Kevin's Grand Design

In a brand new Channel 4 series, Kevin McCloud sets out to prove what Britain's housing industry said couldn't be done - to build beautiful, contemporary, affordable, sustainable homes and still make money.

For 10 years, as presenter of Grand Designs, McCloud has followed some of Britain's most ambitious self-build projects, as intrepid individuals have attempted to design and construct the home of their dreams. But he has become increasingly frustrated that so many people in Britain live in poorly-designed outdated houses.

This series follows Kevin's five-year-long project - from deciding what to build and raising the money to fund it, to finding a site and convincing the locals it will benefit them.

He finally finds a site for 40 houses in Swindon - an area in need of affordable housing. All of the houses he is building are innovative prototypes employing new technologies. The series charts his progress as he sees his designs realised and follows him as he sets about finding families to live in them.

Kevin McCloud said: ‘This has not been the easiest thing for me. I'm normally part of television making, not its subject, and I've found the change of roles bewildering at times. Rather than standing on the sidelines watching other people make decisions - and mistakes - I've been the one making them. And the cameras have captured all of it.'

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