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TV-PG

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Grand Designs

Documentary

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

Apr 29, 199927 seasons259 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Kevin McCloud

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Seasons

Season 1

8 episodes

Premiered Apr 29, 1999

Season 2

17 episodes

Premiered Jul 17, 2001

Season 3

16 episodes

Premiered Feb 12, 2003

Season 4

8 episodes

Premiered Jan 21, 2004

Season 5

11 episodes

Premiered Apr 6, 2005

Season 6

8 episodes

Premiered Apr 5, 2006

Season 7

12 episodes

Premiered Feb 28, 2007

Season 8

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 16, 2008

Season 9

13 episodes

Premiered Jan 28, 2009

Season 10

14 episodes

Premiered Sep 15, 2010

Season 11

12 episodes

Premiered Sep 14, 2011

Season 12

12 episodes

Premiered Sep 12, 2012

Season 13

11 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 2013

Season 14

10 episodes

Premiered Sep 3, 2014

Season 15

4 episodes

Premiered Jul 9, 2015

Season 16

9 episodes

Premiered Sep 9, 2015

Season 17

9 episodes

Premiered Sep 21, 2016

Season 18

9 episodes

Premiered Sep 6, 2017

Season 19

7 episodes

Premiered Sep 19, 2018

Season 20

7 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 2019

Season 21

6 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 2021

Season 22

7 episodes

Premiered Sep 1, 2021

Season 23

11 episodes

Premiered Aug 31, 2022

Season 24

8 episodes

Premiered Sep 27, 2023

Season 25

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 25, 2024

Season 26

5 episodes

Premiered Mar 26, 2025

Season 27

7 episodes

Premiered Oct 1, 2025

Episodes

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Ep 1

The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex

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.

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Ep 2

The English Barn, Oxfordshire

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!

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Ep 3

The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

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.

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Ep 4

The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

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.

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Ep 5

The Eco-House, Suffolk

Jun 3, 1999

45m

A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.

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Ep 6

The Chapel, Cornwall

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.

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