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Kevin McCloud, MBE (born 8 May 1959) is a British designer, writer, and television presenter. He has presented the Channel 4 series Grand Designs since its debut in April 1999.
3 days ago · Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has opened up about the future of the Channel 4 show and how different it is since he first started hosting it 25 years ago Image: Channel 4 / Malgosia ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Kevin McCloud supervises the conversion of a water tower on Grand Designs in 1999. Having presented a housebuilding show for 25 years, McCloud is something of an expert when it comes to warning...
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‘Nope. I thought it would be a bit of an outcast when we started in the late 1990s. Instead, it’s become a family pet – the family being the team who have involved themselves with the series for so long. People like Tony Etwell, our director of photography, Guy on jib and Andrew Marchant, our sound recordist, who between them have clocked up 57 yea...
‘I put together a PowerPoint explaining just this in order to bore audiences around the country. Slides include pictures of a slim book on architecture I was given when I was eight; a second-hand Hornby locomotive I painted pink; Olivier Mourgue’s groovy furniture from 2001: A Space Odyssey; the Post Office Tower; my father – a rocket engineer; and...
‘There are many people who’ve given me a leg up. From the first job, to the first book I wrote, to the first programme I made, every new venture came about because somebody took a bet. I’m still inspired by great architecture and their authors. And if you ask me which presenter I most admire and want to emulate, that would be Keith Floyd, a radical...
‘I’m not sure anyone fully did. The secret to its success was the open-ended way it was made over that first series. Daisy Goodwin, the producer, had sold the idea to Channel 4, who suggested it might be an hour long, not 30 minutes. At the time, in 1997, an hour-long programme of its kind was rare. John Silver, the series producer, and I were sent...
Sep 24, 2024 · And for the Channel 4 show’s presenter Kevin McCloud, who’s guided us through intrepid homeowners’ attempts to create showstopping and quirky homes for the last 25 years, it’s a story...
Sep 27, 2024 · Genial presenter Kevin McCloud reflects on a quarter of a century of clever, creative and sometimes ‘bonkers’ build projects. Lisa Salmon chatted to him.
Nov 17, 2021 · Kevin McCloud has been presenting hit Channel 4 architectural show Grand Designs since 1999 and so has spent over two decades helping intrepid individuals attempt to transform their properties...
