About this season
For many the dream of having a bolt hole or a place to escape from their hectic lives can seem unobtainable. Architect George Clarke shows how such big dreams can be achieved in small and affordable places. George delves into the extraordinary world of small builds to meet the highly creative people who are taking tiny, unpromising spaces and creating the most incredible places to live and work and play. There are homes made out of shipping containers, horseboxes, and old buses. Others are building tiny huts or incredible treehouses in the middle of the woods.
Episodes (10)
1. Disappearing Bathroom and Reliant Robin
Aired 17 June 2020 • 45 min
George Clarke's back with more amazing small space designs. He meets a couple creating a disappearing bathroom and a man squeezing a camper into a Reliant Robin, and plans his hardest-ever build...
2. Garage and Canal Barge
Aired 24 June 2020 • 45 min
George meets a mum who's turning a shed into a haven and a couple creating a luxury home on a houseboat. He also visits a temple in Chile and continues to build his observatory.
3. Kids' Den and Jet Engine
Aired 1 July 2020 • 45 min
George meets a couple crafting a magical den and an aircraft technician who's turning a jet engine into a supersonic camper. He also discovers some lip-smacking designs in a winery.
4. Coach and Plane
Aired 8 July 2020 • 45 min
George meets a couple who turn a coach into a mobile home and a pilot who creates a garden den from a plane, and his observatory takes him to one of the world's largest telescopes.
5. Fire Engine, Shepherd's Hut & Telescope
Aired 7 January 2021 • 45 min
George is back with more ingenious builds. He meets a couple who are turning an old fire engine into a bar, and a 23-year-old building a shepherd's hut from scratch.
6. Circus Wagon, Tree Hotel & Camping Pod
Aired 14 January 2021 • 45 min
George meets a master craftsman saving a Victorian circus wagon, and discovers a small hotel that's disguised as a tree and a camping pod that looks like a giant conker.
7. Mini HGV Caravan & Railway Carriage
Aired 21 January 2021 • 45 min
George meets one couple converting a camper into a mini HGV caravan and another turning a railway carriage into a retreat. And George and Will learn how to take photos with a beer can.
8. Barn, Retirement Minivan & Observatory
Aired 28 January 2021 • 45 min
George meets a man who plans to make a barn out of discarded windows and old driftwood, and a novice builder who's creating a retirement home in a minivan for her and her cat.
9. Big Build Special - The Rotating House
Aired 4 February 2021 • 45 min
George looks back at his most ambitious big build - a 360-degree, gravity defying rotating house! In search of inspiration, George goes to Holland, Germany and the local fairground.
10. Big Build Special - The Caravan
Aired 11 February 2021 • 45 min
George looks back at his first ever big build - converting a £300 dilapidated caravan into a stylish holiday hideout for him and his kids, inspired by other ingenious conversions.