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First Aired: April 29th, 1999
Status: Continuing
Network: Channel 4
Summary: British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Season 1
Episode 1: The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven
Air Date: April 29th, 1999
Summary: 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.
Episode 2: The English Barn, Berkshire
Air Date: May 6th, 1999
Summary: 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!
Episode 3: The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
Air Date: May 13rd, 1999
Summary: 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.
Episode 4: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
Air Date: May 20th, 1999
Summary: Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
Episode 5: The Eco-House, Suffolk
Air Date: June 3rd, 1999
Summary: A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
Episode 6: The Chapel, Cornwall
Air Date: June 10th, 1999
Summary: 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.
Episode 7: The House of Straw, Islington
Air Date: June 17th, 1999
Summary: Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
Episode 8: The Glass-House, Doncaster
Air Date: June 24th, 1999
Summary: Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.
Episode 9: Revisited - Doncaster: The Glass House
Air Date: November 8th, 2001
Summary: Kevin McCloud travels back to Doncaster to catch up with self-builders Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood and their futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.
Episode 10: Revisited - Suffolk: The Eco-House
Air Date: November 15th, 2001
Summary: Kevin McCloud travels to Suffolk to revisit a couple who dreamed of building a 100% environmentally friendly house. How far have they managed to stick to their green ideals?
Episode 11: Revisited - Islington: The House of Straw
Air Date: November 22nd, 2001
Summary: Kevin McCloud revisits Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth in Islington, London. Will they have realised their dream of using straw bales in the construction of their house?
Episode 12: Revisited - Brighton: The Co-Operative Build
Air Date: December 6th, 2001
Summary: Kevin McCloud revisits a group of people in a Brighton co-operative who are building their own homes and the homes of their neighbours.
Episode 13: Revisited - Amersham: The Water Tower
Air Date: September 24th, 2002
Summary: Kevin is in Amersham to update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andrew. Their venture involved designing an 'invisible' house that blended in with the surrounding reservoirs.
Episode 14: Revisited (2) - Islington: The House of Straw
Air Date: October 15th, 2003
Summary: Kevin McCloud revisits the improbable build of two architects who built their central London house out of straw bales, springs, nappy cladding and silver tin.
Episode 15: Revisited - Berkshire: English Barn
Air Date: October 29th, 2003
Summary: Kevin McCloud revisits retired couple Denys and Marjorie Randolph, who decided to embark on their final building project, a brand new green oak barn-style house.
Episode 16: Revisited (2) - Amersham: The Water Tower
Air Date: December 8th, 2010
Summary: Kevin is in Amersham for a second update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andrew. Their venture involved designing an 'invisible' house that blended in with the surrounding reservoirs.
Episode 17: Revisited (2) - Brighton: The Co-Operative Build
Air Date: December 5th, 2012
Summary: Kevin saw a ground-breaking co-operative of ten families built their own homes on the edge of Brighton. They where known as 'The Hedgehogs' and were made up of former travellers and those living in insecure accommodation. Kevin catches up with the community over ten years on.
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