Grand Designs

Season 1

8 episodes 27 seasons

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Grand Designs Season 1 released on April 29, 1999.

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S01E01 Aired April 29, 1999

Newhaven, 1999

A couple in Newhaven face a race against time as they build their dream home on windswept cliff-top site in time for the birth of their baby.

S01E02 Aired May 06, 1999

Oxford, 1999

Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!

S01E03 Aired May 13, 1999

Brighton, 1999

This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.

S01E04 Aired May 20, 1999

Amersham, 1999

Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

S01E05 Aired June 03, 1999

Suffolk, 1999

A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.

S01E06 Aired June 10, 1999

Cornwall, 1999

Kevin McCloud travels to Cornwall to visit Gavin Allen and Jane Fitzsimons, who are trying to convert a chapel into a home and a teleworking office for Jane.

S01E07 Aired June 17, 1999

Islington, 1999

Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

S01E08 Aired June 24, 1999

Doncaster, 1999

Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.