Kevin McCloud
Host
Grand Designs (1999)
Season 1
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Released April 29, 1999
Episode 45 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.house, tmdb.architecture, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.home-makeover-reality-tv, imdb.lifestyle, imdb.docuseries-documentary, imdb.lifestyle-reality-tv + 2 more, imdb.two-word-title, tmdb.appreciative
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Production Companies: Talkback Productions
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven
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.
April 29, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - The English Barn, Berkshire
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, midnight
S1E3 - 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, midnight
S1E4 - 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, midnight
S1E5 - The Eco-House, Suffolk
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
June 3, 1999, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
June 10, 1999, midnight
S1E7 - The House of Straw, Islington
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
June 17, 1999, midnight
S1E8 - The Glass-House, 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.
June 24, 1999, midnight
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Channel 4
45 min/ep
11340 min
April 29, 1999
Nov. 12, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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