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The Best Episodes of Grand Designs Season 23

Every episode of Grand Designs Season 23 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Grand Designs Season 23!

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Channel 4

Season 23 Ratings Summary

"South Manchester" is the best rated episode of "Grand Designs" season 23. It scored 6.8/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/31/2022. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Tunbridge Wells".

  • South Manchester
    6.8/1021 votes

    #1 - South Manchester

    Season 23 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/2022

    In south Manchester, can Colin and Adele overcome contractor issues, delays and financial ruin to finish the build of their eye-popping curved glass home?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tunbridge Wells
    7.6/1021 votes

    #2 - Tunbridge Wells

    Season 23 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2022

    Kate and Rob replace their 1940s past-it prefab with a bespoke, modern, factory-built home using volumetric modular construction. But will it feel like the characterful home they dream of?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Canterbury
    7.7/1018 votes

    #3 - Canterbury

    Season 23 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/2022

    Ship’s captain Dorran promised his family he’d build a super-modern underground lair on a hill outside Canterbury. But as the epic build hits choppy waters, will Dorran fulfil their dream?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chess Valley
    7.2/1019 votes

    #4 - Chess Valley

    Season 23 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/2022

    Zimbabwean born Davi and Matt from Australia set out to build a house in the Chess Valley with a radical multicultural design. Can they deliver, or will it end up just a mishmash of ideas?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Derbyshire
    6.7/1019 votes

    #5 - Derbyshire

    Season 23 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/2022

    In Derbyshire, Mike and Sarah set out to build a multigenerational longhouse. But with a complicated roof, a shortage of materials and an unexpected bereavement, it proves far from easy...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dunstable
    7.4/1017 votes

    #6 - Dunstable

    Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2022

    In Dunstable, John and his wife Helen demolish an old, dilapidated house and in its place build a million-pound, high-tech, accessible glass pavilion, complete with wildlife garden

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sydenham Hill London
    7.3/1012 votes

    #7 - Sydenham Hill London

    Season 23 Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/2022

    Corinne plans to build a beautifully crafted, wedge-shaped home on a slither of garden down the side of the house she’s lived in for 24 years. But it sits in a strict conservation area…

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • North Devon Revisit
    7.1/1015 votes

    #8 - North Devon Revisit

    Season 23 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/2022

    In 2011, Edward and Hazel set out to build a lighthouse on the north Devon coast. By 2019, they were near bankruptcy with just a rusting shell. Three years on, has anything has changed?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • South Somerset Revisit
    7.3/1015 votes

    #9 - South Somerset Revisit

    Season 23 Episode 9 - Aired 10/26/2022

    In 2015, Vicky and Ed set out to transform a derelict cowshed into a 21st-century smallholding in Somerset. Six years on, how much has this wildly ambitious project changed their lives?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bolton Revisit
    NaN/100 votes

    #10 - Bolton Revisit

    Season 23 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2022

    In 2015, Paul and Carol's plans to build a fortress-like home on the edge of the wild West Pennine Moors were thwarted when they ran out of money and time. Have they finally finished it?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Devon Revisit
    NaN/100 votes

    #11 - Devon Revisit

    Season 23 Episode 11 - Aired 11/9/2022

    In the longest revisit in Grand Designs history, Kevin McCloud returns to Devon to see if Sue and Martin's renovation of two ancient barns has finally come to fruition, two decades on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A