George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (2012)
For many the dream of having a bolt hole or a place to escape from their hectic lives can seem unobtainable. Architect George Clarke shows how such big dreams can be achieved in small and affordable places. George delves into the extraordinary world of small builds to meet the highly creative people who are taking tiny, unpromising spaces and creating the most incredible places to live and work and play. There are homes made out of shipping containers, horseboxes, and old buses. Others are building tiny huts or incredible treehouses in the middle of the woods.
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Episode 1 - Stargazing Cabin and Vintage Horsebox
Release Date: 2022-01-07In Devon, George meets Val, who's invested her life savings into building a stargazing cabin with a twist. George also visits a vintage horsebox and a Norwegian Viking-inspired longhouse.
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Episode 2 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Moroccan Oasis
Release Date: 2022-01-14Chitty Chitty Bang Bang gets an extension on the Isle of Wight. Plus: a Moroccan oasis in the Cotswolds, and George seeks inspiration for his secret garden studio flat.
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Episode 3 - Ambulance Ski Chalet and Oil Rig Lifeboat
Release Date: 2022-01-21An ambulance gets a new lease of life as a ski chalet on wheels, an oil rig lifeboat owner makes his build shipshape, and George and Will experience a slice of Africa in the Midlands.
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Episode 4 - Railway Carriage Gym and Buckinghamshire Chateau
Release Date: 2022-01-28A 1920s railway carriage is converted into a luxury gym and sauna, a Victorian lady's loo is turned into a romantic getaway and George visits a French chateau in Buckinghamshire.
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Episode 5 - Camping Pod and a Straw Bale House
Release Date: 2022-02-04George Clarke explores the extraordinary world of small builds, where people turn tiny spaces into the most incredible places to live, work and play. He even tries making a few of his own. A lifeboat is converted into a camping pod, a mum and three daughters create a charming straw bale house, and George enjoys an oriental delight on the Isle of Wight.
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Episode 6 - A VW and a Bomb Shelter
Release Date: 2022-02-11A VW gets a transformation, a bomb shelter's converted into a bijou bar.
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Episode 7 - A Floating Home and a Magical Vista
Release Date: 2022-02-18A couple create an ambitious floating home, George and Will make a magical vista in their garden flat, and two siblings build their own mobile homes away from home
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Episode 8 - Touring Theatre and Secret Garden Flat
Release Date: 2022-02-25A touring theatre performer has an ingenious plan to keep the show on the road, quite literally. George and Will complete their studio flat that also converts into a magical secret garden.
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Episode 9 - Beach Hut
Release Date: 2022-03-04George and Will Hardie aim to build a beach hut that can sleep four and float, but they only have six square metres. They seek inspiration from a high-end hut in Dorset, an ingenious space-saving houseboat in Germany and a 'half house' in London.
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Episode 10 - Hand-Built Observatory
Release Date: 2022-03-11George and Will Hardie take inspiration from an 1830s camera obscura and a futuristic planetarium to create an observatory in honour of George's star-loving late father.