Grand Designs

Latest Episodes

• Season 9 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  An update on Kelly and Masoko Neville, who built an oak-framed, straw-baled hexagonal house in the Cambridgeshire Fens in 2005. The unusual two-storey house was built around a spiral staircase carved out of an 800-year-old tree trunk, the centrepiece of an interior that drew inspiration from JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit. Kevin McCloud visits the Nevilles to see if they have managed to find the idyllic, self-sufficient life they craved

• Season 9 Episode 8: Yorkshire

  Kevin McCloud revisits Francis and Karen Shaw, who bought a 15th-century peel tower in the Yorkshire Dales in 2006. Kevin soon discovers that the cost of restoring the ancient building has meant the reality of living there is nothing like the couple's dream

• Season 9 Episode 7: Kent

  Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Mimi and Andre d'Costa, who have moved to the Kent countryside to bring up their two children. They have a large plot of land and want to build a house that will be functional enough to serve their young family, but will also blend in with the beautiful landscape. They turn to architect Nick Eldridge, who designs a simple modular home using state-of-the-art materials and technologies