Grand Designs
{{Short description|British television series}}
{{Other uses of|Grand Design}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Grand Designs (title card).jpg
| genre =
| presenter = Kevin McCloud
| theme_music_composer = David Lowe
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 22
| num_episodes = 159
| list_episodes = List of Grand Designs episodes
| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = Talkback (1999–2006)
Talkback Thames (2006–11)
Boundless (2012–20)
Naked Television (2021–)
| network = Channel 4
| first_aired = {{start date|1999|4|29|df=y}}
| last_aired = present
| related = Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home
}}
Grand Designs is a British television series that has broadcast on Channel 4 since 29 April 1999 and is presented by Kevin McCloud.
Format
Episodes generally follow a regular format, with small variations depending on the progress of the build. At the beginning of an episode, McCloud meets the clients embarking on the project; he visits the site with them, and discusses the plans for the building. A computer visualisation or computer-aided design view of the intended project is shown. Once ground work commences, he visits the site periodically, following the build progress, noting any changes, hitches or delays; the build frequently runs over budget and completes later than scheduled. McCloud will often do a piece to camera concentrating on any unique materials or features in the house. He visits again once the building is made watertight, and the first and second fixes have commenced. He makes a final visit to the site in its finished or near-finished state, once the occupants have moved in. A tour of the house is then given; McCloud brings the episode to a close summarising the house, its construction, and his opinions.
If a house is not completed before filming finishes, it will sometimes be revisited in a later episode. In more recent series, McCloud revisits past unfinished builds once they have been completed and may stay overnight.
The properties featured in Grand Designs are hugely varied in style and design, from underground homes to converted water towers to buildings constructed in methods of sustainable architecture; the only common factor is that they are all unusual or extravagant. The most popular episode of the series for both Kevin McCloud and viewers was Series 3, Episode 3 with Ben Law's home and a sweet chestnut frame made from his own woodland costing very little.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/9596965/Kevin-McCloud-Most-Grand-Designs-are-too-big-and-too-bright.html|title=Kevin McCloud: Most Grand Designs are too big and too bright|work=The Telegraph|author=Sarah Lonsdale|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en}}
Transmissions
{{main|List of Grand Designs episodes}}
{{:List of Grand Designs episodes}}
International versions
- Grand Designs Australia premiered on 21 October 2010 in Australia on The LifeStyle Channel.[http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-premieres.aspx Lifestylechannel.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002143136/http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/property/grand-designs-australia-premieres.aspx |date=2 October 2010 }}
- Grand Designs New Zealand
::hosted by Chris Moller for its first six seasons, premiered on 4 October 2015 in New Zealand on TV3. The first season consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.{{Cite news|url=http://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/grand-designs-new-zealand/|title=Grand Designs New Zealand|work=Architecture Now|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-AU}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/GrandDesignsnz.aspx|title=Grand Designs NZ|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-NZ}} The second season premiered on 25 September 2016 and also consisted of 8 x 60 minutes episodes.{{Cite web|url=http://thetvdb.com/?tab=seasonall&id=284931&lid=7/|title=Grand Designs New Zealand: Complete Episode List|website=thetvdb.com|access-date=2017-05-22}} A third season of eight episodes aired in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs-new-zealand/episode-guide/series-3|title=Grand Designs New Zealand - All 4|website=www.channel4.com}}
- Grand Designs Sweden (2020)
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.tv4.se/grand-designs-sverige|title=Grand designs Sverige - Allt om programmet på TV4|website=tv4.se}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.tv4play.se/program/grand-designs-sverige|title=Grand Designs Sverige|website=tv4play.se}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://vidastockholm.com/project/norrkvie/|title=Villa Damm Gotland (Grand Designs 2020)}}
{{Cite web|url= https://www.fremantle.fi/production/grand-designs-suomi/|title=Grand Designs Suomi}}
DVDs
| class="wikitable" width="55%" style="left: 0 auto; text-align: center;" |
| DVD Title
!Discs !Year !Episodes !Release date |
|---|
| The Complete Series One
|2 |1999 |8 |25 October 2004 |
| The Complete Series Two
|2 |2001 |8 |5 January 2009 |
| Series Three
|2 |2003 |7 |17 July 2006 |
| Series Four
|2 |2004 |7 |5 May 2008 |
| Series Five - Volume One
|2 |8 |16 March 2009 |
| Series Five - Volume Two
|2 |8 |27 April 2009 |
| Series Five - Volume Three
|1 |2007 |4 |5 October 2009 |
| Series Six
|2 |2008 |6 |26 April 2010 |
| Series Seven
|2 |2009 |7 |27 September 2010 |
| Series Eight
|2 |2010 |8 |5 September 2011 |
| Series Nine
|2 |2011 |8 |15 October 2012 |
| Series Ten
|2 |2012 |8 |30 September 2013 |
| Series Eleven
|2 |2013 |9 |29 September 2014 |
Exhibition
File:Jo Hamilton and George Clarke.jpg and George Clarke compete in a 'cook-off']]
Grand Designs Live takes place biannually, in London in the spring and in Birmingham in the autumn. The exhibitions display contemporary design and technology for the home and garden, with stands for suppliers and manufacturers to promote their goods and services. Design and media personalities McCloud, George Clarke and Jo Hamilton are show ambassadors.
The nine-day Grand Designs Live 2008 event, held at London's ExCeL, attracted over 100,000 visitors. To accompany the event Channel 4 broadcast two live daily programmes directly from the show, Grand Designs Live: Today and Grand Designs Live.
Grand Designs Live launched in Australia in Sydney on 21–23 October 2011.{{Cite web
|title=Grand Designs Australia Live Sydney 2011.
|url=http://www.granddesignslive.com.au/content.asp?id=42
|access-date=25 May 2010
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018185404/http://www.granddesignslive.com.au/content.asp?id=42
|archive-date=18 October 2011
}} It launched in Melbourne on 21–23 September 2012 and returned to Sydney on 5–7 October 2012.{{Update after|2012|10|5}}{{Cite web
| title = Grand Designs Australia Live is Coming to Melbourne
| url = http://www.granddesignslive.com.au/content.asp?id=41
| access-date = 7 July 2011}}
Awards and nominations
The programme has been nominated a number of times in the BAFTA Features category and won in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=%22grand+designs%22 |title=BAFTA Awards Search |work=BAFTA}}
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Results | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000
| rowspan="2"|BAFTA TV Awards | rowspan="2"| Features | Daisy Goodwin, John Silver | align="center" {{nom}} | |||||
| 2004
| John Silver, Daisy Goodwin, Kevin McCloud | align="center" {{nom}} | |||||
| 2008
| Director – Factual | Livia Russell | align="center" {{nom}} | |||||
| 2013
| rowspan="3" |BAFTA TV Awards | rowspan="3" |Features | Production Team | align="center" {{nom}} | align="center"|{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22078740 |title=Bafta TV awards 2013: List of winners|date=12 May 2013 |work=BBC }} | |||||
| 2014
| Kevin McCloud, Fiona Caldwell, Rob Gill, John Lonsdale | align="center" {{nom}} | align="center"|{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26918912 |title=Bafta TV awards 2014: Winners in full|date=18 May 2014 |work=BBC }} | |||||
| 2015
| Production Team | align="center" {{won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs}}
- {{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs-abroad|Grand Designs Abroad}}
- {{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs-house-of-the-year|Grand Designs: House of the Year}}
- {{Channel4.com|programmes/grand-designs-the-streets|Grand Designs: The Streets}}
- {{IMDb title|0421099}}
- {{IMDb title|7814768|Grand Designs Indoors}}
- {{IMDb title|4443986|Grand Designs Abroad}}
- {{IMDb title|5254568|Grand Designs: House of the Year}}
- {{IMDb title|19838076|Grand Designs: The Streets}}
- [http://www.granddesignslive.com Grand Designs Live]
- [http://www.granddesignsmagazine.com Grand Designs Magazine]
- [http://www.lifestyle.com.au/granddesigns Grand Designs Australia Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602040035/http://www.lifestyle.com.au/granddesigns/ |date=2 June 2013 }}
- [http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/GrandDesignsnz.aspx Grand Designs New Zealand Official Website]
Category:1999 British television series debuts
Category:1990s British television series
Category:2000s British television series
Category:2010s British television series
Category:2020s British television series
Category:Architecture in the United Kingdom
Category:Television shows about British architecture
Category:Channel 4 original programming