Grand Designs Abroad

G2004•45m•6.3/10

Documentary

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6.3/10(3)

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.

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Production

Boundless

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 1, 2004

Last Aired

November 6, 2013

Networks

Channel 4

Where to Watch

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

E13

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.

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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.