Series synopsis
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces is a British documentary television series that premiered on Kabel 1 Doku on October 23, 2012. It stars George Clarke, William Hardie and Max McMurdo.
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 build ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- George Clarke as Self - Host
- William Hardie as Self
- Max McMurdo as Self
Episodes
This series spans 15 seasons with 155 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 31 | December 20, 2012 | December 20, 2022 |
| Season 1 | 7 | October 22, 2012 | December 20, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 9 | October 23, 2013 | December 19, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 7 | June 5, 2014 | July 17, 2014 |
| Season 4 | 9 | October 23, 2014 | December 18, 2014 |
| Season 5 | 9 | September 17, 2015 | November 12, 2015 |
| Season 6 | 9 | September 22, 2016 | December 13, 2016 |
| Season 7 | 15 | January 11, 2018 | July 15, 2018 |
| Season 8 | 11 | January 6, 2019 | December 22, 2019 |
| Season 9 | 10 | June 17, 2020 | February 11, 2021 |
| Season 10 | 10 | January 7, 2022 | March 11, 2022 |
| Season 11 | 8 | January 9, 2023 | February 27, 2023 |
| Season 12 | 8 | June 20, 2024 | August 8, 2024 |
| Season 13 | 6 | March 25, 2025 | April 29, 2025 |
| Season 14 | 6 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Amazing Christmas Spaces (2012) George returns for a Christmas special, visiting Christmas-themed builds including a gingerbread house, an underground grotto decorated with over four and a half million shells, and a beach hut advent calendar where every day a festive space opens its doors to the public. George also catches up with expert designer William, to look back on the extraordinary journey to transform his 1970s caravan into a spectacular 21st century holiday retreat. |
December 20, 2012 |
| 2 |
Amazing Christmas Spaces (2013) In this festive special, George visits an incredible man-made stalactite crystal grotto in Surrey and meets a small spaces enthusiast who has rebuilt and renovated a Victorian flatpack tin chapel in Shropshire to create a magical holiday home. George catches up with carpenter Adam, who created a double-decker bus holiday home on the Brighton coastline, with Jay and Jonathan at their ambulance-turned-campervan in Norfolk, and Barry at his hexagonal home in Lancashire. Meanwhile, it's Christmas in the tree house with Rew from the Land Rover cocktail bar helping to get the celebrations started. |
December 19, 2013 |
| 3 |
Amazing Christmas Spaces (2014) George visits a flat-pack tin church. There's also a luxury converted chapel, ice carving in a Liverpool wonderland and a catch-up with some of George's best builds of the year. |
December 18, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bus, Horsebox and Loo George meets a couple who have invested their savings to convert a wreck of a bus into a holiday let, sees how an old underground toilet has been turned into an apartment and finds how a horsebox has been given a new lease of life as a holiday home. George's own project of making over a dilapidated caravan gets off to a shaky start as his builder fails to see the potential in a hulk of rusting metal from the 1970s. |
October 23, 2012 |
| 2 |
Bolt-hole, Shipping Containers and a Caravan George continues his exploration of the world of small builds, meeting a man planning a bolt-hole in the Lake District, and visiting a community in Hackney, London, that lives and works in customised shipping containers. He also travels to a home in nearby Shoreditch where the kitchen has been moved onto the roof, and finds out how an Oxford resident has turned his back garden into a party palace using a caravan. |
October 30, 2012 |
| 3 |
Modules, Beach Hut and Gypsy Caravans George heads to Scotland to meet Julie and George Nicholson, who take an enormous financial risk and commission local designer Sam Booth to build a truly unforgettable, innovative prototype module holiday home. The stakes are high, as the couple have invested their entire savings of £30,000 on a design that's never been tested before. George also takes a trip to Bournemouth and meets Andrew and Emma Collett, who decided not to spend money on a honeymoon but bought a six foot by six foot beach hut to transform into a multi-function small space that can accommodate up to six guests for lunch. Hungry to find inspiration for his own small space caravan design, George visits Gemma Doyle who has lovingly restored some gypsy caravans back to their former glory. And on his own build, George tries to come up with an ingenious solution that will sleep his family of five in a space barely big enough for one double bed. |
November 6, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Campervan, Aquarium and Floating Egg George meets a couple planning to transform a tiny 1960s ambulance into a campervan where the family of six can cook, eat and sleep |
October 24, 2013 |
| 2 |
Beehive, Cocktail Bar and Tree Hotel George visits an apartment inspired by a beehive, a cocktail bar made out of a dilapidated Land Rover and a real life UFO suspended in the trees at a tree hotel in a Swedish forest |
October 31, 2013 |
| 3 |
Double Decker Retreat and Boat Hotel George meets a carpenter hoping to turn a double decker bus into a holiday retreat, and a couple who have quit their jobs and thrown their life savings into designing a boat hotel |
November 7, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Fairytale Hideaway and Teardrop Trailer George meets Olly and Tamsin in Bolton, who want to create a fairytale wooden hideaway at the bottom of their garden. And in Kent, Barry and Deleck seek to recreate a classic Teardrop trailer. |
June 5, 2014 |
| 2 |
Airstream Caravan and All Weather Camping George meets a couple risking their life savings on making a family home out of an old Airstream caravan, while his ambitious plans for a multipurpose garden building get a reality check |
June 12, 2014 |
| 3 |
Pod Hotel, Glamping and Garden Home This episode features a double decker coach turned into a Japanese-style pod hotel, a Texan building made of rubbish, and the man who built his daughter a home in his back garden for £12k |
June 19, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Old Railway Carriage and Private Jet George plans a woodland retreat for less than the price of a family holiday and visits a breathtaking property in Italy |
October 23, 2014 |
| 2 |
UFO House and Floating Pool George meets a man trying to build a UFO-styled house; a woman making a garden room using material including earth, straw and human hair; and visits a floating swimming pool in Italy |
October 30, 2014 |
| 3 |
Italian Fire Station and Amphibious Crash Pad The Italian road trip takes in possibly the world's coolest fire station. DIY enthusiasts Ben and Michelle want to build a summer house using disused shipping pallets. |
November 6, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cliff Top Retreat and Garden Pavilion George visits a cliff top retreat, a unique garden pavilion, and starts work on his getaway beach hut |
September 17, 2015 |
| 2 |
Campervan and Escape Pod George meets a man building a campervan out of CDs and old vinyl records. There's also a single dad making a home on the water for him and his sons out of an oil rig escape pod. |
September 24, 2015 |
| 3 |
Mini Cricket Pavilion and a Boat Home George meets a young man looking on an internet dating site for a shipmate to help turn an old boat into a home. There's also a cricket-mad granddad building a mini pavilion in his garden. |
October 1, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Treehouse, Army Truck and a Decadent Bath George meets a couple turning an old army truck into a mobile holiday home and visits a luxury tree house in Dorset with a sauna, spiral staircase and even a slide |
September 22, 2016 |
| 2 |
Mobile Home and Garden Pub George meets Sam, a man with spinal muscular atrophy who is designing an accessible mobile home. And work continues on his rotating house project. |
September 29, 2016 |
| 3 |
Mobile Juice Bar and Modernist Tent George meets Tabitha, who's building a new mobile juice bar out of a horsebox after her last one was stolen. And in New Zealand he visits Waiheke to see a modernist tent. |
October 6, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Japan, Dudley & Yorkshire Camper The new series of ingenious and eccentric small space designs takes George to Japan, a canal boat conversion in Dudley, and a luxury camper in Yorkshire made from a cattle trailer |
January 11, 2018 |
| 2 |
Sewage Works, Chapel & Japan George travels over 5000 miles to explore the wonder of small space builds in Japan. In the Midlands, a father and daughter salvage a dilapidated tree house with a £300 budget. |
January 18, 2018 |
| 3 |
Jet Summer House & Funky Apartment An airline buff bids to turn a jet cockpit into a summer house. And George visits a funky apartment in Tokyo that not only challenges the mind but may make residents live longer. |
January 25, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cattle Carriage and Retro Caravanette George visits a cattle carriage made into a luxury holiday pad. There's a retro caravanette in east London and a picture-perfect home in southern Andalucía. |
January 6, 2019 |
| 2 |
Silver Streak & Writing Den In Cornwall, Rebecca and Damian are trading in their house for an American trailer known as a Silver Streak. And in Torquay, George meets inspirational ex-cabbie Caroline. |
January 13, 2019 |
| 3 |
Narrow Boat & Prosecco Bar A teenager in Lancashire turns a derelict narrow boat into a holiday home for the family. In Warwickshire, could a greasy burger van be the answer to a bride-to-be's prayers? |
January 20, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Disappearing Bathroom and Reliant Robin George Clarke's back with more amazing small space designs. He meets a couple creating a disappearing bathroom and a man squeezing a camper into a Reliant Robin, and plans his hardest-ever build... |
June 17, 2020 |
| 2 |
Garage and Canal Barge George meets a mum who's turning a shed into a haven and a couple creating a luxury home on a houseboat. He also visits a temple in Chile and continues to build his observatory. |
June 24, 2020 |
| 3 |
Kids' Den and Jet Engine George meets a couple crafting a magical den and an aircraft technician who's turning a jet engine into a supersonic camper. He also discovers some lip-smacking designs in a winery. |
July 1, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stargazing Cabin and Vintage Horsebox In 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. |
January 7, 2022 |
| 2 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Moroccan Oasis Chitty 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. |
January 14, 2022 |
| 3 |
Ambulance Ski Chalet and Oil Rig Lifeboat An 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. |
January 21, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Old Boat and Caravan Café George Clarke returns with more unique small-space builds. He visits a carpenter saving an old boat, a woman creating a caravan café, and a stunning Israeli apartment. |
January 9, 2023 |
| 2 |
Eco-lodge and Houseboat George visits a stunning glass-fronted eco-lodge, seemingly floating in mid-air, and meets a couple trying to turn an old boat into their first ever home. |
January 16, 2023 |
| 3 |
Vintage Bus, YMCA and a Wooden Cabin George visits a family who are creating extra space on a vintage bus and travels to an amazing YMCA in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a farmer builds an owl-inspired wooden cabin. |
January 23, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sky Cabin and a Viking Longhouse George has the idea of turning a rusty scissor lift into a cabin in the sky and starts his Denmark trip with a visit to a modern take on the old Viking longhouse. After a bus from a previous series burned in a fire, its owner replaces it with an ambitious new build made of four shipping containers. Plus, a beautician and her daughter create a four-wheeled beauty parlour. |
June 20, 2024 |
| 2 |
Seashell Bar and a Train Carriage George meets an actor moving up the four-wheel property ladder and visits an underground bar in Denmark covered in seashells. Plus: It's full steam ahead for a dog-friendly holiday let. |
June 27, 2024 |
| 3 |
Wedding Cake Folly and a Circular House A man pays homage to one of the great modernist homes with his new garden room and George visits the teenager who created a shepherd's hut last year, to follow his latest build. George visits a bizarre garden folly inspired by a wedding cake, a striking beach house inspired by pill boxes and an old RNLI station. In Denmark, the architect checks out a stunning circular house inspired by the owner's car collection. |
July 4, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Travelling Restaurant and a Campervan A former circus chef makes a traveling restaurant from two lorries, and a couple turn a tiny car into a campervan. |
March 25, 2025 |
| 2 |
Ice Cream Van and Beach Home Amazing Spaces' youngest-ever builders turn a battered bus into an ice cream van and George visits a Portuguese beach home and celebrates three eccentric builds. |
April 1, 2025 |
| 3 |
Dystopian Glamping Site and Luxury Camper George meets a family of Hollywood set designers creating a dystopian glamping site, and follows the build of a luxury camper hidden within an old farm muck spreader. |
April 8, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Travelling Restaurant and a Campervan A former circus chef makes a traveling restaurant from two lorries, and a couple turn a tiny car into a campervan. |
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| 2 |
Ice Cream Van and Beach Home Amazing Spaces' youngest-ever builders turn a battered bus into an ice cream van and George visits a Portuguese beach home and celebrates three eccentric builds. |
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| 3 |
Dystopian Glamping Site and Luxury Camper George meets a family of Hollywood set designers creating a dystopian glamping site, and follows the build of a luxury camper hidden within an old farm muck spreader. |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Kabel 1 Doku |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 23, 2012 |
| Last aired | April 29, 2025 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 21:00:00 |