Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud performing live show in Australia

KEVIN McCloud is bringing a live version of everybody's favourite TV building show, Grand Designs, to Australia.

Much-loved TV building show Grand Designs will swap a castle for a caravan as it hits the highway for a live stage tour of Australia in October.

Grand Designs - An Evening With Kevin McCloud will see the British architecture aficionado look back on the most fascinating buildings and people from his long-running TV series.

"Australia is an amazing place and I am very much looking forward to returning in October," said McCloud.

"My brand new show puts Grand Designs under the microscope ... celebrating the highs, the lows, the laughter and tears of my amazing 14-year journey."

Using footage from the show, McCloud promises to reveal what he was really thinking during the dream-home renovation sagas and what happened to properties and their owners after the TV cameras left.

The evenings will also feature McCloud taking about his latest ventures as a developer and an audience Q&A segment.

Grand Designs - An Evening With Kevin McCloud comes to The Plenary in Melbourne on October 28 (Ticketmaster), Sydney's State Theatre on October 29 (Ticketmaster), Brisbane's Lyric Theatre on October 30 (qtix) and the Perth Concert Hall on October 21 (Ticketek).

Pre-sales start tomorrow, with general on sale from August 13.

Grand Designs follows in the footsteps of other popular British TV shows to bring live versions to the Australian stage, including Top Gear and Jamie Oliver.

Grand Designs airs on ABC and the LifeStyle Channel and has spawned a local version, Grand Designs Australia.

The tour coincides with Grand Designs Live home shows taking place in Sydney from October 18-20 and Melbourne from October 25-27.

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