Grand Designs Live
Having spent the best part of 10 years talking about buildings, getting excited about new technologies and materials, plus critiquing the emotional journey of more than 50 Grand Designers – finally, it's time to turn the tables on Kevin McCloud's traditional role and watch him build his own house. But, clearly it won't be that straightforward...
Cast
Kevin McCloud
Presenter
Seasons
E1Episode 1
May 4, 2008
Kevin McCloud is set the challenge of building his own place in six days with the programme broadcast live with an update of the days events. A competition is also launched to find the Grand Design house of the year.
E2Episode 2
May 5, 2008
Kevin gives an update on all the second days progress.
E3Episode 3
May 6, 2008
Kevin returns with a live update to report on how the prgress is going on day 3 of the challenge.
E4Episode 4
May 7, 2008
Kevin McCloud returns live with a report on how the progress is going on the fourth day.
E5Episode 5
May 8, 2008
Kevin returns with another live update on how the project is going.
E6Episode 6
May 9, 2008
Kevin gives a live update as the challenge draws to it's conclusion.
Storyline
Having spent the best part of 10 years talking about buildings, getting excited about new technologies and materials, plus critiquing the emotional journey of more than 50 Grand Designers – finally, it's time to turn the tables on Kevin McCloud's traditional role and watch him build his own house. But, clearly it won't be that straightforward...
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