Grand Designs: Trade Secrets

Grand Designs Today

December 2024 •English

Sofa

December 2024 •Norwegian

In "Sofa" we get to be "fly on the wall" with famous and dear people when they share their TV experiences from the sofa in their own living rooms. Sofa is based on the British series "Gogglebox"

Solos

December 2024 •Spanish

American Suburbia

December 2024 •English

Witness a fascinating account of a nation's efforts to become progressive and prosperous.

Streets of Your Town

December 2024 •English

A look at the aesthetics of our suburbs. Tim Ross – comedian, broadcaster and aficionado of the Modernist era – is tour guide for this very personal journey exploring how and why our suburbs look the way they do. Travelling the country gaining unprecedented access to some of our most epic homes, meeting their owners, peeling back their history and revelling in their beauty Tim poses the question: from Modernism to McMansionism – how did we get here?

Bye-Bye Maison!

December 2024 •French

What's Your Plan?

December 2024 •French

A show that helps homeowners re-imagine the most difficult rooms in their house, allowing them to 'shop' for the design that best meets their needs. After issuing their brief, homeowners are presented with three concepts brilliantly concocted by three mystery designers. Once they pick their favourite concept, they discover which star designer was the creator and then give that designer the green light to make it a reality.

No 57: The History of a House

December 2024 •English

A 200-year journey through the history of British interior design, examining how design has affected one Georgian house and its inhabitants in Bristol, from when it was first built in 1779 right up to the present day. Fashions in interior design have mirrored social, political and economic trends. Six different periods are explored, each covering between 30 and 50 years. The interior is restored with objects and gadgets, revealing how the different families occupying the house might have lived and how design influenced their lifestyle.

Paláce 1. republiky na nábřeží Vltavy

December 2024 •Czech

Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain

December 2024 •English

The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.

Secrets of the Manor House

December 2024 •English

Exactly 100 years ago, the world of the British manor house was at its height. It was a life of luxury and indolence for a wealthy few supported by the labor of hundreds of servants toiling ceaselessly "below stairs" to make the lives of their lords and ladies run as smoothly as possible. It is a world that has provided a majestic backdrop to a range of movies and popular costume dramas to this day, including PBS' "Downton Abbey." But what was really going on behind these stately walls? "Secrets of the Manor House" looks beyond the fiction to the truth of what life was like in these British houses of yesteryear. They were communities where two separate worlds existed side by side: the poor worked as domestic servants, while the nation’s wealthiest families enjoyed a lifestyle of luxury, and aristocrats ruled over their servants as they had done for a thousand years.

Nashville Flipped

December 2024 •English

Troy Dean Shafer remodels houses primarily from the 1800's and early 1900's, restoring original features and preserving as much character as possible. He also brings in period pieces like doors and windows from other projects, or pieces found at antique stores and flea markets to add character to the houses.

Recherche appartement ou maison

December 2024 •French

Secrets of the Superfactories

December 2024 •English

Secrets of the Superfactories is a fast-paced and fact-filled documentary series that lifts the lid on the production of some of the world’s biggest, greenest and smartest factories around the globe. The series explores how everything from everyday products to iconic design is made and takes viewers into the hidden world of the hyper-efficient and flexible factories of the future.

Grand Designs Sverige

December 2024 •Swedish

Grand Designs

December 2024 •English

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

Kevin McCloud and the Big Town Plan

December 2024 •English

Kevin McCloud follows an innovative community-led regeneration scheme in Castleford.

The Dreamer: Condo/Barista/Architect

December 2024 •Thai

Pongkhwan is an architect who believes in green design. She tries to hold up those standards both in her work and in her daily life. She receives a job designing a condominium delivering green design and eco-living. It's exactly her thing, but nothing about it proves easy. Pongkhwan's junior colleague Ted likes to tease her playfully. Just as their rivalry is giving way to a new closeness, Pong meets Tle, a barista who runs a shop near her home. What starts as a customer-shopkeeper relationship soon turns into a close friendship. It seems that their closeness won't stop at just being friends.

English Heritage

December 2024 •English

An observational documentary series made over four years, following four stories of properties whose conservation falls under the guardianship of English Heritage and its controversial chief executive, Simon Thurley.

To Build or Not to Build

December 2024 •English

Simon O'Brien travels the United Kingdom meeting people building their own homes.