A COUPLE who were on Grand Designs have revealed what host Kevin McCloud is like when the cameras aren’t rolling.
Greg and Georgie appeared on the Channel 4 show in 2021, sharing how they met when they were both going through cancer treatment.
A couple who were on Grand Designs have revealed what host Kevin McCloud is like when the cameras aren’t rolling
Greg and Georgie appeared on the show in 2021
The couple built a home in a converted barn
Georgie is still going through her treatment, and the couple decided to build a home in a converted barn on land owned by her parents in Kent.
Kevin, 64, was astounded by the finished result of their property, and now the couple have opened up about what it was like to work with him.
In an Instagram post alongside a picture of them with Kevin, they wrote: “He’s really such a genuine guy, and would insist on sitting next us in order to really get to know us and our story.
“He would drop everything and focus totally on what we wanted to talk about and how the project was going.
“He would wait outside our property and would only come onto the site once cameras were rolling, so that his true response and reactions to progress could be captured, which is why I think the show feels so real… he doesn’t hold back if he doesn’t approve or agree on something, although sometimes expressing it through the eyes…”
Kevin has been part of Grand Designs since it began in April 1999.
He previously opened up about how the show is filmed, and how producers don’t do “jeopardy”.
He told Stuff: “It’s always a disappointment when my phone rings and someone says ‘this has happened – he is ill, or the relationship has broken down’.
“We all groan, because all my producer wants to do is deliver a series, and we are always trying so hard to juggle everything.
“We want stories to go smoothly, and not be compromised. We are both quite ruthless in that way, and anti-jeopardy, but it does get awkward.
“This isn’t television for television’s sake. We follow some of the most noble and difficult aspects of human behaviour, and as time changes, projects and people change.”
And speaking about Greg and Georgie, he added: “What they’ve produced is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen.
“Sometimes, your socks are blown off.”
Kevin was blown away by the finished result
The couple said Kevin’s reactions were real and there was no ‘walk through’ before filming
Grand Designs airs on Channel 4.
