Grand Designs

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

Seasons

28

Episodes aired

255

Latest aired

S27E07

Total runtime

7d 19h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 April 1999 – June 1999 8 episodes
2. the show was away for 2 years
3. Season 2 July 2001 – December 2001 13 episodes
4. Season 3 September 2002 – October 2003 16 episodes
5. Season 4 January 2004 – March 2004 8 episodes
6. Season 5 April 2005 – November 2005 11 episodes
7. Season 6 April 2006 – May 2006 8 episodes
8. Season 7 February 2007 – May 2007 12 episodes
9. Season 8 January 2008 – April 2008 12 episodes
10. Season 9 January 2009 – November 2011 13 episodes
11. Season 10 September 2010 – December 2010 14 episodes
12. Season 11 September 2011 – November 2012 12 episodes
13. Season 12 September 2012 – December 2012 12 episodes
14. Season 13 September 2013 – November 2013 11 episodes
15. Season 14 September 2014 – November 2014 10 episodes
16. Season 15 July 2015 4 episodes
17. Season 16 September 2015 – November 2015 9 episodes
18. Season 17 September 2016 – May 2017 9 episodes
19. Season 18 September 2017 – November 2017 9 episodes
20. Season 19 September 2018 – October 2018 7 episodes
21. Season 20 September 2019 – October 2019 7 episodes
22. Season 21 January 2021 – July 2021 6 episodes
23. Season 22 September 2021 – October 2021 7 episodes
24. Season 23 August 2022 – November 2022 11 episodes
25. Season 24 September 2023 – December 2023 8 episodes
26. Season 25 September 2024 – October 2024 6 episodes
27. Season 26 March 2025 – April 2025 5 episodes
28. Season 27 October 2025 – November 2025 7 episodes
29. Season 28 September 2026 – October 2026 6 episodes

• 1

  S01E01 The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex

  April 29 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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.

• 2

  S01E02 The English Barn, Oxfordshire

  May 6 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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!

• 3

  S01E03 The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

  May 13 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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.

• 4

  S01E04 The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

  May 20 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

• 5

  S01E05 The Eco-House, Suffolk

  June 3 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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

• 6

  S01E06 The Chapel, Cornwall

  June 10 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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.

• 7

  S01E07 The House of Straw, Islington, North London

  June 17 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

• 8

  S01E08 The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster

  June 24 · 45min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.