Help! We Bought A Village
Help! We Bought A Village is a TV show on Channel 4. Intrepid Brits restore empty and unloved settlements heading steadily for collapse, as they breathe new life into remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos abroad. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 45 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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1:00:00Help! We Bought A Village
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. (Ep20/20)
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1:00:00A family from Manchester juggle renovations and running a holiday complex in France. And the owners of a French B&B tackle the exterior of their enormous new home. (Ep19/20)
1:00:00The owners of a holiday village advertise for volunteers to complete their renovations. At an Italian borgo, the owners race to save the ancient features from their old houses. (Ep18/20)
1:00:00At a ramshackle Catholic holiday village, work is underway to repair the old church. Meanwhile, in France, the owners of a hamlet wake up to find it has flooded. (Ep17/20)
1:00:00A family transform a hamlet in France, and a young couple fall in love with an earthquake-damaged Italian borgo. One couple buy a holiday village built by the Catholic church. (Ep16/20)
1:00:00A couple from Norwich get married at their hamlet in the Limousin region of France. In the Dordogne, two estate agents reveal their plans to renovate a stunning chateau. (Ep15/20)
1:00:00We meet the man who rescued an abandoned hamlet in Spain, who could now lose half of what he bought. And in Portugal, a couple start an animal sanctuary in their village. (Ep14/20)
1:00:00The owners of a hamlet in Limousin install a septic tank and we meet two estate agents who've rejuvenated a French village. In Portugal, a couple plan their sustainable lifestyle. (Ep13/20)
1:00:00The owners of a hamlet in France welcome guests to a 50th birthday party, and a couple discover that the water's been cut off at their village in Portugal. (Ep12/20)
1:00:00Why do a couple from Norwich have shoes in their bread oven? A family from Eastbourne move to an abandoned village in Portugal. (Ep11/20)
1:00:00The owners of a hamlet in France battle with a wonky chimney, a couple in Limousin bring down a wall and crack a pipe, and in Andalucía, a cave village has to close temporarily. (Ep10/20)
1:00:00Owners of a French village host the local council at their restaurant. A couple spend their first Christmas in their hamlet. The first guests arrive at a cave village in Andalucía. (Ep9/20)
1:00:00Owners of a village in Limousin are in roof repair despair. Steve and Julie wrestle a water pipe at their cave village in Spain. And the owner of an Italian borgo clinches a deal. (Ep8/20)
1:00:00The owners of a French hamlet visit two mysterious stone towers on the edge of their land, and a couple host the descendants of a farmer who once lived in their village. (Ep7/20)
1:00:00Ted and Lesa embrace tent-living while renovating their French village. Penny hopes to sell her Italian borgo for a million euros. Mick and Julie's hamlet has a gruesome secret... (Ep6/20)
Series 2
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1:00:00An artist who saved a settlement in the Italian hills prepares to launch his own gallery. And there are problems with a French water mill... can its owners save it? (S2 Ep30)
1:00:00We 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. (S2 Ep29)
1:00:00A 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. (S2 Ep28)
1:00:00A forgotten hamlet near Toulouse is thrown a lifeline, a community of cave houses in Spain prove tricky to clean, and torrential floods wreak havoc at a hamlet in France. (S2 Ep27)
1:00:00An 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 Andalucia. (S2 Ep26)