex: The Boat House
Boat enthusiast James Strangeways invites Kevin McCloud to survey progress on the construction of his new home, which his architect nephew Ben Hebblethwaite has designed to be as 'un-houselike' as possible. James has spent the past 35 years travelling the canals and waterways of Britain, and despite never liking houses, has decided now is the time to put down roots on dry land. Ben hoped a home standing on stilts above a marsh, and incorporating ship-like qualities such as a keel-shaped roof, will be enough to satisfy his boat-mad uncle. However, Ben's contractor goes into liquidation a few months into the project, taking pounds 87,000 of the pounds 300,000 budget, and when James decides to make a few tweaks to the design, alarm-bells begin to ring for the young architect.
3 : Isle of Wight: The Seaside House
After recovering from a life-threatening brain haemorrhage, Bram Vis, his wife Lisa and their two children want to build a house for sharing on a seaside plot on the Isle of Wight. Kevin McCloud follows the family's progress as they build an ambitious home complete with entertaining spaces and a swimming pool. However, the sheer scale of their project soon becomes clear when their original pounds 850k budget spirals out of control.
4 : Worcestershire: The Cave House
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of 37-year-old Angelo Mastropietro, as he transforms a damp, dark and abandoned cave in Worcestershire. Having recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Angelo wants to create a retreat to help him cope with the news and become a 21st century caveman. He has a budget of pounds 100,000 and plans to almost single-handedly carve, cut and drill into the hillside to make the cave comfortable for contemporary living. However, there is no manual for a project of this kind, and the unique challenge soon becomes an obsession.
5 : County Antrim: The Blacksmith's House
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of teacher Michele Long and architect Michael Howe, who want to restore and transform a 100-year-old blacksmiths in County Antrim near the coast of Northern Ireland. With virtually no practical experience, Michael wants to do as much of the project as possible by himself. However, the weather on the coastline is fierce, and the freezing weather coupled with a tight budget of 150k means the build is stretched from one to three years.
6 : Somerset: The Concrete Cow-Shed
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of private chef Ed Versluys and pilates instructor Vicky Anderson, who want to convert a concrete cowshed in the Somerset countryside into a three bedroom home. With the help of one young builder and the knowledge they can learn from the internet, the couple plan to project manage the conversion themselves. However, they have only eight months and a budget of just over pounds 200k to make a warm and comfortable home with straw bale walls and wide expanses of glass.
7 : Lewes: The Rusty Metal House
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Stephen Yeoman and Anita Findlay, who want to build a cutting-edge, post-industrial house covered in rusty metal. However, their prominent riverside plot in the traditional and architecturally conservative area of South Downs means everyone will be watching. The project proves to be a real rollercoaster when the fitting of the rusty steel cladding goes wrong, cash flow problems threaten to bring work to a halt, and the couple announce that a baby is on the way.
8 : Revisited – Marlow: The Floating House
9 : Revisited – Cornwall: The Cross-Laminated Timber House

Season 15 (2015)

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afleveringen 1 : Living in the City
Kevin McCloud presents the first of four special programmes inspired by 15 years of Grand Designs. He begins with a look at the challenges of self-building in the city, where space is at a premium and architects have to be at their most ingenious. Kevin uses footage from the best urban builds from the show over the years, meets pioneers at the forefront of the latest architectural thinking and looks at clever innovations that continue to transform people's lives to reveal which designs work best and why.
afleveringen 2 : Living in the Wild
In the second of four special programmes, Kevin McCloud looks at the challenges of self-building in the UK's most remote places, where beautiful landscapes often meet savage weather. Drawing on footage from 15 years of the programme, as well as new visits to extraordinary and incredible homes, Kevin reveals which designs work best, and why. Along the way, he interviews pioneers at the forefront of architecture in the wilderness and sees the astonishing lengths people go to live on the edges of society.
afleveringen 3 : Living in Suburbia
Kevin McCloud reveals how self-builders in the suburbs are transforming this most maligned of residential environments. He draws on some of the best examples from the 15-year history of Grand Designs, talks to experts in the latest architectural thinking and reveals the designs that have reinvented the suburbs as a place where home-owners really can have it all.
afleveringen 4 : Living in the Country
Kevin McCloud looks at the challenges of self-building in the countryside, where design must embrace and enhance tradition, yet often overcome stringent planning constraints. Drawing on footage from the show's 15-year history, as well as new visits to extraordinary homes, he finds out how pioneers at the forefront of architecture are transforming agricultural and historic buildings, and bringing cutting-edge contemporary design to rural parts.

Season 14 (2014)

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Season 12 (2012)

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afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
Aflevering 6
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
Aflevering 7
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
Aflevering 8
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
The Tree House: Revisited
afleveringen 9 : The Tree House: Revisited
Architectural designer Lincoln Miles and his wife found an uninspiring 70s bungalow on the Isle of Wight on a prime piece of land surrounded by unspoilt ancient woodland. Did their unconvential techniques and alternative materials pay off?
The Disco Home: Revisited
afleveringen 10 : The Disco Home: Revisited
In 2010 Claire Farrow and Ian Hogarth embarked on a wild journey to build the ultimate fun family home, right in the heart of London, including a dance floor, DJ booth and sauna.
The Large Timber-Framed Barn: Revisited
afleveringen 11 : The Large Timber-Framed Barn: Revisited
Freddie Robins and Ben Coode-Adams left their cramped two bedroom London flat and took on the conversion of a huge Grade II listed timber framed barn in the Essex countryside. Seven times the size of an average three bedroom house, turning this 500-year-old building into a home was a big project. A year after they finished the house, Kevin returns to discover how Ben and Freddy are adjusting to rural life.
The Co-Op: 2nd Revisiting
afleveringen 12 : The Co-Op: 2nd Revisiting
On the first series of `Grand Designs', a younger Kevin McCloud witnessed as a co-operative of ten families built their own homes on the edge of Brighton. Unpaid, they slogged away for over two years on this pioneering venture, based on designs from architect Walter Segal. A decade later, Kevin returns to see if the houses, and the families that built them, have stood the test of time, and finds himself genuinely inspired.

Season 11 (2011)

12 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 14/09/2011 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 11
Alle afleveringen weergeven 11 (12 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
Aflevering 2
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
Aflevering 3
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
Aflevering 4
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
Aflevering 5
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
Aflevering 6
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
Aflevering 7
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
Aflevering 8
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
Aflevering 9
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited
afleveringen 10 : The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited
Kevin revisits Denise and Bruno Del Tufo who six years ago set about transforming a concrete water tower in their back garden into an avant-garde contemporary home.
The Adaptahaus: Revisited
afleveringen 11 : The Adaptahaus: Revisited
Kevin McCloud revisits Alan and Judith Dawson in west Cumbria, where they began constructing a prefabricated home in 2009. They employed a method of building that should have allowed them to assemble the home in just 15 days on a budget of £300,000, and the presenter returns to find out whether they were successful.
The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited
afleveringen 12 : The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited
Kevin McCloud revisits a couple who took on the task of constructing a sustainable house in the Kent countryside. Mimi da Costa managed the project despite a lack of experience, while her husband worked, and intended to have it completed in 16 weeks. But as the build threatened to drag on for months it became unclear whether their home would succeed in blending in and providing them with a greener lifestyle.

Season 10 (2010)

14 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 15/09/2010 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 10
Alle afleveringen weergeven 10 (14 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
Aflevering 4
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
Aflevering 5
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
Aflevering 6
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
Aflevering 7
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
Aflevering 8
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
Aflevering 9
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
Aflevering 10
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
Aflevering 11
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
Aflevering 12
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12
The Water Tower: 2nd Revisiting
afleveringen 13 : The Water Tower: 2nd Revisiting
As one of `Grand Design's' first projects, Andrew Tate and Deborah Mills found a site with a monstrous, dilapidated, 100 foot tall water tower on it. Kevin went back to see Andrew and Deborah three years after they had moved into their contemporary extension, but they had still made no progress on the water tower, and were living with minimal bedroom space. Kevin returns again to see how they've fared.
The Lime Kiln House: Revisited
afleveringen 14 : The Lime Kiln House: Revisited
When Pru and Richard Irvine came across a plot of land in the middle of the breathtakingly beautiful Midlothian countryside, they seized the opportunity to build on it a bespoke family home. However, the plot, an old industrial site complete with lime kilns, came with a condition. They could only build on it if they become custodians of the kilns, and more importantly, that the house they built blended in to its setting.

Season 9 (2009)

13 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 28/01/2009 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 9
Alle afleveringen weergeven 9 (13 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12
afleveringen 13 : Aflevering 13

Season 8 (2008)

12 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 16/01/2008 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 8
Alle afleveringen weergeven 8 (12 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12

Season 7 (2007)

13 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 28/02/2007 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 7
Alle afleveringen weergeven 7 (13 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 5 : The Eco-House: Revisited
Kevin revisits Andrew and Lowri Davies who embarked on a project to build an environmentally friendly farmhouse in rural Wales. Encouraged by their architect, they opt for some state-of-the-art experimental building materials; but do their builders know how to use them? As the budget spirals out of control, they find it increasingly difficult to balance the budget with their desire for a sustainable home.
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12

Season 6 (2006)

12 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 04/05/2006 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 6
Alle afleveringen weergeven 6 (12 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 6 : Revisited: 300 Year Old Chalet
Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree. Nicky was raised in France, James in Beirut – both have fond memories of the mountains as children. It was natural for them to one day look to buy a place amongst France's tallest peaks, the Alps. The journey moving the family, including their two young sons, Fabian and Felix, from South London to a renovated 300-year-old farmhouse in Les Gets was to have its ups and downs. It was never meant to be a permanent move. The original plan was to develop the top two floors of the chalet so the family could spend the summer there, overseeing the completion of the bottom floors. They would then be able to rent out the whole chalet in the winter months. The family were only planning to use their new home for the summer seasons.
afleveringen 7 : Garden House aka Mies van der Rohe Inspired House
Christine Benjamin and her husband Peter currently live in an Edwardian manor house called Medland Manor. Approaching their 60s, the manor is getting to be too large for them, so they’ve decided to build themselves something smaller. Despite the manor’s traditional style, Peter and Christine felt strongly that their new building should embrace modern design whilst remaining sensitive to its site. They came up with a house that is part traditional timber frame cottage, part modern glass pavilion.
afleveringen 7 : Garden House aka Mies van der Rohe Inspired House
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Revisited: The Curved House
Anjana and David Devoy started building a contemporary home that curved around a protected chestnut tree in their garden. Kevin McCloud returns to see if their plan worked.
afleveringen 8 : Revisited: The Curved House

Season 5 (2005)

15 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 13/04/2005 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 5
Alle afleveringen weergeven 5 (15 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 1 : Revisited - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
Kevin returns to see whether the couple's solo attempts to transform a wreck of an old stone building in Leith, with no previous building experience, has been successful.
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 5 : Revisited - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion
afleveringen 6 : Revisited - Waterloo: The Violin Factory
Louise and Milko wanted to build the home of a lifetime. Milko's job as a well-paid City banker meant they could think big, so Louise set up her own architectural practice and they bought a disused violin factory in the heart of London's Waterloo. The crumbling building was hemmed in on all sides and had no views, but Louise had a vision of a spectacular loft-style home that would combine stunning design with utter luxury
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 8 : Revisited - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage
Kevin returns to see how Ben Law's woodsman's cottage has changed. The house has bedded down into its landscaped kitchen garden and his life has changed in unexpected ways.
afleveringen 8 : Revisited - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10

Season 4 (2004)

14 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 21/01/2004 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 4
Alle afleveringen weergeven 4 (14 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 3 : Revisited - Buckinghamshire: The Inverted-Roof House
In November 2001, Tom and Judy demolished a bungalow and started building an infinitely more ambitious house. Designed on different levels, with glass walls and exposed steelwork, it was to be a miraculous piece of engineering, giving the couple and their two young children a beautiful, technologically advanced home. Tom appointed himself project manager—a job that proved to be more challenging than he had expected. Grand Designs 3 followed the first 16 months of the build. As Grand Designs 4 goes on air, how close is it to completion?
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 6 : Sussex: The Modernist Sugar Cube
Tom and Darron wanted to build a house that would be home to them, their art collection and their two large dogs. Darron's passion for surfing meant it would also have to be near a beach. They already shared a timber beach house in a hamlet on the Sussex coast, and when a neighbour's bungalow came up for sale, they decided to buy it, demolish it and build a dazzling white modernist house in its place.
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12

Season 3 (2003)

15 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 02/12/2003 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 3
Alle afleveringen weergeven 3 (15 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12
afleveringen 13 : Aflevering 13
afleveringen 14 : Aflevering 14
afleveringen 15 : Aflevering 15

Season 2 (2001)

17 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 17/07/2001 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 2
Alle afleveringen weergeven 2 (17 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 9 : Doncaster: Revisited
Kevin travels back to Doncaster to catch up with self-builders Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood and their futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.
afleveringen 10 : Birmingham: Revisited
Kevin McCloud revisits an innovative housing scheme in Birmingham. Just over two years ago a group of 11 men and women agreed to build, not just their own, but each other's homes.
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 11 : Wales: Revisited
Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Corrina, who decided their first home was to be a 300-year-old ruin. The former cottage is set in the inhospitable climate of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12
afleveringen 13 : Amersham: Revisited
Kevin is in Amersham to update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andrew. Their venture involved designing an 'invisible' house that blended in with the surrounding reservoirs.
afleveringen 14 : Devon: Revisited
Kevin travels to the beautiful setting of south Devon to revisit Sue and Martin, whose dream was to create a family home using old English building techniques

Season 1 (1999)

17 afleveringen  | Uitzendingen : 29/04/1999 British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Alle afleveringen weergeven 1
Alle afleveringen weergeven 1 (17 afleveringen)
afleveringen 1 : Aflevering 1
afleveringen 2 : Aflevering 2
afleveringen 3 : Aflevering 3
afleveringen 4 : Aflevering 4
afleveringen 5 : Aflevering 5
afleveringen 6 : Aflevering 6
afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7
afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8
afleveringen 9 : Aflevering 9
afleveringen 10 : Aflevering 10
afleveringen 11 : Aflevering 11
afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12
afleveringen 13 : Aflevering 13
afleveringen 14 : Aflevering 14
afleveringen 15 : Aflevering 15
afleveringen 16 : Aflevering 16
afleveringen 17 : Aflevering 17

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