Series
Grand Designs Abroad
Documentary
Kevin McCloud presents Grand Designs Abroad. The stakes are higher, the risks are multiplied, and the ambition - to build your dream home in the perfect European location - is greater than ever.
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Seasons & episodes
1Episode 1 (Malaga)1 Mar 2004 · 45mKevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.
2Episode 2 (Lot)8 Mar 2004 · 45mKevin travels to the Lot region of France to meet the Sampson family as they prepare to embark on the construction of a hugely ambitious, open, wooden-framed house.- 3Episode 3 (Puglia)15 Mar 2004 · 45mKevin follows a couple of artists who have moved to the beautiful region of Puglia. Their dream is to turn a derelict olive farm into a home and a summer school for artists.
- 4Episode 4 (Creuse)22 Mar 2004 · 45mKevin visits a couple who have given up everything in the UK to start a new life in a remote part of central France called the Creuse.
- 5Episode 5 (Ireland)29 Mar 2004 · 45mKevin travels to the romantic west coast of Ireland where architect Andrew Lohan is embarking on the conversion of a ruined 150-year-old church into the perfect home.
- 6Episode 6 (Tuscany)5 Apr 2004 · 45mKevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.
- 7Episode 7 (Les Gets)12 Apr 2004 · 45mKevin travels to a ski resort in the French Alps where English couple Nicky and James Dobree are turning a 300-year-old farmhouse into an luxurious eight-bedroomed chalet.
- 8Episode 8 (Alicante)19 Apr 2004 · 45mKevin McCloud travels to Spain to meet a family who have moved lock, stock and barrel from London to start a new life in Alicante on a lovely block by a lake.
9Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House3 May 2006 · 45mKevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th century manor house in Creuse, France.
10Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old Chalet10 May 2006 · 45mKevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les Gets, France.
11Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany Castle9 May 2007 · 45mKevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating a castle in Tuscany.
12Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' Retreat27 Feb 2008 · 45mKevin McCloud revisits artists David Westby and Leonie Whitton three years after they bought an olive farm in the Puglia region of Italy and planned to convert it into a home on a budget of £25,000.
13Revisited: Lot, France: House From Straw1 Dec 2010 · 45mKevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.- 14Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa6 Nov 2013 · 45mTen years ago Gil and Hillary Briffa decided to retire to southern Spain, where they planned to build a contemporary home in the Andalusian hills against the backdrop of more traditional properties. A few years ago, Gil died, but now Kevin McCloud revisits Hillary to find out whether her residence has settled into its landscape and how life is treating her as a British widow living abroad.
Details
- First aired
- 1 Mar 2004
- Last aired
- 6 Nov 2013
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 14
- Votes
- 3 on TMDB
Cast
Kevin McCloudHimself - Presenter
