Grand Designs Abroad (2004) · WatchGuide

Grand Designs Abroad (2004) · WatchGuide

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E1 · Airs Mar 1, 2004 · 45m
Episode 1 (Malaga)
Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.
E2 · Airs Mar 8, 2004 · 45m
Episode 2 (Lot)
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.
E3 · Airs Mar 15, 2004 · 45m
Episode 3 (Puglia)
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.
E4 · Airs Mar 22, 2004 · 45m
Episode 4 (Creuse)
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.
E5 · Airs Mar 29, 2004 · 45m
Episode 5 (Ireland)
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.
E6 · Airs Apr 5, 2004 · 45m
Episode 6 (Tuscany)
Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.
E7 · Airs Apr 12, 2004 · 45m
Episode 7 (Les Gets)
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.
E8 · Airs Apr 19, 2004 · 45m
Episode 8 (Alicante)
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.
E9 · Airs May 3, 2006 · 45m
Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House
Kevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th century manor house in Creuse, France.
E10 · Airs May 10, 2006 · 45m
Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old Chalet
Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les Gets, France.
E11 · Airs May 9, 2007 · 45m
Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany Castle
Kevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating a castle in Tuscany.
E12 · Airs Feb 27, 2008 · 45m
Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' Retreat
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 · Airs Dec 1, 2010 · 45m
Revisited: Lot, France: House From Straw
Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.
E14 · Airs Nov 6, 2013 · 45m
Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa
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.