Great British Buildings: Restoration of the Year

An exploration of some of the world's most famous structures and the inspirations of the architects behind them.

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Kevin McCloud presents Grand Designs Abroad. The stakes are higher, the risks are multiplied, and the ambition - to build your dream home in the perfect European location - is greater than ever.

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

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

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

An entertaining series about how our Swedish houses, homes, and cities have developed, and what they might look like in the future. The series' guide, Petra Mede, and architecture experts Gert Wingårdh and Mark Isitt take us on a journey through time, starting 100 years ago and continuing 100 years into the future. Come along to the village street, the big city, the industrial town, the countryside, the dream cottage, the suburbs, the city center, and the village!

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain sees former UK politician Michael Portillo investigating abandoned buildings around Britain.

How did a small island once rule over a quarter of the world's population? This shared history still shapes us today - and billions of people are part of its story.

Discover how Singapore's architects and futurists plan to radically transform the city in response to the daunting challenges it faces.

Using witness testimony, archive and archaeological evidence, this three-part series reveals the untold story of the preparations to defend World War Two Britain by the Home Guard.

They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?

The three-part series tells the story of British architects Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.

Robbie Coltrane has set himself a challenge to take a road trip across a Britain that we don't normally see. The route is from Scotland to the tip of Cornwall, stopping off at various locations - all on the scenic 'B' roads.

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

Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers, train guards, drivers, police officers and management teams determined to keep the country moving.

The enormous popularity of recent British dramas such as Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge, and Sherlock, has led to vast interest in the real-life stories and history of the icons of Great Britain. Each episode of this series visits a famous British building or institution to explore its past and present, meeting a wide range of experts and historians along the way.

The show traces the history of architecture and urban planning in Reykjavík in the twentieth century. The series begins in 1915, in the big fire where many wooden houses in the town were destroyed. Then the time of the concrete houses began.

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse meets people who know and care about architecture, real estate and design, and finds out what guided their choices in the design and construction of their homes.