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 2024. A total of 72 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2024.
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Natasha Cargill wants to build a home shaped like two enormous periscopes near Norwich. But a limited budget and tight planning restrictions start to take their toll.
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1:05:00Can Jon and Noreen build a house 40 feet up in the trees? They can, but it's not a thing you can do with ease. #NationalPoetryDay
Series 25
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1:00:00In 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?
Series 15 1:05:00
1:05:00In Northern Ireland, young farmer and architect Patrick hopes to make a home out of four large shipping containers welded together to form a giant cross. But his budget is under threat.
1:05:00Rebecca and Gregory have a highly ambitious plan to transform a small, damp, single-storey bungalow in Cornwall into a cutting-edge home, and are determined to do much of it by themselves.
1:05:00Chris and Kayo build an intricate, radical and complicated home on protected land close to one of Britain's most historic abbeys. But do they actually like what they've built?
1:05:00Architect Ben Hebblethwaite builds a nautically styled home that floats on stilts for his boat-loving uncle James Strangeways. But a contractor problem puts the entire project at risk.
1:05:00Andy and Nicki Bruce try to build an experimental flood-proof, floating house on an island in the River Thames. But building such a complex design on a site with limited access isn't easy.
Series 22 1:00:00
1:00:00Kevin McCloud returns to follow more ambitious self-builds. Can Zahid and Ferzana transform an old coastguard station on an exposed East Yorkshire headland into a three-storey glass box?
Series 15 1:05:00
1:05:00After recovering from a brain haemorrhage, Bram Vis and his wife Lisa want to build a beautiful, cutting-edge family house on the Isle of Wight. But the budget starts to spiral...
Series 13 1:05:00
1:05:00Kevin McCloud meets Martin and Kae Walker, who want to build the ultimate family home near York, inspired by a giant farm shed and featuring an ingenious 'mothership' for good parenting.
1:05:00Identical twins Nik and Jon are building near-identical houses in Sheffield. Raised on steel stilts, these two extraordinary properties pay tribute to the city's industrial past.
Series 21 1:05:00
1:05:00Kevin McCloud introduces his final favourite build to celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs. Can Colin and Adele overcome financial ruin to build their eye-popping glass home in Manchester?
Series 23 1:05:00
1:05:00Kevin McCloud picks his penultimate favourite build to celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs. Did Edward and Hazel avoid bankruptcy and complete their lighthouse on the north Devon coast?
Series 22 1:05:00
1:05:00To celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud picks another favourite build: his revisit to Adrian and Megan's nightmare of a build to find out what concrete bunker living was like.
Series 19 1:05:00
1:05:00To celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud introduces another of his favourite builds: Colin and Marta's incredible metal home inspired by aircraft hangars on their own airfield.
Series 11 1:05:00
1:05:00Kevin McCloud introduces another favourite build to celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs. At 10 years in the making, is Ed and Rowena's handcrafted wood and clay house finally finished?
1:05:00Which build will Kevin pick today as his favourite, to celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs...? The one where Richard and Sophie built their dream eco-house and sustainable life in Kent.
Series 9 1:05:00
1:05:00To celebrate 25 years of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud introduces a gem from the archive: when he revisited engineering whiz Monty and Clare's extraordinary experimental home in Peckham.
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Corinne 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...