The World's Most Extraordinary Homes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress and property enthusiast Caroline Quentin (who previously presented Restoration Home for BBC Two) explore a range of incredible architect-designed houses in extreme locations around the world.

Whether built into the side of a cliff, nestled in a forest, perched at the top of a mountain or under the earth, these are homes that connect to their environment in a spectacular way.

Each episode of the 4x60' series is themed according to the houses' environments: Coast, Forest, Mountain and Underground, with Caroline and Piers travelling to locations ranging from North America, Australasia and Europe.

To explore how these dramatic designs function as both works of architecture and as real houses, they stay overnight, eat meals and spend time in the homes. Piers and Caroline are a new and entertaining pairing of a property expert and an architect, both bringing their own expertise, humour and experience as they meet some of the owners and architects of these incredible buildings.

Series details

• Title: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2017-01-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-06-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23654
• TVDB ID: 322271

Cast and credited roles

• Piers Taylor — Presenter
• Caroline Quentin — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-06; final listed air date 2017-01-27; episode order: 4.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-02-28; final listed air date 2018-06-27; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The World's Most Extraordinary Homes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.