The UK's favourite architectural show, Grand Designs, is officially back on TV screens as Kevin McCloud travels around the UK meeting new ambitious individuals building their dream homes.

The Channel 4 show is now entering its 26th series, with previous episodes seeing everything from giant curved glass homes to mansions built out of clay and former water towers.

Now, more keen builders are ready to take on the task, not for the faint-hearted, as Kevin travels around the UK to see the new builds in Grand Designs.

The first episode of the new series saw artist Sarah with a radical super-sustainable home that combined living quarters with a studio and an art gallery.

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