Grand Designs Season 11

If you want a documentary that respects its subject, Grand Designs Season 11 is available on and right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 55 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Rigorous in a way documentary storytelling does not always commit to. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

There is a reason Grand Designs Season 11 keeps coming up in conversation. The access Grand Designs Season 11 gets is remarkable — and the storytelling does full justice to it. Season 11 of Grand Designs includes 12 episodes. It aired from September 2011 to November 2012. This season stars Kevin McCloud. Kevin McCloud leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2011. The restraint in Grand Designs Season 11 is what makes it trustworthy — it does not need to editorialise to make its point. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Grand Designs Season 11 is the kind of documentary you immediately want to recommend to someone else. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. The subject drives every choice here, not the other way around. The kind of production you finish and immediately want to read more about.

🎬 Grand Designs Season 11 — Episode Guide

Morpeth: The Derelict Mill Cottage

2011-09-14

Kevin McCloud looks at the transformation of a derelict mill cottage in Northumberland into a contemporary family home, the longest-running project ever featured on the programme. Stefan Lepkowski and Annia Shabowska began work in 2006, and their ambitious plans involved restoring the Georgian build...

London: The Contemporary Mansion

2011-09-21

Paul and Penny are tearing down their million pound home in south London to build a contemporary mansion. But the challenge of building a complex home soon starts to bite.

Tenby: The Lifeboat Station

2011-09-28

Kevin follows the progress being made as Tim and Philomena O'Donovan, convert a lifeboat station in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, into a contemporary home.

Essex: The Large Timber-framed Barn

2011-10-05

Kevin McCloud follows the conversion of a large, Grade II-listed timber-framed barn in Essex into a family home and work-space by artists Freddie Robbins and Ben Coode-Adams. Their plans involve few interior walls to display their collection of toys, but at seven times the size of an average three-b...

Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-framed House

2011-10-12

Kevin McCloud meets estate manager Ed Waghorn and his wife Rowena, a couple living an almost self-sufficient life with their four children on a smallholding in Herefordshire. They have been constructing a timber-framed house using recycled materials, wood from nearby forests and stone from around th...

Cornwall: The Dilapidated Engine House

2011-10-19

Ever since he was a child, stonemason Adam Purchase has loved the old silver mine engine houses that characterise Cornwall's landscape. When he and his partner Nicola Brennan chanced upon a dilapidated Grade II listed engine house with planning permission to turn into a home, it was a dream come tru...

London: The Disco Home

2011-10-26

Claire and Ian try to build a home big enough for a disco on a small plot at the end of a London mews. But as angry locals begin to object to their plans, things start to go awry.

The Dome House: Revisited

2011-11-02

Running out of money is always a grim prospect for anyone attempting their own Grand Design. Perhaps no one has come closer than Robert and Milla Gaukroger. When Kevin last saw them a year ago, they were camping out in the incomplete shell of their ambitious Lake District home with their two childre...

The Eco Arch: Revisited

2012-11-28

Kevin returns to the Weald of Kent and one of the most innovative houses ever featured on `Grand Designs', a highly experimental arch-shaped home built from clay tiles.

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The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited

2011-11-16

Kevin revisits Denise and Bruno Del Tufo who six years ago set about transforming a concrete water tower in their back garden into an avant-garde contemporary home.

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The Adaptahaus: Revisited

2011-11-23

Kevin McCloud revisits Alan and Judith Dawson in west Cumbria, where they began constructing a prefabricated home in 2009. They employed a method of building that should have allowed them to assemble the home in just 15 days on a budget of £300,000, and the presenter returns to find out whether they...

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The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited

2011-11-30

Kevin McCloud revisits a couple who took on the task of constructing a sustainable house in the Kent countryside. Mimi da Costa managed the project despite a lack of experience, while her husband worked, and intended to have it completed in 16 weeks. But as the build threatened to drag on for months...

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