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Grand DesignsIn Devon, Mark and Candida are building a timber-clad house in the shape of a plough. It includes a huge, complex, curvy roof, a timber frame and a working barn made of steel and Devon cob. [AD,S]Tue, Oct 15, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn West Yorkshire's rolling hills, Kara and Jonny build a striking stone and zinc home. The challenges come in thick and fast, but can they can pull it off and redefine accessible design? [AD,S]Wed, Oct 16, 2:25 am4seven65 mins
Grand DesignsTom and Danielle use their steam-bending skills to build a wavy wooden house full of twisty furniture in Cornwall. But with a relatively modest budget, have they taken on too much? [AD,S]Thu, Oct 17, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsTony and Ara want to create a house of healing dedicated to health and wellbeing, on a beautiful woodland clearing near Henley-on-Thames. But the site is fraught with emotional landmines... [AD,S]Fri, Oct 18, 1:30 am4seven65 mins
Grand DesignsAngelo Mastropietro plans to spend £100,000 to almost single-handedly build himself a 21st-century cave in a damp, dark, abandoned space in Worcestershire. Can it be done? [AD,S]Fri, Oct 18, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsTony and Ara want to create a house of healing dedicated to health and wellbeing, on a beautiful woodland clearing near Henley-on-Thames. But the site is fraught with emotional landmines... [AD,S]Fri, Oct 18, 9:00 pm4seven60 mins
Grand DesignsTony and Ara want to create a house of healing dedicated to health and wellbeing, on a beautiful woodland clearing near Henley-on-Thames. But the site is fraught with emotional landmines... [AD,S]Sat, Oct 19, 9:00 pm4seven60 mins
Grand DesignsTony and Ara want to create a house of healing dedicated to health and wellbeing, on a beautiful woodland clearing near Henley-on-Thames. But the site is fraught with emotional landmines... [AD,S]Sun, Oct 20, 8:00 pm4seven60 mins
Grand DesignsIn 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. [AD,S]Mon, Oct 21, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsMatt 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? [AD,S]Tue, Oct 22, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins

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Grand DesignsKevin McCloud meets Clinton from West Sussex, who's willing to spend whatever it takes to build one of the largest homes ever to feature on Grand Designs. [AD,S]Mon, Oct 14, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsPaul Rimmer has worked with bricks for 40 years, renovating Victorian houses in Bolton. But now he plans to hand-build his own state-of-the-art wooden home - if his funding holds up. [AD,S]Fri, Oct 11, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsRichard and Felicia set out to turn a vast underground water reservoir near the Humber Estuary into a family home - an almighty feat of engineering. Then a life-threatening illness strikes. [AD,S]Thu, Oct 10, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsNatasha 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. [AD,S]Fri, Oct 4, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsCan 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 [AD,S,W]Thu, Oct 3, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn 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. [AD,S]Wed, Oct 2, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsRebecca 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. [AD,S]Tue, Oct 1, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsChris 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? [AD,S]Mon, Sept 30, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsArchitect 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. [AD,S]Fri, Sept 27, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsAndy 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. [AD,S]Thu, Sept 26, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin 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. [AD,S]Tue, Sept 24, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud visits Stephen and Anita's cutting-edge, bright-orange building project on the South Downs. Do they have enough money? And what will the neighbours think? [AD,S]Wed, Aug 28, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn rural Wales, Tamayo and Nigel Hussey want to build a Japanese house complete with roof bath, tatami room and sliding paper walls. But will their lack of detailed drawings cause problems? [AD,S]Tue, Aug 27, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsRob and Kay want to build an architectural monument high on a cliff top in north Wales. But this sleek glass-fronted clifftop villa represents the biggest gamble of their lives. [AD,S]Mon, Aug 26, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsYoung couple Ben and Rachel decide to turn an average 1950s house in south London into a modernist masterpiece. But will it get past the local planning department? [AD,S]Fri, Aug 23, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsMichele and Michael want to transform a derelict 100-year-old blacksmith's in County Antrim on a tiny budget and by hand. But the odds and the weather are stacked against them. [AD,S]Thu, Aug 22, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsWith only £500 in the bank, Simon and Jasmine plan to build a three-bed Grand Design on a hill in rural Pembrokeshire and become self-sufficient within five years. Is it really possible? [AD,S]Tue, Aug 20, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsTracy and Steve Fox want to build an 'urban shed' out of industrial materials in an old milk yard in south east London. But their choice of unorthodox materials proves challenging. [AD,S]Mon, Aug 19, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsConfirmed city dwellers Michael Butcher and Phil Palmer have moved to the country to run a farm, start a microbrewery and create a vast, dramatic 21st-century farmhouse to live in. [AD,S]Mon, Aug 12, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn Devon's stunning Blackdown Hills, engineer Stephen and horticulturalist Elizabeth build one of the most ambitious homes ever seen on Grand Designs, taking inspiration from a shell. [AD,S]Fri, Aug 9, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsGeoff's selling up in Spain to build a flood-resistant architectural marvel on a flood plain on the Essex coast. Will he sink or swim when Covid hits and Spain's property market collapses? [S,W]Wed, Aug 7, 9:00 pmMore 460 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud meets flying instructor Colin Mackinnon and trapeze artist Marta Briongos, who are building an incredible metal home next to their very own airfield in Scotland. [AD,S]Tue, Aug 6, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud returns to Devon to see Kevin McCabe, who wanted to build one of the biggest ever houses on Grand Designs - out of mud. Seven years after it began, the cob castle is complete. [AD,S]Mon, Aug 5, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud returns to Somerset to catch up with Ed and Vicky and find out the latest on their off-grid cowshed conversion, which they turned into a home and business space. [AD,S]Fri, Aug 2, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud returns to north Cornwall, to catch up with one of his favourite Grand Designs: Rebecca and Gregory's radical, experimental timber refurb of an old bungalow. [AD,S]Thu, Aug 1, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud returns to one of the most ambitious Grand Designs ever: a million-pound amphibious house on the Thames. Now that it's finished, does it actually float? [AD,S]Tue, Jul 30, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud meets Kevin McCabe, an exponent of the ancient art of cob building, who wants to construct a castle entirely of mud. The huge scale of the task soon becomes clear. [AD,S]Fri, Jul 19, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsJonathan and Deborah are building a semi-subterranean, Hollywood Hills-style mansion with a swimming pool on a hemmed-in site in north London. But what will the neighbours think? [AD,S]Thu, Jul 18, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsOn the Isle of Skye, one of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain, Rebecca and Indi are building a turf-roofed contemporary home to withstand gale-force winds and some sceptical locals. [AD,S]Tue, Jul 16, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsThis episode follows actor Sean Simons' epic bid to turn castle ruins in Ireland into a spectacular fantasy home the hard way: with no architect and in the middle of a recession. [AD,S]Mon, Jul 15, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn 2019, Olaf and Fritha set out to build on a tricky slice of land in West Sussex, boxed in by an A-road and a train line. Kevin returns to see how their triangular triumph is faring. [AD,S]Fri, Jul 12, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn 2013, Jon and Noreen started building a giant treehouse in Gloucestershire. By 2016, the money ran out. Are they finally living up in the trees? [AD,S]Thu, Jul 11, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn 2015, Vicky and Ed set out to transform a derelict Somerset cowshed into a 21st-century smallholding. Now Kevin returns. How much did this wildly ambitious project change their lives? [AD,S]Tue, Jul 9, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKate and Rob replace their 1940s past-it prefab with a bespoke, modern, factory-built home using volumetric modular construction. But will it feel like the characterful home they dream of? [AD,S]Mon, Jul 8, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn 2011, Edward and Hazel set out to build a lighthouse on the north Devon coast. By 2019, they were near bankruptcy with just a rusting shell. Three years on, has anything has changed? [AD,S]Fri, Jul 5, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsZimbabwean-born Davi and Matt from Australia set out to build a house in Home Counties suburbia with a radical multicultural design. Can they successfully balance a wide range of looks? [AD,S]Thu, Jul 4, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn Derbyshire, Mike and Sarah set out to build a multigenerational longhouse. But with a complicated roof, a shortage of materials and an unexpected bereavement, it proves far from easy... [AD,S]Tue, Jul 2, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsRetired racehorse breeder John builds a million-pound, high-tech, accessible glass pavilion with a wildlife garden for him and his wife Helen, whose mobility was badly affected by a stroke. [AD,S]Mon, Jul 1, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIn the longest revisit in Grand Designs history, Kevin McCloud returns to Devon to see if Sue and Martin's renovation of two ancient barns has finally come to fruition, two decades on. [AD,S]Fri, Jun 28, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsKevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Megan, whose dream home in East Sussex became a nightmare. With the house now fully complete, what is living in a cutting-edge concrete bunker really like? [AD,S]Thu, Jun 27, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsGretta plans to build a Malaysian-inspired pavilion, designed by her nephew, on her sister and brother-in-law's land in Ely. Will this family affair and story of renewal end in harmony? [AD,S]Tue, Jun 25, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsIain and Jenny build an enormous black minimalist rectangular building in the middle of a 19th-century country estate in the dramatic Scottish countryside. What will the neighbours say? [AD,S]Mon, Jun 24, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsHave Paul and Carol finally finished their fortress-like home on the edge of the wild West Pennine Moors, several years after they ran out of money and time? [AD,S,W]Fri, Jun 21, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsNathan and Amye are building a giant cathedral-like home modelled on Dutch barn houses, with a sleek twist and a 5000-tile armadillo roof. But the pressure mounts on project manager Nathan. [AD,S]Thu, Jun 20, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsGreg and Georgie plan to convert a cavernous, dilapidated, 35-year-old barn in Georgie's parents' garden in Kent into a peaceful safe haven. But costs start to spiral almost immediately. [AD,S]Tue, Jun 18, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsCan Leigh and Richard transform a derelict 17th-century Cornish flour mill, full of rotten timbers and riddled with structural cracks, into a warm, contemporary four-storey home? [AD,S]Mon, Jun 17, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsRebecca 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. [AD,S,W]Fri, Jun 14, 9:00 pmMore 460 mins
Grand DesignsMaster carpenter Olaf faces the biggest challenge of his career: creating an oasis for himself and his partner Fritha on a sliver of land in Sussex squeezed between a railway and an A-road. [AD,S,W]Fri, Jun 14, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsCan Colin and Adele overcome contractor issues and financial ruin to build their eye-popping curved glass home in south Manchester? [AD,S]Thu, Jun 13, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins
Grand DesignsWhile recovering from leukaemia, Toby planned a radical new home - wrapped around an ancient oak tree - to improve his health and provide for his family. But building it isn't easy. [AD,S]Tue, Jun 11, 7:55 pmMore 465 mins

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