SUMMARY:
Originally, in Series 5, titled ‘Gross Designs’, the show saw some of History’s most gross designs. The named changed in Series 6 with a new presenter, starting with Boudica’s ‘Grand destruction’. The show is a parody of ‘Grand Designs’.
SKETCHES:
Historical Grand Designs: Vlad the Impaler
(Series 5 Episode 3)
Historical Grand Designs
(Series 5)
Historical Grand Designs: The Destruction of Colchester
(Series 6 Episode 9)
Historical Grand Designs: Churchill’s new house
(Series 6 Episode 10)
Historical Grand Designs: The Great Hedge of India
(Series 6 Episode 11)
Historical Grand Designs: Re-building London, 1666
Wren and Hooke plan to re-build London and design a new cathedral, making the most of the tragedy which Wren sees as brilliant. (Series 7 Specials 3: The Grisly Great Fire of London)
LIST:
1. Vlad the Impaler—Series 5 Episode 3—Ruthless Rulers sketch
2. Series 5 sketch
3. The destruction of Colchester—Series 6 Episode 9—Ruthless Rulers sketch (Officially Bolshy Boudica sketch)
4. Churchill’s plan for his house—Series 6 Episode 10—Ruthless Rulers sketch (Officially Wily Winston Churchill sketch)
5. The Great Hedge of India—Series 6 Episode 11—Vie Victorians sketch (Officially Tricky Queen Vicky sketch)
6. Re-building London, 1666—Series 7 Specials 3—Slimy Stuarts sketch (Officially The Grisly Great Fire of London sketch)
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