Storyline

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.

First Aired

2004-03-01
Last Aired

2013-11-06
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

14
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

Channel 4

Keywords:

house architecture self build grand designs

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Season 1

1. Episode 1 (Malaga)

Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in ...More

Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.Less

45mins 2004-03-01

2. Episode 2 (Lot)

Kevin travels to the Lot region of France to meet the Sampson family as they prepare to embark on the ...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2004-03-08

3. Episode 3 (Puglia)

Kevin follows a couple of artists who have moved to the beautiful region of Puglia. Their dream is to ...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2004-03-15

4. Episode 4 (Creuse)

Kevin visits a couple who have given up everything in the UK to start a new life in a remote part of c...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2004-03-22

5. Episode 5 (Ireland)

Kevin travels to the romantic west coast of Ireland where architect Andrew Lohan is embarking on the c...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2004-03-29

6. Episode 6 (Tuscany)

Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their...More

Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.Less

45mins 2004-04-05

7. Episode 7 (Les Gets)

Kevin travels to a ski resort in the French Alps where English couple Nicky and James Dobree are turni...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2004-04-12

8. Episode 8 (Alicante)

Kevin McCloud travels to Spain to meet a family who have moved lock, stock and barrel from London to s...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2004-04-19

9. Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House

Kevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th cen...More

Kevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th century manor house in Creuse, France.Less

45mins 2006-05-03

10. Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old Chalet

Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les G...More

Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les Gets, France.Less

45mins 2006-05-10

11. Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany Castle

Kevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating...More

Kevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating a castle in Tuscany.Less

45mins 2007-05-09

12. Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' Retreat

Kevin McCloud revisits artists David Westby and Leonie Whitton three years after they bought an olive ...More

Kevin 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.Less

45mins 2008-02-27

13. Revisited: Lot, France: House From Straw

Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.

Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.Less

45mins 2010-12-01

14. Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa

Ten years ago Gil and Hillary Briffa decided to retire to southern Spain, where they planned to build ...More

Ten 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.Less