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Grand Designs

Grand Designs
★ 7.2/10•1999•47m•TV-PG•Documentary•Reality
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British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime47m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 29, 1999

Episodes

E145m

The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex

A couple in Newhaven face a race against time as they build their dream home on windswept cliff-top site in time for the birth of their baby.

Apr 29, 1999

E245m

The English Barn, Oxfordshire

Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!

May 6, 1999

E345m

The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.

May 13, 1999

E445m

The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

May 20, 1999

E545m

The Eco-House, Suffolk

A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.

Jun 3, 1999

E645m

The Chapel, Cornwall

Kevin McCloud travels to Cornwall to visit Gavin Allen and Jane Fitzsimons, who are trying to convert a chapel into a home and a teleworking office for Jane.

Jun 10, 1999

E745m

The House of Straw, Islington, North London

Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

Jun 17, 1999

E845m

The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster

Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.

Jun 24, 1999

Actors

Kevin McCloud

Kevin McCloud

Self - Host

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