About this season
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Episodes (8)
1. The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex
Aired 29 April 1999 • 45 min
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.
2. The English Barn, Oxfordshire
Aired 6 May 1999 • 45 min
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!
3. The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
Aired 13 May 1999 • 45 min
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.
4. The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
Aired 20 May 1999 • 45 min
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
5. The Eco-House, Suffolk
Aired 3 June 1999 • 45 min
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
6. The Chapel, Cornwall
Aired 10 June 1999 • 45 min
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.
7. The House of Straw, Islington, North London
Aired 17 June 1999 • 45 min
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
8. The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster
Aired 24 June 1999 • 45 min
Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.