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14 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Lincoln Miles and his wife wish to convert a 1970s bungalow into a 3 part home with studios, and with one 3 storey tower as a private retreat for themselves. The land is a country setting surrounded by woods, on the Isle of Wight. They wish to use unique materials like a yogurt and cows dung siding wash and scorched Larch wood.

Episode 2
Getting planning permission to build in open countryside is almost impossible, but Helen and Chris have achieved it. Both architects, they decided to move out of London and build their own home in the middle of the Cotswolds countryside.

Episode 3
Lucie and Nat plan to return to their home town of Woodbridge in Suffolk to build an ecologically friendly home for their family of four. Before they can start, Nat is diagnosed with stomach cancer and passes away. After more than a year of contemplation, Lucie goes ahead and builds a slightly scaled down version on a very tight budget and against the daily struggles of a single mum.

Episode 4
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Simon Bennett and his wife Jill as they try to restore two timber-framed barns in Suffolk.

Episode 5
Jonathan and Lindsay want to build a house that's exciting to look at, cheap to run, and ecologically sound.

Episode 6
Kevin meets interior designer Kathryn Tyler, who has decided the best way onto the property ladder is to design and build her own house in her parents' back garden in Falmouth.

Episode 7
Alan Dawson has spent 22 years planning his house. He is going to build all the components in his factory and plans to erect it on site in 5 days. He is hoping that this will provide a fresh direction for his business, hit by recession.

Episode 8
This episode shows how a family builds a unique Geodesic dome rooved house on Lake Windermere in the beautiful, if rainy, Lake District of England. They encounter many problems including running out of funds.

Episode 9
Kevin returns to Brittany to see how the earth-sheltered home has worked out for Daren and Adi.

Episode 10
Kevin returns to London to see if Bill has completed the two timber and glass houses.

Episode 11
Kevin returns to Belfast to see how the vast hillside villa has worked out for Thomas and Dervla.

Episode 12
Kevin McCloud returns to see the Sampson family in France.

Episode 13
Kevin is in Amersham for a second update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andrew.

Episode 14
48 mins
Kevin revisits Pru and Richard Irvine, who built a bespoke modern home on an old industrial site complete with lime kilns. Eighteen months on, has this giant of a house settled in to its surroundings?
