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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| image = Grand Designs (title card).jpg
| image = Grand Designs (title card).jpg
| genre =
| caption =
| presenter = [[Kevin McCloud]]
| camera =
| theme_music_composer = David Lowe
| picture_format = {{Plainlist|
| country = United Kingdom
*[[DVB-T]] [[576i]] [[16:9]]
| language = English
*[[HDTV]] [[1080i]]}}
| num_series = 20
| runtime = 60 minutes
| num_episodes = 159
| creator =
| list_episodes = List of Grand Designs episodes
| developer =
| runtime = 60 minutes
| executive_producer =
| company = [[Talkback (production company)|Talkback]] (1999–2006)<br>[[Talkback Thames]] (2006–11)<br>Boundless (2012–20)<br>Naked Television (2021–)
| presenter = [[Kevin McCloud]]
| network = [[Channel 4]]
| opentheme = "Grand Designs"<br />by [[David Lowe (television and radio composer)|David Lowe]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1999|4|29|df=y}}
| endtheme = "Grand Designs"<br />by David Lowe
| last_aired = present
| network = [[Channel 4]]
| related = ''[[Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home]]''
| first_aired = {{start date|1999|4|29|df=y}}
| last_aired = present
| num_series = 23
| num_episodes = 212
| list_episodes = List of Grand Designs episodes
| related = ''Grand Designs: RIBA House of the Year''
| company = [[Talkback (production company)|Talkback]] (1999–2006)<br>[[Talkback Thames]] (2006–2011)<br>Boundless (2012–2020)<br>Naked Television (2021–)
| distributor = [[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]]
}}
}}


'''''Grand Designs''''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British television]] [[Television program|series]] produced by Boundless and broadcast on [[Channel 4]] which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
'''''Grand Designs''''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British television]] [[Television program|series]] that has broadcast on [[Channel 4]] since 29 April 1999 and is presented by [[Kevin McCloud]].


==Format==
The programme has been presented by [[Kevin McCloud]] since it first aired in April 1999, and more than 200 episodes have been broadcast in twenty-three series.

# Hi ==Format==
Episodes generally follow a regular format, with small variations depending on the progress of the build. At the beginning of an episode, McCloud meets the clients embarking on the project; he visits the site with them, and discusses the plans for the building. A computer [[Visualization (computer graphics)|visualisation]] or [[computer-aided design]] view of the intended project is shown. Once ground work commences, he visits the site periodically, following the build progress, noting any changes, hitches or delays; the build frequently runs over budget and completes later than scheduled. McCloud will often do a [[piece to camera]] concentrating on any unique materials or features in the house. He visits again once the building is made watertight, and the [[first fix and second fix|first and second fixes]] have commenced. He makes a final visit to the site in its finished or near-finished state, once the occupants have moved in. A tour of the house is then given; McCloud brings the episode to a close summarising the house, its construction, and his opinions.
Episodes generally follow a regular format, with small variations depending on the progress of the build. At the beginning of an episode, McCloud meets the clients embarking on the project; he visits the site with them, and discusses the plans for the building. A computer [[Visualization (computer graphics)|visualisation]] or [[computer-aided design]] view of the intended project is shown. Once ground work commences, he visits the site periodically, following the build progress, noting any changes, hitches or delays; the build frequently runs over budget and completes later than scheduled. McCloud will often do a [[piece to camera]] concentrating on any unique materials or features in the house. He visits again once the building is made watertight, and the [[first fix and second fix|first and second fixes]] have commenced. He makes a final visit to the site in its finished or near-finished state, once the occupants have moved in. A tour of the house is then given; McCloud brings the episode to a close summarising the house, its construction, and his opinions.


If a house is not completed before filming finishes, it will sometimes be revisited in a later episode. In more recent series, McCloud revisits past unfinished builds once they have been completed and may stay overnight.
If a house is not completed before filming finishes, it will sometimes be revisited in a later episode. In more recent series, McCloud revisits past unfinished builds once they have been completed and may stay overnight.


The properties featured in ''Grand Designs'' are hugely varied in style and design, from underground homes to converted [[water tower]]s to buildings constructed in methods of [[sustainable architecture]]; the only common factor is that they are all unusual or extravagant. The most popular programme of the series for both Kevin McCloud and viewers was Ben Law's home with a sweet chestnut frame made from his own woodland, and costing very little.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/9596965/Kevin-McCloud-Most-Grand-Designs-are-too-big-and-too-bright.html|title=Kevin McCloud: Most Grand Designs are too big and too bright|work=The Telegraph|author=Sarah Lonsdale|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en}}</ref> This was broadcast as episode 3 of series 3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/episode-guide/series-3|title=Grand Designs – Episode Guide – All 4|website=www.channel4.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>
The properties featured in ''Grand Designs'' are hugely varied in style and design, from underground homes to converted [[water tower]]s to buildings constructed in methods of [[sustainable architecture]]; the only common factor is that they are all unusual or extravagant. The most popular episode of the series for both Kevin McCloud and viewers was Series 3, Episode 3 with Ben Law's home and a sweet chestnut frame made from his own woodland costing very little.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/9596965/Kevin-McCloud-Most-Grand-Designs-are-too-big-and-too-bright.html|title=Kevin McCloud: Most Grand Designs are too big and too bright|work=The Telegraph|author=Sarah Lonsdale|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en}}</ref>


The show is [https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/property/grand-designs-dad-left-tears-27875017 a rollercoaster of human emotions], and their unwillingness to give up even when they run out of money, as often many developers do.
==Episodes and spin-offs==

==Transmissions==
{{main|List of Grand Designs episodes}}
{{main|List of Grand Designs episodes}}
{{:List of Grand Designs episodes}}
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==International versions==
The first episode of ''Grand Designs'' aired on 29 April 1999. Since then over two hundred episodes have been produced and broadcast in twenty three series to date. The ''Grand Designs'' brand has also grown in this time with a number of spin-off shows also being made:

*''Grand Designs Indoors''
::a lesser known spin-off, with the same format. As the name suggests the series concentrated on the interior transformation of these properties. Only containing six episodes, this series was broadcast in 2001.
*''Grand Designs Abroad''
::focused on properties outside the United Kingdom and was broadcast in 2004.
*''Grand Designs Revisited''
::episodes where McCloud visits a previously featured house, recaps the build and then looks at how the house has settled in to its surroundings and how the owners have settled in. The episodes are generally included in the Grand Designs seasons, but can be promoted as a separate show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/w5s/grand-designs-revisited/|title=Grand Designs Revisited (TV Series)|website=Radio Times}}</ref> ''The Co-Op'' revisited, twice, the Hedgehog Self-Build Co-operative, began in 1996.<ref>
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.forevergreen.org.uk/Forever_Green_Ecological_Architects/hedgehog-self-build-housing-co-op.html|title=Hedgehog Self Build Housing Co-op|website=www.forevergreen.org.uk}}
*https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Housing/Community-led-housing-case-studies/Hedgehog-Self-Build-Co-operative-Brighton.pdf
*{{Cite web|url=https://regencysociety.org/segal-method-lesson-building-sustainable-communities/|title=Walter Segal's self-build housing in Brighton: an old idea rediscovered|website=Regency Society}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.granddesignsmagazine.com/kevin-mccloud/kevin-mccloud-exclusive-interview/|title=Kevin McCloud on Grand Designs' greatest achievement and who inspires him|date=2019-05-16|website=Grand Designs Magazine}}
*{{cite web |last1=Heslop |first1=Julia |title=Self-Build III – Self-build for social rent: Hedgehog Co-op and the Segal Method |url=https://unofficialculture.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/self-build-iii-self-build-for-social-rent-hedgehog-co-op-and-the-segal-method/ |website=Unofficial Culture |access-date=10 August 2021 |date=June 15, 2015 |quote=I am an artist and a writer. I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow in Architecture at Newcastle University}}
</ref>
*''Grand Designs Trade Secrets''
::a spin-off broadcast for two seasons immediately after the main Channel 4 show each week for series seven and eight of ''Grand Designs''. Acting as a companion piece, it gave hints and tips about building and showed some "behind the scenes" material from that week's show.
*''Grand Designs Live'' and ''Grand Designs Live: Today''
::one-hour daily programmes broadcast for nine days during the ''Grand Designs Live 2008'' event in London.
*''[[Grand Designs Australia]]'' premiered on 21 October 2010 in Australia on The LifeStyle Channel.<ref>[http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-premieres.aspx Lifestylechannel.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002143136/http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-premieres.aspx |date=2 October 2010 }}</ref>
*''[[Grand Designs Australia]]'' premiered on 21 October 2010 in Australia on The LifeStyle Channel.<ref>[http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-premieres.aspx Lifestylechannel.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002143136/http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-premieres.aspx |date=2 October 2010 }}</ref>
*''Kevin's Grand Design''
::A 2-episode special on McCloud's development of a caravan park into a 44 unit 'FAB' housing estate.
*''[[Grand Designs New Zealand]]''
*''[[Grand Designs New Zealand]]''
::hosted by Chris Moller, premiered on 4 October 2015 in New Zealand on [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]. The first season consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/grand-designs-new-zealand/|title=Grand Designs New Zealand|work=Architecture Now|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/GrandDesignsnz.aspx|title=Grand Designs NZ|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-NZ}}</ref> The second season premiered on 25 September 2016 and also consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thetvdb.com/?tab=seasonall&id=284931&lid=7/|title=Grand Designs New Zealand: Complete Episode List|website=thetvdb.com|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> A third season of eight episodes aired in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs-new-zealand/episode-guide/series-3|title=Grand Designs New Zealand - All 4|website=www.channel4.com}}</ref>
::hosted by [[Chris Moller (architect)|Chris Moller]] for its first six seasons, premiered on 4 October 2015 in New Zealand on [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]. The first season consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/grand-designs-new-zealand/|title=Grand Designs New Zealand|work=Architecture Now|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/GrandDesignsnz.aspx|title=Grand Designs NZ|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-NZ}}</ref> The second season premiered on 25 September 2016 and also consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thetvdb.com/?tab=seasonall&id=284931&lid=7/|title=Grand Designs New Zealand: Complete Episode List|website=thetvdb.com|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> A third season of eight episodes aired in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs-new-zealand/episode-guide/series-3|title=Grand Designs New Zealand - All 4|website=www.channel4.com}}</ref>
*''Grand Designs: RIBA House of the Year''
*''Grand Designs Sweden'' (2020)<ref>
::Launched in 2015, McCloud is joined by Damion Burrows and Zac Monro, as they explore some of Britain's most cutting-edge homes, all of them in the running for the prestigious prize.
*''Grand Designs: The Street''
::McCloud<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://selfbuildportal.org.uk/news/kevin-mccloud-on-grand-designs-the-street/|title=Kevin McCloud picks his Grand Designs: The Street highlights}}</ref> follows ten households constructing their own homes, on a plot of ex-[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] land,<ref>
{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/street-smarts-happened-10-grand-designs-built/|title=What happened when 10 Grand Designs were built on one street|first=Guy|last=Kelly|date=2019-04-04|website=telegraph.co.uk}}
</ref> as part of creating a new street in a self-build project, Graven Hill near [[Bicester]] in Oxfordshire.<ref name="GravenHillTheStreet">
*{{cite web |title=Grand Designs: The Street |url=https://www.gravenhill.co.uk/grand-designs-the-street/ |website=Graven Hill |access-date=25 May 2019}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/interiors/grand-designs-the-street-inside-the-incredible-flatpack-home-built-by-youngest-ever-selfbuild-couple-on-the-show-a129941.html|title=Inside the Grand Designs' flat-pack home built from plywood boxes|first=Aneira|last=Davies|date=2019-05-01|website=standard.co.uk}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://u-build.org/projects/u-build-box-house/|title=U-Build Box House: As seen on Grand Designs|website=U-Build}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.granddesignsmagazine.com/grand-designs-houses/grand-designs-the-street-episode-2-sneak-preview/|title=Grand Designs The Street episode 2: The Details|date=2019-04-01|website=Grand Designs Magazine}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.gravenhill.co.uk/grand-designs-the-street/episode-2/|title=Episode 2 &#124; Grand Designs: The Street|website=Graven Hill}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17596461.grand-designs-street-stars-family-making-move-self-build/|title=Tonight's Grand Designs stars Bicester family making the move|website=Oxford Mail}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/17550473.meet-ten-self-build-stars-tvs-grand-designs/|title=Meet the ten self-build stars of TV's Grand Designs|website=Bicester Advertiser}}</ref> Aired in the first half of 2019 on Channel 4. Two more series have been commissioned.<ref>
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisual.com/news/grand-designs-back-to-the-street-for-two-more-c4-series/|title=Grand Designs back to the street for two more C4 series|date=2021-07-23}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-commissions-two-series-naked-wests-grand-designs-street|title=Channel 4 commissions two series of Naked West’s Grand Designs: The Street|website=channel4.com}}
</ref>
*''Grand Designs Sweden'' 2020<ref>
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv4.se/grand-designs-sverige|title=Grand designs Sverige - Allt om programmet på TV4|website=tv4.se}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv4.se/grand-designs-sverige|title=Grand designs Sverige - Allt om programmet på TV4|website=tv4.se}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv4play.se/program/grand-designs-sverige|title=Grand Designs Sverige|website=tv4play.se}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv4play.se/program/grand-designs-sverige|title=Grand Designs Sverige|website=tv4play.se}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://vidastockholm.com/project/norrkvie/|title=Villa Damm Gotland (Grand Designs 2020)}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://vidastockholm.com/project/norrkvie/|title=Villa Damm Gotland (Grand Designs 2020)}}
</ref>
*''Grand Designs Finland'' (2022)<ref>
{{Cite web|url= https://www.fremantle.fi/production/grand-designs-suomi/|title=Grand Designs Suomi}}
</ref>
</ref>


==DVDs==
==DVDs==
{| class="wikitable" width="55%" style="left: 0 auto; text-align: center;"
The original ''Grand Designs'' series has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom, however the DVD series numbers do not match the television series as some houses are excluded, and the DVDs do not include "revisited" episodes, where there is only a few minutes of new footage. Instead, the new footage from these episodes is included as an extra on the older DVDs.
|-

!DVD Title
*''Grand Designs: The Complete Series 1'' (two-disc set, released 2 September 2009)
!Discs
*''Grand Designs: The Complete Series 2'' (two-disc set, released 30 September 2009)
!Year
*''Grand Designs: The Complete Series 3'' (two-disc set, released 5 November 2009)
!Episodes
*''Grand Designs: Series 4'' (two-disc set, released 19 March 2009)
!Release date
*''Grand Designs: Series 5'' (five-disc set, released 6 August 2009, corresponds to TV series 5, 6 and 7)
|-
*''Grand Designs: Series 6'' (two-disc set, released 1 April 2010, corresponds to TV series 8)
|The Complete Series One
*''Grand Designs: Series 7'' (two-disc set, released 7 August 2010, corresponds to TV series 9)
|2
*''Grand Designs: Series 8'' (two-disc set, released 5 September 2011, corresponds to TV series 10)
|[[1999 in British television|1999]]
*''Grand Designs: Series 9'' (two-disc set, released 15 October 2012, corresponds to TV series 11)
|8
*''Grand Designs: Series 10'' (two-disc set, released 30 September 2013, corresponds to TV series 12)
|25 October 2004

|-
The Australian release of the original ''Grand Designs'' series differs from the UK releases, in that they do not include any "revisited" footage at all.
|The Complete Series Two

|2
*''Grand Designs Australia: Series 1'' (three-disc set, released 4 August 2011, corresponds to TV series 1)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lifestyle.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-now-on-dvd.aspx|title=Grand Designs Australia Now on DVD! – Lifestyle Channel|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>
|[[2001 in British television|2001]]
|8
|5 January 2009
|-
|Series Three
|2
|[[2003 in British television|2003]]
|7
|17 July 2006
|-
|Series Four
|2
|[[2004 in British television|2004]]
|7
|5 May 2008
|-
|Series Five - Volume One
|2
|[[2005 in British television|2005]]-[[2006 in British television|2006]]
|8
|16 March 2009
|-
|Series Five - Volume Two
|2
|[[2006 in British television|2006]]-[[2007 in British television|2007]]
|8
|27 April 2009
|-
|Series Five - Volume Three
|1
|[[2007 in British television|2007]]
|4
|5 October 2009
|-
|Series Six
|2
|[[2008 in British television|2008]]
|6
|26 April 2010
|-
|Series Seven
|2
|[[2009 in British television|2009]]
|7
|27 September 2010
|-
|Series Eight
|2
|[[2010 in British television|2010]]
|8
|5 September 2011
|-
|Series Nine
|2
|[[2011 in British television|2011]]
|8
|15 October 2012
|-
|Series Ten
|2
|[[2012 in British television|2012]]
|8
|30 September 2013
|-
|Series Eleven
|2
|[[2013 in British television|2013]]
|9
|29 September 2014
|}


==Exhibition==
==Exhibition==
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/11595840/BBCs-star-shows-are-eclipsed-at-the-Bafta-Television-awards-2015.html |title=BBC's star shows are eclipsed at the Bafta Television awards 2015 |author=Hannah Furness|date= 10 May 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph }}</ref>
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/11595840/BBCs-star-shows-are-eclipsed-at-the-Bafta-Television-awards-2015.html |title=BBC's star shows are eclipsed at the Bafta Television awards 2015 |author=Hannah Furness|date= 10 May 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph }}</ref>
|}
|}

==Pop culture references==
[[Irish people|Irish]] singer [[Orla Gartland]] referenced the show in her song "[[Heavy (Orla Gartland song)|Heavy]]" with the lyric "I just wanna hang with you and watch ''Grand Designs''".

In ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' episode ''Bad Boys'', Moss shoplifts several copies of the same Grand Design DVD from a mall store.

==See also==
* ''[[Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home]]''
* [[List of Grand Designs episodes|List of ''Grand Designs'' episodes]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs ''Grand Designs''] at [[Channel 4#Channel4.com|Channel4.com]]
*{{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs}}
*{{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs-abroad|Grand Designs Abroad}}
*{{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs-house-of-the-year|Grand Designs: House of the Year}}
*{{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs-the-streets|Grand Designs: The Streets}}
*{{IMDb title|0421099}}
*{{IMDb title|7814768|Grand Designs Indoors}}
*{{IMDb title|4443986|Grand Designs Abroad}}
*{{IMDb title|5254568|Grand Designs: House of the Year}}
*{{IMDb title|19838076|Grand Designs: The Streets}}
*[http://www.granddesignslive.com Grand Designs Live]
*[http://www.granddesignslive.com Grand Designs Live]
*[http://www.granddesignsmagazine.com Grand Designs Magazine]
*[http://www.granddesignsmagazine.com Grand Designs Magazine]
*[http://www.lifestyle.com.au/granddesigns Grand Designs Australia Official Website]
*[http://www.lifestyle.com.au/granddesigns Grand Designs Australia Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602040035/http://www.lifestyle.com.au/granddesigns/ |date=2 June 2013 }}
*[http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/GrandDesignsnz.aspx Grand Designs New Zealand Official Website]
*[http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/GrandDesignsnz.aspx Grand Designs New Zealand Official Website]
*[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs-the-street Grand Designs: The Street at Channel 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119005533/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs-the-street |date=19 November 2019 }}
*{{IMDb title|0421099}}
*{{IMDb title|0996030|Grand Designs: Trade Secrets}}


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Latest revision as of 07:43, 17 June 2024

For other uses, see The Grand Design.

Grand Designs
Presented byKevin McCloud
Theme music composerDavid Lowe
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series20
No. of episodes159 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesTalkback (1999–2006)
Talkback Thames (2006–11)
Boundless (2012–20)
Naked Television (2021–)
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release29 April 1999 (1999-04-29) –
present
Related
Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home

Grand Designs is a British television series that has broadcast on Channel 4 since 29 April 1999 and is presented by Kevin McCloud.

Format

[edit]

Episodes generally follow a regular format, with small variations depending on the progress of the build. At the beginning of an episode, McCloud meets the clients embarking on the project; he visits the site with them, and discusses the plans for the building. A computer visualisation or computer-aided design view of the intended project is shown. Once ground work commences, he visits the site periodically, following the build progress, noting any changes, hitches or delays; the build frequently runs over budget and completes later than scheduled. McCloud will often do a piece to camera concentrating on any unique materials or features in the house. He visits again once the building is made watertight, and the first and second fixes have commenced. He makes a final visit to the site in its finished or near-finished state, once the occupants have moved in. A tour of the house is then given; McCloud brings the episode to a close summarising the house, its construction, and his opinions.

If a house is not completed before filming finishes, it will sometimes be revisited in a later episode. In more recent series, McCloud revisits past unfinished builds once they have been completed and may stay overnight.

The properties featured in Grand Designs are hugely varied in style and design, from underground homes to converted water towers to buildings constructed in methods of sustainable architecture; the only common factor is that they are all unusual or extravagant. The most popular episode of the series for both Kevin McCloud and viewers was Series 3, Episode 3 with Ben Law's home and a sweet chestnut frame made from his own woodland costing very little.[1]

The show is a rollercoaster of human emotions, and their unwillingness to give up even when they run out of money, as often many developers do.

Transmissions

[edit]
Main article: List of Grand Designs episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
18[2]29 April 1999 (1999-04-29)24 June 1999 (1999-06-24)
28[2]17 July 2001 (2001-07-17)4 September 2001 (2001-09-04)
38[2]12 February 2003 (2003-02-12)1 October 2003 (2003-10-01)
47[2]21 January 2004 (2004-01-21)10 March 2004 (2004-03-10)
520[2]6 April 2005 (2005-04-06)16 May 2007 (2007-05-16)
67[2]16 January 2008 (2008-01-16)2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)
78[2]28 January 2009 (2009-01-28)8 April 2009 (2009-04-08)
88[2]15 September 2010 (2010-09-15)3 November 2010 (2010-11-03)
97[2]14 September 2011 (2011-09-14)26 October 2011 (2011-10-26)
108[2]12 September 2012 (2012-09-12)7 November 2012 (2012-11-07)
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International versions

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hosted by Chris Moller for its first six seasons, premiered on 4 October 2015 in New Zealand on TV3. The first season consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.[4][5] The second season premiered on 25 September 2016 and also consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.[6] A third season of eight episodes aired in 2017.[7]
  • Grand Designs Sweden (2020)[8]
  • Grand Designs Finland (2022)[9]

DVDs

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DVD Title Discs Year Episodes Release date
The Complete Series One 2 1999 8 25 October 2004
The Complete Series Two 2 2001 8 5 January 2009
Series Three 2 2003 7 17 July 2006
Series Four 2 2004 7 5 May 2008
Series Five - Volume One 2 2005-2006 8 16 March 2009
Series Five - Volume Two 2 2006-2007 8 27 April 2009
Series Five - Volume Three 1 2007 4 5 October 2009
Series Six 2 2008 6 26 April 2010
Series Seven 2 2009 7 27 September 2010
Series Eight 2 2010 8 5 September 2011
Series Nine 2 2011 8 15 October 2012
Series Ten 2 2012 8 30 September 2013
Series Eleven 2 2013 9 29 September 2014

Exhibition

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Grand Designs Live ambassadors Jo Hamilton and George Clarke compete in a 'cook-off'

Grand Designs Live takes place biannually, in London in the spring and in Birmingham in the autumn. The exhibitions display contemporary design and technology for the home and garden, with stands for suppliers and manufacturers to promote their goods and services. Design and media personalities McCloud, George Clarke and Jo Hamilton are show ambassadors.

The nine-day Grand Designs Live 2008 event, held at London's ExCeL, attracted over 100,000 visitors. To accompany the event Channel 4 broadcast two live daily programmes directly from the show, Grand Designs Live: Today and Grand Designs Live.

Grand Designs Live launched in Australia in Sydney on 21–23 October 2011.[10] It launched in Melbourne on 21–23 September 2012 and returned to Sydney on 5–7 October 2012.[needs update][11]

Awards and nominations

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The programme has been nominated a number of times in the BAFTA Features category and won in 2015.[12]

Year Award Category Recipient Results Ref.
2000 BAFTA TV Awards Features Daisy Goodwin, John Silver Nominated [12]
2004 John Silver, Daisy Goodwin, Kevin McCloud Nominated [12]
2008 BAFTA TV Craft Awards Director – Factual Livia Russell Nominated [12]
2013 BAFTA TV Awards Features Production Team Nominated [13]
2014 Kevin McCloud, Fiona Caldwell, Rob Gill, John Lonsdale Nominated [14]
2015 Production Team Won [15]

References

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  1. ^ Sarah Lonsdale. "Kevin McCloud: Most Grand Designs are too big and too bright". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Grand Designs UK". Fremantle. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ Lifestylechannel.com.au Archived 2 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Grand Designs New Zealand". Architecture Now. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Grand Designs NZ". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Grand Designs New Zealand: Complete Episode List". thetvdb.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Grand Designs New Zealand - All 4". www.channel4.com.
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  9. ^ "Grand Designs Suomi".
  10. ^ "Grand Designs Australia Live Sydney 2011". Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  11. ^ "Grand Designs Australia Live is Coming to Melbourne". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  12. ^ a b c d "BAFTA Awards Search". BAFTA.
  13. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2013: List of winners". BBC. 12 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2014: Winners in full". BBC. 18 May 2014.
  15. ^ Hannah Furness (10 May 2015). "BBC's star shows are eclipsed at the Bafta Television awards 2015". The Daily Telegraph.
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