Grand Designs
Grand Designs is a living & home improvement program on 4seven. Presenter Kevin McCloud follows some of Britain's most ambitious self-building projects, as intrepid individuals attempt to design and construct the home of their dreams. The popular program has been available since 2022. A total of 47 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2024.
Last episode
1:00:00
1:00:00Grand 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?
Catching up on Grand Designs?
Don't want to miss an episode anymore? Set up a free alarm and receive an email when new episodes are available. Handy!
1:05:00
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.
Series 23
55:00
55:00Have 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?
Series 19 1:05:00
1:05:00Cumbrian 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?
Series 23 1:00:00
1:00:00In 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?
Series 19 1:05:00
1:05:00In 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.
1:05:00Energy 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?
1:05:00Ship'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?
Series 18 1:05:00
1:05:00In 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.
Series 22 1:00:00
1:00:00Kevin McCloud meets more ambitious self-builders. Rosa and Craig want to live in a steam railway reservoir in the Wye Valley. But their ambitious plans face multiple challenges.
Series 18 1:05:00
1:05:00Corinne 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...
Series 23 1:05:00
1:05:00Zimbabwean-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?
Series 22 1:05:00
1:05:00Iain 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?
1:05:00Nathan 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.
Series 24 1:05:00
1:05:00In 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.
Series 25 1:05:00
1:05:00In 2017, Leigh and Richard bought a derelict Cornish flour mill to restore and turn into their home. By 2021 the rooms and landscaping were still unfinished. Has the grind finally paid off?
Series 23 1:00:00
1:00:00Duncan and Liz build a revolutionary Passivhaus Premium powerhouse of a home in the Cotswolds. But with a spiralling schedule and lonesome living, will it really all be worth it in the end?
1:05:00Furniture maker Lucinda wants to construct a beautifully crafted, two-storey, highly-insulated timber home in woodland in South Herefordshire... without using heavy machinery.
1:05:00Retired 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.
1:00:00Graeme 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.