Grand Designs
Grand Designs is a living & home improvement program on 4seven. Presenter Kevin McCloud follows some of Britain's most ambitious self-building projects, as intrepid individuals attempt to design and construct the home of their dreams. The popular program has been available since 2022. A total of 237 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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In south west London, Elinor and Born plan to build Britain's first hypoallergenic house, to alleviate their two young sons' life-threatening allergies, in a race against time.
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1:05:00In south west London, Kevin McCloud meets Justin, who's restoring a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge and converting its toilet into a luxury ground-floor extension with a moat and pool.
Series 22
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1:00:00Kevin McCloud meets more ambitious self-builders. Rosa and Craig want to live in a steam railway reservoir in the Wye Valley. But their ambitious plans face multiple challenges.
Series 18 1:05:00
1:05:00Design engineer Mark, who has paralysis from the waist down, plans to build a cutting-edge, accessible family home for £600k. But it's a huge emotional strain for him and his wife Penny.
1:05:00In south east London, Beth and Andrew rescue a crumbling Victorian dairy, hoping to turn it into a shabby chic family home fit for modern life. But is the building too derelict?
1:05:00Corinne plans to build a beautifully crafted, wedge-shaped home on a sliver of garden down the side of the house she's lived in for 24 years. But it sits in a strict conservation area...
55:00Adrian and Megan plan to build a concrete home in Sussex. No carpets, no plaster - just concrete, inside and out. And with cutting-edge technology that's never been used for houses before.
1:05:00Young architect and shed fanatic Micah Jones plans to turn a dilapidated agricultural building into an upside-down four-bedroom home in County Down's rolling countryside.
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1:05:00Stuart and Rosie turn their 1960s bungalow on the Wirral into a slick piece of 21st-century architecture. But what will the neighbours make of their ultra-modern wooden design?
1:05:00Fred and Saffron build a family home on a steep slope in the Peak District, with the top floor in plain sight and two post-industrial-style floors buried into the thick limestone below.
1:05:00Joe and Lina are fed up with renting but can't afford to buy. So they're building their own clever, space-saving two-bedroom home for £160,000, on a tiny plot in east London.
1:05:00Paul and Amy Wilkinson build a lakeside home in Lincolnshire with five circular timber buildings linked by raised walkways. But Paul's health suffers as he struggles to finish it in a year.
1:05:00Despite a lack of experience, former RAF pilot Jon project manages the construction of a three-storey upside-down home clinging to a steep slope in the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire.
1:05:00Steph and her husband Alex plan to build a contemporary farmhouse on Steph's grandfather's old farmland. But a lack of money leads to a long spell in a caravan and a total redesign...
1:05:00Edward and Hazel plan to build a shining white art deco lighthouse on a rugged but beautiful clifftop in north Devon. But almost immediately, their wildly optimistic plan runs into trouble.
1:05:00Architect David Parsons has designed a sleek, black-clad house hidden away in an idyllic Essex woodland. But will having no windows on two sides make this dream home into a bunker?
Series 16 1:05:00
1:05:00Using footage from the best suburban Grand Designs builds, and interviews with architectural experts, Kevin McCloud reveals the designs that have reinvented the suburbs.
1:05:00...Country: Kevin McCloud explores the challenges of self-building in the great British countryside, meeting the pioneers transforming rural buildings with cutting-edge designs.
1:05:00Matt and Sophie want to break the mould by building a family house of fun, featuring secret dens, a firefighter's pole and a James Bond room. Just what will this house look like in the end?
1:05:00In north London, Mark and Penny seek to blend period and cutting-edge architecture as they restore a derelict Victorian gatehouse on a steep hill, and add a giant black zinc-clad extension.