Help! We Bought A Village
Across Europe, there are hundreds of remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos lying empty and unloved. Following the intrepid Brits who have spotted an opportunity to breathe new life into these beautiful historic houses.
Season 5
In France, new custodians Adrian and Rachel step in to rescue a fledgling farming hamlet, while Paul and Yip make sacrifices to generate vital income for their community. In Portugal, Sarah and Steve host a festival to celebrate six years of village ownership.
As storms continue to batter Portugal, Steve and Sarah pick up the pieces to prevent further damage. In Normandy, Paul and Yip feel the pressure as they prepare for their first double booking. And elsewhere in France, Adrian and Rachel learn new skills to shore up their hamlet's collapsing barns.
In France, Rachel and Adrian's plans to separate their collapsing barns hit a setback. In Normandy, Paul and Yip reach a major restoration milestone. And in Portugal, after weeks of relentless storms, there are signs of help and hope on the horizon.
In Spain, Mike from Manchester battles to turn a derelict cattle barn into a new family home. In Northern France, rotten roof beams threaten the future of Paul and Yip's rural hamlet, while new saviours Marc and Diedre aim to bring three historic settlements together as one new village.
Mike's remote Spanish mountaintop village is hit with supply issues. A summer shutdown in France threatens to derail Marc and Diedre's tight restoration schedule. And Paul and Yip continue to save their Normandy village's old bakery.
Custodians Tracy and Ivano welcome their first overnight guests to their unique Italian Trulli settlement. Marc and Diedre's French holiday village grows in size, as they get the keys to a new property. Meanwhile, Mike continues his battle to save his mountaintop village in Spain, and Paul and Yip unlock further clues to their Normandy village's past.
The ancient olive trees at Tracey and Ivano's Italian village are hit by a deadly disease. In France, Paul and Yip take a special flight over their historic village. And in Spain, can Mike convince his family to move to his remote mountaintop settlement?
Cameras follow Lucy and Tom, who have left Sheffield to start anew in a derelict Spanish settlement. In Italy, Keri and Carolyn take on a partially restored borgo, and back in Spain, Mike rallies support to complete the first building in his mountainside village.
A land dispute threatens to halt progress at Keri and Carolyn's borgo in Italy, while in Spain, Lucy and Tom uncover more of their village's past and face big decisions about its future. In the Asturias mountains, buildings in Mike's former farming settlement receive a 21st-century upgrade.
In Spain, work begins to transform Lucy and Tom's old wine press barn into holiday accommodation. Disaster strikes at Mike's village in the Asturias mountains, while in France, Dan begins restoring his château's basement. Keri and Carolyn's plans to revive their Italian borgo hangs by a thread.
In Italy, Keri and Carolyn bring essential infrastructure to their borgo. In France, Dan throws open his château's doors to the public. And can Mike recover after storms batter his village?
Severe weather tears through Lucy and Tom's 17th-century settlement in Spain, while snowstorms hit Keri and Carolyn's Italian borgo. And in France, after forty years of exposure to the elements, Dan's château finally has its upper windows restored.