British people rebuilding abandoned historic settlements in Europe. Landscape gardeners from Kent explore an abandoned settlement in Normandy which was about to collapse. A Yorkshire couple set about completing the purchase of a hilltop Italian hamlet, and a medieval walled village in France struggles for survival.
Francesca and Carl, the owners of an Italian hamlet - which they have turned into a holiday complex - welcome the first guests of the season.
An unexpected delivery causes chaos at a medieval village in France. Meanwhile, Francesca and Carl, the owners of a hilltop hamlet in Italy, get started on a brand-new project.
Francesca and Carl race against time to reopen their Italian hamlet for business. Meanwhile, a British-run restored medieval village suffers some damage after a big party, and the owners of a derelict French settlement come to terms with the need to demolish some of its buildings.
Anneli, the manager of a restored medieval village in France, suffers a tricky time setting up the last wedding party of the season. Meanwhile, the owners of a French hamlet celebrate their first restored building. Cameras also follow the work of Marcial, a passionate estate agent who spends his life hunting derelict villages in Galicia.
Steve and Julie's medieval hamlet has gruesome secrets buried in the walls. Norwich couple Ted and Lesa try to renovate a village in France while living in a tent. Londoner Penny is hoping to sell her beautifully restored Italian borgo.
The owners of a hamlet in France visit two mysterious stone towers on the edge of their land. A couple from Manchester host the descendants of a farmer who lived in their village.
The owners of a village in the Limousin region of France discover their roof needs repairing. A Manchester couple host a wedding reception in their hamlet.
The owners of village in France host the local council at their restaurant, while a couple from Norwich spend their first Christmas in their hamlet.
The owners of a hamlet in France battle with a wonky chimney, while another couple in the Limousin region bring down a wall and crack a pipe.
A couple from Norwich find shoes in their bread oven, and a couple's dream of buying a hamlet in Normandy is in jeopardy when their house sale falls through.
The owners of a hamlet in France welcome guests to a 50th birthday party and a couple from Eastbourne discover the water has been cut off at their village in Portugal. In France, one of the owners has to spend Christmas alone.
The owners of a hamlet in the Limousin install a £10,000 septic tank, and a couple move ahead with plans for a sustainable lifestyle by buying hens. Plus, the progress of two estate agents who have spent 30 years rejuvenating a village in Portugal.
The owners of a village in France officially open after two years of renovations. Cameras catch up with the man who rescued an abandoned hamlet in Spain who could now lose half of what he bought. Meanwhile, in Portugal, a couple start an animal sanctuary in their village.
A couple from Norwich get married at their hamlet in the Limousin. Meanwhile, in the Dordogne region, two estate agents reveal plans to renovate a stunning chateau. And in Portugal, a couple from Eastbourne try to pick themselves up after a wild fire rips through their village.
A family from Manchester transform a hamlet in France. Meanwhile, a young couple fall in love with an earthquake-damaged Italian borgo, and a couple of B&B owners in the Pyrenees buy a ramshackle holiday village built by the Catholic church in the 1930s.
In France, work is under way to repair the old church at a purpose-built ramshackle Catholic holiday village in France, and the owners of a hamlet wake up to find it has flooded. In Italy, the owners of an earthquake-damaged borgo find out that caring for their property is not as easy as they thought.
The owners of a ramshackle holiday village advertise for volunteers to complete their renovations and there are worrying power failures at a village in the French countryside.
A family from Manchester juggles renovations and running a holiday complex in France. A couple from Kent prepare to take ownership of a village in Portugal, and the owners of a bed and breakfast in southern France tackle the exterior of their enormous new home.
A derelict building in a French village gets a new lease of life. Meanwhile, in Portugal, a couple dip their toes into their first season as holiday hosts, and in southern France, a very special event takes place in a refurbished chapel.
More stories of British people rebuilding abandoned historic settlements in Europe. A Scottish lawyer of Italian origin falls in love with the village his forefathers left behind, while Paul and Yip fight to breathe life into their French village.
A restored village in Italy prepares to host its first guests and the owners of a derelict French hamlet begin renovating their most cherished building. In Puglia, renovations on a quirky hamlet grind to a halt leaving the owners devastated.
Burglars target a historical settlement in Puglia and a pair of village saviours in France prepare to welcome their first guest. Work begins on an abandoned village in Portugal.
A family feel the financial strain of trying to resurrect an Italian ghost village. The owners of a crumbling French hamlet attempt to save the decaying village bakery and its roof, while those in charge of a restored village in the Italian hills prepare to hold their biggest event yet.
Building work at a Portuguese village finally gathers pace, there are wedding bells at a rebuilt Italian borgo, and the owners of an ancient French hamlet reach a major milestone as they open their glamping site to paying guests.
An ex-Olympian and his wife take on the challenge of a derelict settlement in France, and a couple in Italy pick up the pieces after their village was devastated by an earthquake.
A couple turn an old animal shelter into a cocktail lounge, and the owners of a village in Italy unpack the 200-year-old painting of an ancestor who once dined with Mozart.
A piggery is transformed into a new living space in a French hamlet and a couple renovating a village in Italy deal with an invasion of scorpions.
In France, a couple battle the rain to fix their leaky roof, while another discovers animal skeletons in their ceiling. And in Italy, could a two-year wait for windows be over?
The owners of a hamlet move into their renovated piggery. Work starts on a staircase in a lost French village, and we meet the Scotsman buying a village after spotting it on eBay.
We catch up with the owners of a quinta in Portugal building a new roof and a couple harvesting the first grapes for 30 years at their Italian vineyard.
There's bad news at a quinta in Portugal that needs extensive plumbing work. And a letter from the Second World War is discovered at a village in Italy.
In Portugal, the owners of a quinta finally finish their renovations, and two brothers start their project. In France, manoir owners take down a roof.
A couple unearth some fascinating artefacts at an abandoned hamlet in Italy. Guests arrive at a village in Portugal, but find they have nowhere to stay!
It's bottling time for the first wine in 30 years at a village in Italy. The owners of a hamlet in Portugal lay traditional tiles to stop the leaks in their patio. Meanwhile, at a manoir in France, clearing stones from an old hayloft doesn't go according to plan.
Two former naval officers take over a French hamlet which holds some incredible secrets. And restoration begins on a chateau at the heart of a settlement with a poignant past.
Forgotten buildings are found at an ancient hamlet, and the owners of a crumbling Italian borgo hope to bring in a bumper olive harvest to help save their village.
Power is finally brought back to a decaying settlement in France, mother nature wreaks havoc at an Italian borgo, and a 200-year-old French hamlet gets its first guests.
A young couple battle with crumbling bridges at their Italian borgo, ancient farming equipment is uncovered at a French hamlet, and a couple rebuild their business in Spain.
A cortijo in Spain reopens, a holiday village in France tries to get a star rating, and there's a landmark moment for a couple expanding their endeavours at their Italian borgo.
The new custodians of a Catholic-holiday-village-turned-B&B meet the former owners, and the owner of a French hamlet sets about making 14th-century farm buildings more accessible.
The plans to save two crumbling villages in Umbria finally come to fruition and the owner of a French hamlet works to improve accessibility. Work begins on a Catholic-holiday-village-turned-B&B.
Sewage works at the Catholic-holiday-village-turned-B&B lead to a fascinating subterranean discovery and a hamlet owner in Normandy begins renovations on their home.
There are some surprises at a purpose-built Catholic-holiday-village-turned-B&B, as one couple explore a network of underground tunnels. In Italy, two abandoned villages get connected, as work to a spectacular suspended bridge nears completion. A couple in France continue renovations at their 250-year-old village, though paperwork threatens to get in the way of their summer deadline. Plus, one man ploughs on singlehandedly in his 15-year project to bring his Spanish village back from the brink.
Ongoing groundworks at a purpose-built Catholic-holiday-village-turned-B&B shed some light on the history of the hamlet but threaten to spoil the ambience as the season kicks off. A couple in France are up against it as they try to finish their gîte renovation before guests arrive, while a village saviour in Spain prepares to open his village up to guests for the very first time.
An ancient well throws building plans into chaos at a 17th-century hamlet in France. Some urgent repairs are needed at a community of cave houses in Andalucia. And it's a tense day in the Dordogne, as the property inspector arrives at a holiday complex that's been given a new lease of life.
A hamlet in Toulouse is thrown a lifeline and Andalucian cave houses prove tricky to clean as they prepare for guests. Torrential floods cause havoc at a historic hamlet in France.
A landslide hits a cave settlement in Spain and a crumbling 17th-century hamlet near Toulouse is brought back to life. There's a race to revive a former village barn in Vienne.
In France, a couple begin their journey to wake up the sleeping water mill at the heart of their abandoned hamlet. Electrical problems at an ancient French village tempt the custodians to throw in the towel.
The owner of a holiday village in France races to get it ready for a busy summer season. An artist who saved a remote settlement in the Italian hills prepares to launch his own gallery. There are problems at a water mill at the heart of a French hamlet - but can its custodians save it?
Justin and Mel begin work on their hamlet in rural France, and we catch up with Paul and Yip at their settlement in Normandy.
In France, Justin and Mel find their village in a winter vegetation tangle. And in Spain, Ben and Susana are finally able to open their hamlet restaurant to guests.
Paul and Yip consider selling their Normandy village. And Roberto's record-breaking bridge linking two Italian ghost villages is almost ready to open.
After a crisis in confidence, Paul and Yip visit Italy to see other village projects. Justin and Mel discover a World War I document in the beams in their French village.
Roberto's bridge finally opens to the public in Italy, Paul and Yip risk it all to prevent their barn from collapsing, and there's a fishy fiesta at Ben and Susana's village.
Patrick and Mihaela take up residence in a once regal but now time-worn aristocratic estate in France. And Dan takes the restoration of his secret settlement in France to new heights to fit a roof.
At his fire-damaged settlement in France, Dan makes a chateau watertight. In Italy, Lucie and Jerry's earthquake-damaged village is dealt a further blow as it's hit by floods.
As the seasons change, mother nature presents new problems for Patrick and Mihaela's country estate. And in Italy, can Lucie and Jerry turn a profit from their olive oil?
Mike and Jools create a computer game based on their Italian hamlet's medieval history. And can Patrick and Mihaela rescue their time-worn estate?
In Italy, Lucie and Jerry begin a salvaging mission at their village. And in France, Patrick and Mihaela put their newly renovated holiday rental to the test.
Ken and Pauline become the surprise guardians of an entire French hamlet. In Bulgaria, Carrie and Ross are on the property hunt in the land of the lost villages.
Can Carrie and Ross save a Bulgarian settlement from dereliction? Ken and Pauline have a mechanical meltdown. Lolly and Sean fight to resurrect a manoir.
In Bulgaria, Carrie and Ross try to turn back time. Lolly and Sean make way for a new resident in France. And we meet Michael, who's attempting to rescue a hillside hamlet in Spain.
Michael battles decades of decay at his Spanish hamlet. Ken and Pauline safeguard the future of their village. And can Carrie and Ross save a settlement that nature's consumed?
Things get messy in Bulgaria for Carrie and Ross. In France, Lolly and Sean scramble to finish their restoration. Michael goes to war with Mother Nature at his Spanish hamlet.
In France, Kev begins his mission to singlehandedly restore an old quarry village. In Umbria, mum and daughter Carol and Beau get to work on their tiny hamlet.
Sarah and Steve mark an anniversary at their Portuguese quinta. Carol and Beau's Italian hamlet is flooded with problems. And Kev delves into his French slate village's past.
Sarah and Steve's new doors and windows are finally installed at their Portuguese quinta. And Simon and Racheal become custodians of a 17th-century hamlet in Charente.
In Portugal, Sarah and Steve's spiral staircase sends them into a spin. In Charente, Simon and Racheal's barn conversion takes shape. In Umbria, Carol and Beau welcome their first guests.
In northern France, Kev gives his music studio its first test run. And after nearly four years of work, Sarah and Steve's holiday accommodation at their quinta is finally open for business.
In Nouvelle-Aquitaine, disaster strikes just before Nicky and Graham welcome their first guests. In Normandy, Hayley and Lee feel the constraint of Brexit rules at their 18th-century hamlet.
In Italy, Francessca and Carl set up a new business venture to help fund their second settlement. In France, Nicky and Graham peel back years of neglect at their village.
In the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Nicky and Graham go all out to get a five-star rating. In Italy, Francessca and Carl are left high and dry as they try to get water to their village.
Extreme weather hampers Hayley and Lee's French hamlet. And in Italy, Francessca and Carl struggle with some rubble, while Cesidio tries to save his vineyard that's in danger of drying up.
In Italy, Francessca and Carl juggle running one village with the renovation of another, while Cesidio looks to the future of his borgo and puts plans in place for the next generation.
Becci and Micheal begin the battle to turn a run-down Portuguese quinta into a family home. In France, Louise and Paul turn a 300-year-old hamlet into a holiday village.
In Portugal, a precarious ancient roof concerns Becci and Micheal. In Italy, emergency repair work delays Ivano and Tracey's renovation schedule.
Louise and Paul uncover their 300-year-old French hamlet's fascinating past. In Italy, there's more damage to ancient fragile structures in Ivano and Tracey's trulli village.
In France, Liz and Dave battle storms to save a crumbling cottage. In Montenegro, Anya hopes to bring new life to a mountain village.
In Italy, Ivano and Tracey race to get their trulli village ready for guests. In Montenegro, Anya meets George, whose family used to live in the abandoned village she now owns.
