George Clarke's Amazing Spaces

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.

Genre: Documentary,

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Country: United Kingdom,

Type: tv

Season: 12

Episode: N/A

Duration: 45 minutes

Release: 2012-10-23

Rating: 7

Season 1 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2012-10-23
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.
2012-10-30
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.
2012-11-06
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.
2012-11-13
George meets Ruth Tidd, who is attempting to turn an old caravan that was once used as a home for chickens into an ice cream parlour. He also follows the building of the country's first ever tree tent and is lucky enough to get to try it out, as well as getting the chance to visit some very unique offices built from four old tube carriages. Finally, he travels to Barcelona to take a closer look at the tiny studio flat that thinks it's a five room apartment. And on his own caravan build, George designs a sofa that doubles up as a bath.
2012-11-20
George meets a man who drunkenly bought a 1920s showman's carriage on eBay, but quickly sobered up when he saw the poor condition it was in. He visits a holiday home built from an old World War II vehicle and follows the build of Britain's most landlocked beach hut, based in Birmingham. And George faces a major setback with his own project to create an ultra-modern holiday home out of a 1970s caravan, when he discovers the windows he's ordered are actually meant for a boat.
2012-11-27
George visits a canal boat that's been revamped as the ultimate bachelor pad as he prepares to unveil his deluxe family caravan. Having bought a 1970s caravan for just £300, George and his team have spent months turning it into an extraordinary holiday home for him and his family. And George meets a man whose simple plan of converting a shipping container into a garden office proved anything but.
2012-12-20
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.

Season 2 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2013-10-24
George meets a couple planning to transform a tiny 1960s ambulance into a campervan where the family of six can cook, eat and sleep
2013-10-31
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
2013-11-07
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
2013-11-14
George meets a woman who wants to build a shop and mobile home out of an old horsebox, but she only has £500 to spend
2013-11-21
George visits a futuristic living space at YO! Home, where the double bed rises up out of the floor and into the ceiling, and the kitchen and bathrooms are cleverly hidden from view
2013-11-28
George is invited onboard a blinged-up double-decker bus that's been converted into a posh restaurant and bar. He meets a couple living in a railway station and sees their plans for the waiting room.
2013-12-05
George catches up with designer Max McMurdo, who is making a classroom out of two rusting shipping containers. And there's also a garden office and a beauty emporium run from a rare 1947 caravan.
2013-12-12
George prepares to unveil his own small-space project, an ambitious, accessible, multi-functional tree house within the Calvert Trust, an outward bound activities centre for families with disabilities
2013-12-19
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.

Season 3 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2014-06-05
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.
2014-06-12
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
2014-06-19
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
2014-06-26
George meets a Manchester couple who decided to spend their nest egg on building an underground casino in a hidden basement in their home. And there's also a woman who built her own shop.
2014-07-03
George meets a couple who love VW campervans so much they have given up their jobs and sold their home in order to completely drop out of the rat race. Plus, a family building a home from mud.
2014-07-10
George meets two brothers who can't afford to get on the property ladder and plan to transform a fire-damaged narrowboat into a luxury bachelor pad
2014-07-17
In the last episode of the series George's garden build is finally revealed and it's time to see if he's transformed his unloved narrow strip of back garden into a magical and creative family space

Season 4 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2014-10-23
George plans a woodland retreat for less than the price of a family holiday and visits a breathtaking property in Italy
2014-10-30
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
2014-11-06
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.
2014-11-13
George meets newly-weds investing their life savings in a dilapidated yacht. His Italian road trip takes in a stunning tree house, and his wilderness lodge starts to take shape.
2014-11-20
George visits a derelict Victorian railway signal box being turned into a garden summer house in Cumbria, a lakeside glass house in Italy, and a VW campervan conversion in Derby
2014-11-27
George visits a floating pool in a converted barn in Italy. He meets a couple making a home from portable office cabins and a schoolteacher who found a pond under her garden decking.
2014-12-04
George visits a spectacular tree house in Scotland, a Doctor Who-inspired shed in Macclesfield and a glass lodge in Italy's Dolomite mountains
2014-12-11
A 70s fire engine is transformed into a mobile shop. Can a dilapidated pony trailer be made into a holiday retreat? And George and Will reveal their wilderness cabin in all its glory.
2014-12-18
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.

Season 5 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2015-09-17
George visits a cliff top retreat, a unique garden pavilion, and starts work on his getaway beach hut
2015-09-24
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.
2015-10-01
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.
2015-10-08
George finds a hearse that's been made into a family campervan, with a pop-out kitchen in a coffin. There's also a floating book shop, and a Victorian bathing machine in Margate.
2015-10-15
George visits a river barge conversion, an ingenious swimming pool restoration and a futuristic lakeside house in Germany
2015-10-22
George meets a couple transforming their garden air-raid shelters. There's also 12-year-old Guinnie, who hopes to create the ultimate party shed, and some luxury beach houses.
2015-10-29
George meets a couple so desperate to get on the housing ladder that they're making their own home out of scrap. And there's drama in the workshop with the beach hut project.
2015-11-05
George and Will's floating beach hut goes to sea. There's also a festival campervan made from an American school bus and a family home in Germany built in an old grain silo.
2015-11-12
In this special episode, George Clarke joins forces with up-cycling expert Max McMurdo to learn all there is to know about building a floating home, from Docklands to Denmark.

Season 6 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2016-09-22
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
2016-09-29
George meets Sam, a man with spinal muscular atrophy who is designing an accessible mobile home. And work continues on his rotating house project.
2016-10-06
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.
2016-10-13
George meets Ali and Rich, who hope to salvage one of the rarest caravans made. And in Devon, Nick wants to build a garden studio for his mother-in-law out of a dog house.
2016-10-20
George meets a teacher building a classroom in a salvaged jet and a Devon couple turning a cricket scorebox into a garden hang out. There's also a steel tree house in New Zealand.
2016-10-27
In Lincolnshire, a couple are adding a dance floor to a rare campervan, while a small Stirlingshire business converts a Sea King helicopter into luxury overnight accommodation
2016-11-03
George meets a Dorset couple building a room with great views over Chesil Beach. There's also a doggie campervan, and a remote lodge made almost entirely of glass in New Zealand.
2016-11-10
George meets a Cornish couple turning the country's most expensive public loo into a luxury cliff-top holiday home. He also unveils his futuristic rotating home at Pinewood.
2016-12-13
George and Will Hardie help Jan Fursier bring to life her dad's dream for a caravan, taken from plans found in his secret wartime diaries during his time as a Japanese prisoner of war

Season 7 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2018-01-11
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
2018-01-18
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.
2018-01-25
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.
2018-02-01
George meets Ellie, who's turned a double-decker bus into a luxury mobile home. There's also a multi-purpose super den in Suffolk with a roof terrace and a concealed pool table.
2018-02-08
George meets a dad hoping to lure his kids off their gadgets by building a funky garden workshop. There's also an aspiring 14-year-old architect making a den out of a horsebox.
2018-02-15
A world class surfer in Cornwall builds a unique extension to his campervan, while a Pembrokeshire couple turn an Olympic artefact into an extra-terrestrial glamping pod
2018-02-22
George meets two artists in Gloucestershire converting a library van into a mobile home and studio. He also visits a wartime bunker being turned into a secret underground office.
2018-03-01
A tailor fashions a work studio in his garden. An enterprising team build a cabin inside a crane 150 feet off the ground. And George visits a pod hotel in Tokyo.
2018-05-22
George Clarke, Will Hardie and a special Amazing Spaces team take on a 600-year-old Welsh legend, attempting to build a house from scratch in less than a day. And it's raining.
2018-06-08
George looks back at several memorable off-grid projects, from a wooden yurt in a quarry to a medieval summerhouse, a Victorian shepherds hut, and a stunning VW campervan
2018-06-15
George revisits projects that celebrate Britain's rich history and traditions, including bunkers from the second world war, a doghouse in Devon, and a cream tea business in a camper van
2018-06-22
George looks back at several ingenious builds done on a shoestring. Big things can be achieved with small sums - from a Tardis shed to a house built with absolutely zero budget.
2018-06-29
George catches up with small space projects by young designers, including a 12-year-old's luxury party shed, and the newlyweds who ditched their honeymoon to make a campervan instead
2018-07-06
George revisits some amazing European builds, from an epic mountain-top retreat in the Italian Alps to a floating home in Denmark and, in Barcelona, the smallest city home he's ever seen
2018-07-15
This tree house special features a treetop spot in Tuscany with a romantic view, a tree hotel in Sweden shaped like a UFO, and a tree house designed in the style of a mirrored cube

Season 8 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2019-01-06
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.
2019-01-13
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.
2019-01-20
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?
2019-01-27
In West Sussex young couple Becky and Joe plan to build their first home together: a tiny house on an old trailer, enabling them to live debt-free
2019-02-03
The ingenious builds this time include a gin bar made from a rail wagon, a narrowboat conversion, and an epic cathedral near Madrid, hand built over 50 years by one man
2019-02-10
George meets car nut Mark from Coventry, who's planning to build a camping trailer from an old Saab, and Busola who's making a mobile classroom out of a double-decker bus
2019-02-17
George travels to Yorkshire to meet Jasmine and Rupert, who plan to convert an old German fire truck into a cabin on wheels to take around Europe
2019-02-24
George and Will take their amphibious camper for a maiden voyage in Hastings. There's also a chill-out den, a sphere, and a revolutionary studio in Spain.
2019-12-10
In this snowy special, George Clarke and Will Hardie explore the many architectural gems of Finland, including a caravan on skis, and a city built underneath Helsinki.
2018-12-13
In this special episode of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, George and master-craftsman Will Hardie explore the ingenious small-space wonders hidden away among the snowy peaks of the Swiss, French and Italian Alps. Starting an epic road trip from an observation point 4000m above sea level, they set out on an adventure spanning mountain ranges, which takes in a secret ski lodge disguised as a boulder; a tree house resembling a giant acorn; a traditional Swiss cabin made almost entirely from concrete; and a tiny hamlet made up of eight 200-year-old chalets brought together from all over the Alps. And before heading home, George and Will visit a breathtaking mountaintop restaurant resembling a spaceship, before competing in a toboggan race.
2019-12-22
George Clarke and Will Hardie visit Norway, Finland, the Alps and Canada to check out some amazing winter designs, from ice hotels to stunning modern homes.

Season 9 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2020-06-17
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...
2020-06-24
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.
2020-07-01
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.
2020-07-08
George meets a couple who turn a coach into a mobile home and a pilot who creates a garden den from a plane, and his observatory takes him to one of the world's largest telescopes.
2021-01-07
George is back with more ingenious builds. He meets a couple who are turning an old fire engine into a bar, and a 23-year-old building a shepherd's hut from scratch.
2021-01-14
George meets a master craftsman saving a Victorian circus wagon, and discovers a small hotel that's disguised as a tree and a camping pod that looks like a giant conker.
2021-01-21
George meets one couple converting a camper into a mini HGV caravan and another turning a railway carriage into a retreat. And George and Will learn how to take photos with a beer can.
2021-01-28
George meets a man who plans to make a barn out of discarded windows and old driftwood, and a novice builder who's creating a retirement home in a minivan for her and her cat.
2021-02-04
George looks back at his most ambitious big build - a 360-degree, gravity defying rotating house! In search of inspiration, George goes to Holland, Germany and the local fairground.
2021-02-11
George looks back at his first ever big build - converting a £300 dilapidated caravan into a stylish holiday hideout for him and his kids, inspired by other ingenious conversions.

Season 10 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2022-01-07
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.
2022-01-14
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.
2022-01-21
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.
2022-01-28
A 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.
2022-02-04
George 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.
2022-02-11
A VW gets a transformation, a bomb shelter's converted into a bijou bar.
2022-02-18
A 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
2022-02-25
A 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.
2022-03-04
George 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.
2022-03-11
George 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.

Season 11 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2023-01-09
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.
2023-01-16
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.
2023-01-23
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.
2023-01-30
George meets a young woman building a tiny home, even though she's never done DIY before. And he meets a teacher at a school who's trying to turn a train into a library.
2023-02-06
George meets a mum who's transforming an old horse-drawn caravan into an extending, accessible space for her daughter, and visits a walkers' lodge that's a replica of an Iron Age camp.
2023-02-13
A Welsh farmer and his wife plan to upcycle an old horse lorry into a seaside retreat. George meets a man building a two-storey tepee and visits an experimental hemp build.
2023-02-20
George meets a teenager building a shepherd's hut from scratch, and visits a computer-designed garden office, an 'ethereal' camper van, and Bauhaus buildings in Israel.
2023-02-27
The front half of a plane is converted into the ultimate crash pad, complete with loads of 'toys'. George reveals his own amazing space, a unique Arts and Crafts caravan.

Season 12 - George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
2024-06-20
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.
2024-06-27
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.
2024-07-04
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.
2024-07-11
A couple attempt to combine an army lorry and an old caravan to create the ultimate off-roader, and a man returns to his family's farm to build a luxury cabin. Meanwhile, George visits a building in Denmark that was designed to be a work of art and an office, checks out a skip that's been turned into a home, and takes inspiration for his scissor lift cabin from a stunning 18th-century bridge.
2024-07-18
George meets a couple turning a derelict water pumping station into a luxury holiday home and an outdoor swimmer building a futurist micro camper. Plus: a glamping tree pod in a Danish forest.
2024-07-25
George follows two eccentric builds, as a couple fit a camper on the back of a tiny Italian Tuk-Tuk and a dad-of-two creates a quirky getaway in an abandoned nuclear bunker.
2024-08-01
In an incredibly ambitious build, a man attempts to create a mini canal and lock to house a narrowboat. And in Denmark, George visits a one-bed hotel housed in an old industrial crane.
2024-08-08
George meets a couple turning a ship's wheelhouse into a glamping pod, revisits a designer from the very first series to see his gorgeous new eco-builds, and finally reveals his cabin in the sky.