Episode 2 (Lot)
Kevin travels to the Lot region of France to meet the Sampson family as they prepare to embark on the construction of a hugely ambitious, open, wooden-framed house.
More from Season 1
Episode 1
Episode 1 (Malaga)
Kevin McCloud meets architects Gil and Hilary Briffa, who are building their dream retirement home in Andalusia.
Episode 3
Episode 3 (Puglia)
Kevin follows a couple of artists who have moved to the beautiful region of Puglia. Their dream is to turn a derelict olive farm into a home and a summer school for artists.
Episode 4
Episode 4 (Creuse)
Kevin visits a couple who have given up everything in the UK to start a new life in a remote part of central France called the Creuse.
Episode 5
Episode 5 (Ireland)
Kevin travels to the romantic west coast of Ireland where architect Andrew Lohan is embarking on the conversion of a ruined 150-year-old church into the perfect home.
Episode 6
Episode 6 (Tuscany)
Kevin meets a couple who bought a ruin and moved to Italy in 1999, hoping to start work building their dream home in Tuscany.
Episode 7
Episode 7 (Les Gets)
Kevin travels to a ski resort in the French Alps where English couple Nicky and James Dobree are turning a 300-year-old farmhouse into an luxurious eight-bedroomed chalet.