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Grand Designs Abroad

Grand Designs Abroad

★ 6.3/10•2004•45m•G•Documentary
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Kevin McCloud presents Grand Designs Abroad. The stakes are higher, the risks are multiplied, and the ambition - to build your dream home in the perfect European location - is greater than ever.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 1, 2004

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1 (Malaga)E145m

Episode 1 (Malaga)

Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.

Mar 1, 2004

Episode 2 - Episode 2 (Lot)E245m

Episode 2 (Lot)

Kevin travels to the Lot region of France to meet the Sampson family as they prepare to embark on the construction of a hugely ambitious, open, wooden-framed house.

Mar 8, 2004

E345m

Episode 3 (Puglia)

Kevin follows a couple of artists who have moved to the beautiful region of Puglia. Their dream is to turn a derelict olive farm into a home and a summer school for artists.

Mar 15, 2004

E445m

Episode 4 (Creuse)

Kevin visits a couple who have given up everything in the UK to start a new life in a remote part of central France called the Creuse.

Mar 22, 2004

E545m

Episode 5 (Ireland)

Kevin travels to the romantic west coast of Ireland where architect Andrew Lohan is embarking on the conversion of a ruined 150-year-old church into the perfect home.

Mar 29, 2004

E645m

Episode 6 (Tuscany)

Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.

Apr 5, 2004

E745m

Episode 7 (Les Gets)

Kevin travels to a ski resort in the French Alps where English couple Nicky and James Dobree are turning a 300-year-old farmhouse into an luxurious eight-bedroomed chalet.

Apr 12, 2004

E845m

Episode 8 (Alicante)

Kevin McCloud travels to Spain to meet a family who have moved lock, stock and barrel from London to start a new life in Alicante on a lovely block by a lake.

Apr 19, 2004

Episode 9 - Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor HouseE945m

Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House

Kevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th century manor house in Creuse, France.

May 3, 2006

Episode 10 - Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old ChaletE1045m

Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old Chalet

Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les Gets, France.

May 10, 2006

Episode 11 - Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany CastleE1145m

Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany Castle

Kevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating a castle in Tuscany.

May 9, 2007

Episode 12 - Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' RetreatE1245m

Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' Retreat

Kevin McCloud revisits artists David Westby and Leonie Whitton three years after they bought an olive farm in the Puglia region of Italy and planned to convert it into a home on a budget of £25,000.

Feb 27, 2008

Episode 13 - Revisited: Lot, France: House From StrawE1345m

Revisited: Lot, France: House From Straw

Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.

Dec 1, 2010

E1445m

Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa

Ten years ago Gil and Hillary Briffa decided to retire to southern Spain, where they planned to build a contemporary home in the Andalusian hills against the backdrop of more traditional properties. A few years ago, Gil died, but now Kevin McCloud revisits Hillary to find out whether her residence has settled into its landscape and how life is treating her as a British widow living abroad.

Nov 6, 2013

Actors

Kevin McCloud

Kevin McCloud

Himself - Presenter

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