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Grand Designs Abroad·Channel 4

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1 season · 14 eps

Season 1

S1 · E1 45 min

Episode 1 (Malaga) Episode 1

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Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.

S1 · E2 45 min

Episode 2 (Lot) Episode 2

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Kevin travels to the Lot region of France to meet the Sampson family as they prepare to embark on the construction of a hugely ambitious, open, wooden-framed house.

S1 · E3 45 min

Episode 3 (Puglia) Episode 3

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Kevin follows a couple of artists who have moved to the beautiful region of Puglia. Their dream is to turn a derelict olive farm into a home and a summer school for artists.

S1 · E4 45 min

Episode 4 (Creuse) Episode 4

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Kevin visits a couple who have given up everything in the UK to start a new life in a remote part of central France called the Creuse.

S1 · E5 45 min

Episode 5 (Ireland) Episode 5

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Kevin travels to the romantic west coast of Ireland where architect Andrew Lohan is embarking on the conversion of a ruined 150-year-old church into the perfect home.

S1 · E6 45 min

Episode 6 (Tuscany) Episode 6

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Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.

S1 · E7 45 min

Episode 7 (Les Gets) Episode 7

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Kevin travels to a ski resort in the French Alps where English couple Nicky and James Dobree are turning a 300-year-old farmhouse into an luxurious eight-bedroomed chalet.

S1 · E8 45 min

Episode 8 (Alicante) Episode 8

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Kevin McCloud travels to Spain to meet a family who have moved lock, stock and barrel from London to start a new life in Alicante on a lovely block by a lake.

S1 · E9 45 min

Revisited: Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House Episode 9

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Kevin McCloud revisits Denise (Deni) Daniel and Doug Ibbs who bought and started renovating a 19th century manor house in Creuse, France.

S1 · E10 45 min

Revisited: Les Gets, France: 300 Year Old Chalet Episode 10

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Kevin McCloud revisits Nicky and James Dobree two years after they bought their Alpine Chalet in Les Gets, France.

S1 · E11 45 min

Revisited: Tuscany, Italy: The Tuscany Castle Episode 11

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Kevin revisits Janne Hoff-Tilley and Howard Smythe whe spend seven years and 700,000 Pounds renovating a castle in Tuscany.

S1 · E12 45 min

Revisited: Puglia, Italy: Masseria Impisi - An Artists' Retreat Episode 12

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Kevin McCloud revisits artists David Westby and Leonie Whitton three years after they bought an olive farm in the Puglia region of Italy and planned to convert it into a home on a budget of £25,000.

S1 · E13 45 min

Revisited: Lot, France: House From Straw Episode 13

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Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family who had build a house from Straw in Lot, France.

S1 · E14 45 min

Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa Episode 14

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Ten years ago Gil and Hillary Briffa decided to retire to southern Spain, where they planned to build a contemporary home in the Andalusian hills against the backdrop of more traditional properties. A few years ago, Gil died, but now Kevin McCloud revisits Hillary to find out whether her residence has settled into its landscape and how life is treating her as a British widow living abroad.

14 episodes in Season 1

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