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Snapshots
| Grand Designs | Ordering a factory-built house was a no-brainer for manufacturing maestro Pete. But, in true self-building style, even a near-finished project brings challenges like a bat out of hell. [AD,S] | Wed, May 6, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Kevin 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] | Sat, May 2, 1:40 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Jonathan 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] | Sat, May 2, 12:35 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Does good architecture have the power to heal? Kevin revisits Elinor and Born, who in 2017 built a clean-aired, hypoallergenic house, motivated by their two sons' extreme allergies. [AD,S] | Wed, Apr 29, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | On 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] | Sat, Apr 25, 2:35 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | This 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] | Sat, Apr 25, 1:35 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Armed with £100k and nothing but determination and forest timber, Marcus and Abi defy convention by building an off-grid home with no detailed plans in 20 acres of Pembrokeshire woodland. [AD,S] | Wed, Apr 22, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Adam and Tassy convert a 20-metre-high Northamptonshire water tower into a fun family home with curved walls, slides, secret rooms, a firefighter's pole, a swimming pool and a sky garden. [AD,S] | Wed, Apr 15, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Piers and Emma build the first new listed castle in the UK for 100 years, complete with a moat and futuristic tech. It's the biggest ever Grand Design, so is even their £2m budget enough? [AD,S] | Wed, Apr 8, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | In 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? [AD,S] | Wed, Apr 1, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | In 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 pull it off and redefine accessible design? [AD,S] | Wed, Mar 25, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Can Leigh and Richard transform a derelict 17th-century Cornish flour mill, which is full of rotten timbers and riddled with structural cracks, into a warm, contemporary four-storey home? [AD,S] | Fri, Mar 20, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Can Colin and Adele overcome contractor issues and financial ruin to build their eye-popping curved glass home in south Manchester? [AD,S] | Thu, Mar 19, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Can Zahid and Ferzana transform an old coastguard station on an exposed East Yorkshire headland into a bold, three-storey glass box of a family home? [AD,S] | Wed, Mar 18, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | While 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] | Wed, Mar 18, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Geoff'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? [AD,S] | Tue, Mar 17, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Dan and Nina want to build a unique family home, but their plot is dominated by a pond filled with local drainage. Will their West Sussex house be sublime and sleek or a Shrek-like swamp? [AD,S] | Mon, Mar 16, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | In 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, Mar 13, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Graeme and Melanie want their new home in Hackney to celebrate their blended family. But squeezing the bright red-clad house onto their tiny garage plot proves a huge challenge. [AD,S] | Thu, Mar 12, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Devoted dad Danny builds a sustainable but affordable stilted house up among the trees in his garden. But with no self-build experience and spiralling costs, can he do it on ambition alone? [AD,S] | Wed, Mar 11, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Zimbabwean-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] | Wed, Mar 11, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | In 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] | Mon, Mar 9, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Retired 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] | Thu, Mar 5, 8:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Duncan and Liz build a revolutionary Passivhaus Premium powerhouse of a home in the Cotswolds. But with a spiralling schedule and lonesome living, will it all be worth it in the end? [AD,S] | Wed, Mar 4, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Furniture maker Lucinda wants to construct a beautifully crafted, two-storey, highly-insulated timber home in woodland in South Herefordshire... without using heavy machinery. [AD,S] | Wed, Mar 4, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Master 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] | Mon, Mar 2, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Rosa and Craig want to live in a steam railway reservoir in the Wye Valley. But their ambitious plans face multiple challenges. [AD,S] | Fri, Jan 2, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | In 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, Jan 2, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Tony 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] | Thu, Jan 1, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Jon and Noreen dreamt of living in a giant treehouse in Gloucestershire. But three years into the build, the money ran out. Are they finally living up in the trees? [AD,S] | Thu, Jan 1, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | 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... [AD,S] | Wed, Dec 31, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | In south west London, Elinor and Born plan to build Britain's first hypoallergenic house, to alleviate their two young sons' life-threatening allergies, in a race against time. [AD,S] | Wed, Dec 31, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Adrian and Megan plan to build a concrete home in Sussex. No carpets, no plaster - just concrete, inside and out. And with cutting-edge technology that's never been used for houses before. [AD,S] | Tue, Dec 30, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | In south west London, Kevin McCloud meets Justin, who's restoring a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge and converting its toilet into a luxury ground-floor extension with a moat and pool. [AD,S] | Tue, Dec 30, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Young architect and shed fanatic Micah Jones plans to turn a dilapidated agricultural building into an upside-down four-bedroom home in County Down's rolling countryside. [AD,S] | Mon, Dec 29, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Design engineer Mark, who has paralysis from the waist down, plans to build a cutting-edge, accessible family home for £600k. But it's a huge emotional strain for him and his wife Penny. [AD,S] | Mon, Dec 29, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Kate 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] | Sun, Dec 28, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud revisits Strathaven in Scotland, where flying instructor Colin and trapeze enthusiast Marta built an incredible metal home inspired by aircraft hangars on their own airfield. [AD,S] | Sun, Dec 28, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | In south east London, Beth and Andrew rescue a crumbling Victorian dairy, hoping to turn it into a shabby chic family home fit for modern life. But is the building too derelict? [AD,S] | Sat, Dec 27, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Cumbrian couple Rob and Ruth plan to transform a 200-year-old former blacking mill of historic importance into a new-build hybrid. But can they conserve its original atmospheric magic? [AD,S] | Sat, Dec 27, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Andy and Jeanette attempt a precarious clifftop build on the west coast of Scotland. There are battles with extreme weather, overrun budgets, an emotional shock and a last-minute change. [AD,S] | Fri, Dec 26, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | In Devon, Joe and Claire hope to create 'one of the greatest homes on the planet' that looks like a huge work of art. But from the start, the expensive build faces mind-boggling problems. [AD,S] | Fri, Dec 26, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Energy conservationist Andrew plans to build a radical, self-heating home by storing the warmth of the summer sun in insulated earth banks. But will this gigantic thermal experiment work? [AD,S] | Tue, Dec 23, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Harry and Briony are relocating to Cornwall and building an American modernist house inspired by 1980s teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. But it's a huge and challenging project. [AD,S] | Tue, Dec 23, 6:55 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | Ship's captain Dorran promised his family he'd build a super-modern underground lair on a hill outside Canterbury. But as the epic build hits choppy waters, will Dorran fulfil their dream? [AD,S] | Mon, Dec 22, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud meets Jaime and his wife Mimi, who are converting a listed mini castle in Buckinghamshire into a family home. But will their wildly optimistic schedule be a problem? [AD,S] | Fri, Dec 19, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Kathryn, who's lived on the same London street for 60 years, is building a mirror image of her Edwardian home right next door, but with a 21st-century twist. [AD,S] | Wed, Dec 17, 9:00 pm | More 4 | 60 mins |
| Grand Designs | While 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] | Wed, Dec 17, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Geoff'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? [AD,S] | Tue, Dec 16, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
| Grand Designs | Dan and Nina want to build a unique family home, but their plot is dominated by a pond filled with local drainage. Will their West Sussex house be sublime and sleek or a Shrek-like swamp? [AD,S] | Mon, Dec 15, 7:55 pm | More 4 | 65 mins |
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