Help! We Bought A Village (2022)

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 a derelict settlement in France, and a couple pick up the pieces after their Italian village is devasted 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.

In France, one couple turn a piggery into a living space and another deal with ceiling insulation havoc. Meanwhile, the owners of a village in Italy deal with a scorpion invasion.

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 in the Limousin finally move into their renovated piggery, while a Scotsman buys a village in Bulgaria after spotting it on eBay.

An ex-Olympian and his wife celebrate the arrival of windows in their French hamlet, while the owners of a quinta in Portugal are trying to build a new roof.

The owners of a quinta in Portugal discover they need to rewire and do extensive plumbing work. A former Olympic athlete and his wife build a pétanque court at a hamlet in France.

The owners of the Portuguese quinta finally finish their renovations, and two brothers from Scotland start their project just down the coast. In France, the custodians of a medieval manoir battle high winds to take down a roof.

At an abandoned hamlet in Italy, a Yorkshire couple drive a digger through a derelict building and unearth some fascinating artefacts. There's a slip-up at a village in Portugal as guests arrive with nowhere to stay, while over in France, a medieval watchtower finally gets a new staircase.

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 with some incredible secrets, and a young couple hope that they can eventually restore their earthquake damaged Italian borgo.

Forgotten buildings are found at an ancient hamlet, while the owners of a crumbling Italian borgo hope to bring in a bumper olive harvest to help save their village.

Power is brought to a settlement in France and mother nature wreaks havoc at an Italian borgo. A 200-year-old French hamlet repurposed as a holiday village gets its first guests.

A young couple battle with crumbling bridges and Baltic weather at their Italian borgo, while the custodians of a French hamlet uncover some ancient farming equipment.

A cortijo in Spain reopens to guests, while a holiday village in France tries to get a star rating. Plus, there's a landmark moment for a couple who are trying to expand their farming endeavours at their Italian borgo.

A man fights to save two abandoned villages in an earthquake-ravaged area of Umbria, and a French hamlet's 14th-century farm buildings get modernised.

The owners of a holiday-village-turned-B&B create a living space for themselves. A man's plans to save two villages in Umbria finally come to fruition.

Sewage works at a holiday-village-turned-B&B lead to a fascinating subterranean discovery. In Normandy, a couple transform an outbuilding into a holiday gîte.

In Italy, two abandoned villages are connected. And a man ploughs on with his 15-year project to bring a Spanish village back from the brink.

A couple in France are up against it as they finish their gîte renovation before guests arrive. A village saviour in Spain prepares to open up to guests for the very first time.

An ancient well throws building plans into chaos at a 17th-century hamlet in France, while urgent repairs are needed at a community of cave houses in Andalusia

A hamlet near Toulouse is thrown a lifeline, a community of cave houses in Spain prove tricky to clean, and floods wreak havoc at a hamlet in France.

A landslide hits a cave settlement in Spain. Will a French village be ready for its first guests? A hamlet near Toulouse starts its journey back to life.

We meet an artist captivated by his Italian village with a view, and in France, a couple resuscitate a sleeping water mill at the heart of their hamlet.

An artist who saved an Italian settlement prepares to launch his own gallery. And there are problems with a French water mill... can its owners save it?