Endorsements from the World of Film, Theatre & TV

Kevin McCloud

Kevin McCloud is best known for Channel 4's Grand Designs. He has written and presented all three series, plus one series of Grand Designs Indoors and most recently Grand Designs Abroad.

"Doing Grand Designs is a dream ticket for me," Kevin says. "I started by pursuing a (terminated) career in music, and then I went to Cambridge to take a degree in languages, which quickly changed to philosophy, then finally to the history of art and architecture. I then retrained as a designer and led two weird, parallel lives designing both in the theatre and in people's houses. I've designed exhibitions, graphics, product and spaces, settling eventually – for no particular reason other than people bought the stuff – on lighting and furniture. I enjoy it all."

Already a highly respected designer and author before Grand Designs, Kevin’s television profile really started with his work on BBC 2’s Homefront. In 1998 he moved outside for BBC 2’s Homefront In The Garden, showing the same panache with plants and paint that he previously employed inside.

For a loftier viewpoint, Kevin abseiled six of Britain's tallest buildings for the BBC2 series Don’t Look Down - conquering his own vertigo with incisive and witty observations as he went.

When not filming, Kevin runs a product design practice, specialising

in lighting and furniture. He has designed lighting for some of the finest

buildings in Europe and many great houses, including Ely Cathedral

and Edinburgh Castle. He's currently working on home products for

Fired Earth and ranges of tableware, lighting and other homeware

items for Debenhams.

Kevin has written books to accompany the Grand Designs series,

as well as books on colour, home decorating and lighting.

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