Grand Designs Abroad
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.
Seasons
1. Episode 1 (Malaga)
Air Date: 2004-03-01
Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.
2. Episode 2 (Lot)
Air Date: 2004-03-08
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.
3. Episode 3 (Puglia)
Air Date: 2004-03-15
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.
4. Episode 4 (Creuse)
Air Date: 2004-03-22
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.
5. Episode 5 (Ireland)
Air Date: 2004-03-29
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.
6. Episode 6 (Tuscany)
Air Date: 2004-04-05
Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.
7. Episode 7 (Les Gets)
Air Date: 2004-04-12
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.
8. Episode 8 (Alicante)
Air Date: 2004-04-19
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.
9. Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House
Air Date: 2006-05-03
Kevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th century manor house in Creuse, France.
10. Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old Chalet
Air Date: 2006-05-10
Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les Gets, France.
11. Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany Castle
Air Date: 2007-05-09
Kevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating a castle in Tuscany.
12. Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' Retreat
Air Date: 2008-02-27
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.
13. Revisited: Lot, France: House From Straw
Air Date: 2010-12-01
Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.
14. Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa
Air Date: 2013-11-06
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.
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Rating
6.0/10
Release Date
2004-03-01
Episodes
14 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Boundless