Kevin McCloud wrote a Grand Designs episode 'deliberately' targeted at fans' drinking game
The game involved drinking a shot every time people on the show ran out of money or quit their job to manage the project
Thursday 13 November 2014
He is better known for his interest in sustainable architecture and energy saving property refurbishment, but that doesn’t stop Kevin McCloud from having a good time.
The Grand Designs presenter has revealed he made an episode of his long-running architecture show “deliberately designed to get people as drunk as possible” after discovering its fans had invented a drinking game based on the series.
The rules of the drinking game required viewers to drink when regular incidents happened on the show, such as the owners running out of money or quitting their job to manage the project.
McCloud said: “We even actually wrote an entire programme around the drinking and it’s covert so one of the programmes is deliberately designed to get people as drunk as possible.
“There are all kinds of rules like every time I used the word ‘bespoke’ it’s a double shot, the wife gets pregnant half way through, that's a treble.”
Other rules include having a drink if the owners ignore planning permission or their windows do not fit.
McCloud, who has been presenting the show for more than 15 years, was awarded an MBE last year.
He set up his own lighting design firm and appeared on BBC makeover show Home Front before launching Grand Designs, which he writes and presents. It has led to a spin-off magazine, books and a live show.
He is currently filming a new show for Channel 4 about people who have chosen to live in isolation from the modern world.
With additional reporting from the Press Association.
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