Building the Dream
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
Building the Dream is a British television series produced by True North Productions and broadcast on More4 in which architectural designer Charlie Luxton{{cite web|title=Charlie Luxton Design|url=http://charlieluxtondesign.com/|accessdate=19 April 2016}} helps people build dream homes that are both amazing and affordable.
The programme has been presented by Charlie Luxton since it first aired in September 2013, and over 90 episodes have been broadcast in nine series.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Building the Dream|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/building-the-dream/articles/all/series-4-builds|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208005656/http://www.channel4.com:80/programmes/building-the-dream/articles/all/series-4-builds |archive-date=8 February 2016 |accessdate=10 Nov 2020|work=Channel 4}} Another series is due to be aired.
Format
Presented by architectural designer Charlie Luxton, this is a series about real people striving to attain amazing yet affordable homes. As part of the show Charlie analyzes the building plans and gives ideas and suggestions that help to enhance the design. For added inspiration and ideas there is the opportunity to meet another self-builder who's already built their dream home.
Projects must meet the following:http://www.channel4.com/programmes/take-part/articles/all/building-the-dream criteria
- They must be a residential self build and the applicants must be planning to live in the property on completion.
- The applicants must be happy for Charlie to view their plans and suggest alterations
- Planning permission is already in place.
- The applicants agree to be filmed on a regular basis during the build
The aim for the self-build project is to finish in around 12 months for less cash than it would cost to buy that property on the market.
The properties featured in Building the Dream vary widely in style and design, from an ECO home [http://www.harmsentilneyshane.com/journal/building-the-dream] to a German Kit Home to a house for a chronic back pain sufferer, with a sunken garden and hot tub.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/yarm-familys-dream-home-story-6309296|title=Yarm family's dream home story eight years in the making to be shown in Channel 4's Building the Dream|author=Krysta Eaves|date=15 November 2013|work=gazettelive|accessdate=20 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/building-the-dream/episode-guide|title=Building the Dream|work=Channel 4|accessdate=20 April 2016}}
The show is similar in style to Kevin McCloud's Grand Designs, but whereas "Grand Designs" is for larger budgets, Building the Dream, by contrast, is Austerity Designs, by and for those of you who can nearly, but not quite, get on the desired rung of the property ladder"''{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/11/building-the-dream-tv-review|title=Building the Dream – TV review|last1=Jeffries|first1=Stuart|work=The Guardian|date=11 September 2013|accessdate=19 June 2017}}
Reviews
Broadcast
Building the Dream has also been shown in Australia,{{cite web|url=http://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/building-the-dream/|title=Building The Dream|work=lifestyle.com.au|accessdate=20 April 2016}} New Zealand{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/building-the-dream|title=Building The Dream - Factual building and design show on TV ONE - Television New Zealand - Entertainment - TV One, TV2|work=tvnz.co.nz|accessdate=20 April 2016}} and Canada.
Episodes
Series 1:
1 Hertfordshire
2 Surrey
3 Somerset
4 West Sussex
5 Wales
6 Perthshire
7 Cambridgeshire
8 Hastings
9 North Somerset
10 Warwickshire
11 Yarm
Series 2:
1 Shropshire
2 Buckinghamshire
3 Gloucestershire
4 Cheshire
5 Hertfordshire
6 Hampshire
7 Devon
8 Norfolk
9 Herefordshire
10 Hull
11 East Sussex
Series 3:
1 Yorkshire
2 Kent
3 Cumbria
4 Cotswolds
5 Humberside
6 Cornwall
7 Wiltshire
8 Devon
9 Gloucestershire
Series 4:
1 Newcastle
2 Peak District
3 Lancashire
4 Stirlingshire
5 South Lanarkshire Barn
6 North Somerset
7 Hastings Revisit
8 Pembrokeshire
9 Loughborough
Series 5:
1 Cotswolds
2 Scottish Borders
3 Birmingham
4 Isle of Wight
5 Cornwall
6 Buckinghamshire
7 Cornwall
8 South Wales
9 Lincolnshire
Series 6:
1 South East London
2 Hertfordshire
3 West Sussex
4 Fife
5 North Yorkshire
6 Cambridgeshire
7 Kent
8 Devon
9 North Devon
Series 7:
1 Streatham
2 East Yorkshire
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=8255316|title=Building the Dream}}
- [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/building-the-dream Building the Dream] at Channel4.com
- [http://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/building-the-dream/ Building the Dream - Lifestyle Channel Australia]
- [http://tvnz.co.nz/building-the-dream Building the Dream - TV One TVNZ]
Category:2013 British television series debuts
Category:2010s British reality television series
Category:2020s British reality television series
Category:Channel 4 reality television shows
Category:British English-language television shows