Grand Designs (1999)
TV-PG47m27 seasonsReturning Series7.1(55)
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Apr 29, 1999 - 45m
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.
May 6, 1999 - 45m
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 13, 1999 - 45m
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 20, 1999 - 45m
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
Jun 3, 1999 - 45m
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
Jun 10, 1999 - 45m
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 17, 1999 - 45m
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
Jun 24, 1999 - 45m
Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.
