We've loved Grand Designs since it started airing on Channel 4 back in 1999. The show has had plenty of heartfelt moments throughout its time on-air, always focusing on the human stories behind the grand renovation projects. Despite this, when the show first aired, television was known to be "exploitative" with programmes like Eurotrash , The Word and Game for a Laugh , and in an interview with The Observer back in 2023, show host Kevin McCloud revealed that this was the sort of show that the presenter was attempting to avoid.

" Television was quite exploitative when Grand Designs started, but our idea was celebratory ," he explained to the publication. "We thought the first series was going to be watched by one surveyor and his dog, but enough viewers watched to gain a re

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