Grand Designs - Specials

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Revisited - Sunderland: The Former Electricity Sub-Station

1 - Revisited - Sunderland: The Former Electricity Sub-Station

Air Date: March 22, 2003

When Kevin met Anne and Richard in 2000, they were about to embark on the ambitious task of converting a disused electricity substation in Sunderland into a family home. (from Grand Designs Indoors)

Revisited - Tuscany: The Tuscan Castle

2 - Revisited - Tuscany: The Tuscan Castle

Air Date: October 13, 2004

Kevin McCloud revisits Janne and Howard and their ongoing conversion of a derelict 1,000-year-old castle in Tuscany. (from Grand Designs Abroad)

Revisited - Puglia: Masseria Impisi, An Artists Retreat

3 - Revisited - Puglia: Masseria Impisi, An Artists Retreat

Air Date: February 27, 2008

Puglia, in Italy?s deep south, where the country's heel rounds to the foot?s arch, is a land of shimmering heat, olive groves and artists? dreams. It is also the place where artists, like David Westby and Leone (Leo) Witton, became hard-working artisans to turn a derelict olive farm into a Roman country estate ? despite the worst obstructions of Italian bureaucracy and with very little money. (from Grand Designs Abroad)

Revisited - Lot: House From Straw

4 - Revisited - Lot: House From Straw

Air Date: December 1, 2010

Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family in France. (from Grand Designs Abroad)

The Great British Property Scandal Special: Kevin's Grand Design Part 1

5 - The Great British Property Scandal Special: Kevin's Grand Design Part 1

Air Date: December 7, 2011

This special episode follows Kevin as he begins on an epic adventure to create his very own Grand Design.

The Great British Property Scandal Special: Kevin's Grand Design Part 2

6 - The Great British Property Scandal Special: Kevin's Grand Design Part 2

Air Date: December 15, 2011

Kevin continues in his epic battle to build his very own Grand Design of visionary homes. But as the schedule slips residents start to grumble. As part of the Great British Property Scandal Kevin McCloud tries to prove that it shouldn't cost any more to build homes that are a lot nicer to live in. As he nears the end of the his five-year project to build beautiful, affordable, eco homes for the same price as low cost social housing, Kevin has become convinced that good design can help us live happier, more sociable lives. In an extraordinary social experiment, Kevin wants to create a new kind of development, where neighbours share vegetable gardens, grow fruit trees and look after their own central village green. So Kevin and his partners start team-building exercises to get private and council tenants working together. But has Kevin done enough to sow the seeds of a strong community? And more importantly what will people think of his visionary homes?

Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa

7 - Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa

Air Date: November 6, 2013

Kevin catches up with the story of a daring modernist home in the Andalucian hills in southern Spain.. Ten years ago Gil and Hillary Briffa decided to retire to southern Spain. Rejecting the coastal sprawl around Malaga they found a virgin plot of land up in the Andalucian hills for just £35,000. But instead of building a home like the traditional old fincas nearby, their architect son's design was a confrontational, modernist glass box, surrounded by boldly coloured connected rooms, hidden behind a giant citadel wall. Construction proved stressful. The couple put all their trust in a local Spanish builder who had never built a house like this before. The local residents didn't like it and the mayor tried to get it re-painted white. But if they could just finish the build, it promised to be the coolest retirement home Kevin McCloud has ever seen. Sadly, Gil died a few years ago, but now Kevin returns to meet with Hillary again and to see whether or not their building has settled into its landscape, whether it's still multi-coloured, and to find out just how life is for her as a British widow living up in the Andalucian hills.

Islington: The House of Straw Revisit

10 - Islington: The House of Straw Revisit

Air Date: January 1, 2013

Sussex: The Hand-made House Revisit

11 - Sussex: The Hand-made House Revisit

Air Date: January 8, 2013

Creuse, France Revisit

12 - Creuse, France Revisit

Air Date: January 15, 2013

Walton: The German Huf Haus Revisit

13 - Walton: The German Huf Haus Revisit

Air Date: January 22, 2013

Hampshire: Burnt Down Cottage revisit

14 - Hampshire: Burnt Down Cottage revisit

Air Date: January 29, 2013

Amersham: The Water Tower Revisit

15 - Amersham: The Water Tower Revisit

Air Date: February 5, 2013

Weald of Kent: Arched Echo House Revisit

16 - Weald of Kent: Arched Echo House Revisit

Air Date: February 12, 2013

Brighton: The Co-Operative Build Revisit

17 - Brighton: The Co-Operative Build Revisit

Air Date: February 19, 2013

Kevin's Grandest Design

18 - Kevin's Grandest Design

Air Date: August 28, 2019

To celebrate 20 years of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud reveals his top five buildings from the show, revisiting the buildings and people who have most inspired him over 180 episodes

25 Years & Counting

19 - 25 Years & Counting

Air Date: September 11, 2024

To mark 25 years of the nation's favourite homebuilding programme, Kevin McCloud celebrates the triumphs and commiserates the disasters as he looks back at some iconic moments