Grand Designs

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

Documentary

Grand Designs

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

Documentary

Created By
First Aired on: Apr 29, 1999
Popularity: 41.2491: 51 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: Talkback (GB)
Status: Returning Series: In Production

Seasons & episodes

Total 26 seasons, 245 episodes

Specials

Over many series of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud has seen the vision and commitment of couples culminate in the creation of their ideal home. From houses made made of straw bales and built in 6 days, to one embedded into its wooded landscape and another integrated with a landmark water tower, the projects have been unique, incredibly ambitious and ultimately inspirational. But have they stood the test of time? And did they fulfil the promises and dreams their owners had strived so relentlessly for? By request, this DVD revisits 8 projects, some ten years on, to answer those key questions.

Aired 22 years ago

17 Episodes

Episode 1Revisited - Sunderland: The Former Electricity Sub-Station45 min
When Kevin met Anne and Richard in 2000, they were about to embark on the ambitious task of converting a disused electricity substation in Sunderland into a family home. (from Grand Designs Indoors)
Episode 2Revisited - Tuscany: The Tuscan Castle45 min
Kevin McCloud revisits Janne and Howard and their ongoing conversion of a derelict 1,000-year-old castle in Tuscany. (from Grand Designs Abroad)
Episode 3Revisited - Puglia: Masseria Impisi, An Artists Retreat45 min
Puglia, in Italy?s deep south, where the country's heel rounds to the foot?s arch, is a land of shimmering heat, olive groves and artists? dreams. It is also the place where artists, like David Westby and Leone (Leo) Witton, became hard-working artisans to turn a derelict olive farm into a Roman country estate ? despite the worst obstructions of Italian bureaucracy and with very little money. (from Grand Designs Abroad)
Episode 4Revisited - Lot: House From Straw45 min
Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family in France. (from Grand Designs Abroad)
Episode 5The Great British Property Scandal Special: Kevin's Grand Design Part 145 min
This special episode follows Kevin as he begins on an epic adventure to create his very own Grand Design.