{"id":3804,"date":"2021-09-01T15:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1336423"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:42:08","slug":"kevin-mccloud-questions-couple-about-impractical-blueprints-in-exclusive-grand-designs-clip","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/kevin-mccloud-questions-couple-about-impractical-blueprints-in-exclusive-grand-designs-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCloud questions couple about impractical blueprints in exclusive Grand Designs clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Tonight&#8217;s new series of Grand Designs kicks off with a &#8220;superman&#8221; style property worth \u00a31.5 million. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 01 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Channel 4\u2019s Grand Designs is back with a brand new series tonight, with Kevin McCloud set to visit a couple building an impractically-designed \u00a31.5 million property in tonight\u2019s episode,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> can exclusively reveal.<\/p>\n<p>In a first-look at tonight\u2019s premiere, McCloud visits Claire and Joe in south Devon, who\u2019re building a complicated 70 metre long house and quickly start to encounter problems as their budget doubles in size when the first walls go up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like being on the set for superman,\u201d McCloud says as he visits the property, which the couple commit to spending \u00a31.5 million on, before questioning Joe and Claire\u2019s designs of the grand building.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6270448775001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div> <p>\u201cThey\u2019re both so removed from the design process, they haven\u2019t hugely considered what it\u2019ll be like to live in,\u201d McCloud says in a voiceover, before we watch him point out to the couple that the property\u2019s showers are on the other side of the house to the gym.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are the bins? What are they doing there? Why have you put them next to the bedroom?\u201d he asks. \u201cYou need the bins by the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve not really thought practicalities,\u201d Claire responds.<\/p> <p>The episode, which will see the couple try to build \u201cone of the best homes on the planet\u201d, is the first of the new series, which McCloud has revealed is set to explore \u201ceco-experimentalism, wild design, planning issues, conversation and craftsmanship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an expression of success and arrival with one of the largest houses we\u2019ve ever filmed that looks like Superman\u2019s Crystal Fortress, except it\u2019s not in the North Pole, but near Exeter. There\u2019s also a poignant story of bereavement and family; a house for a widow designed and built out of love in effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus, there is a small and inexpensive triangular house crafted by a passionate expert in wood and built on one of the most difficult sites that I\u2019ve ever encountered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The new series of Grand Designs starts tonight (Wednesday 1st September) at 9pm on Channel 4. Catch up on All 4. Looking for something else to watch? 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