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 2024. A total of 60 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2025.
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1:00:00Help! We Bought A 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. (S3 Ep30/30)
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1:00:00In France, Liz and Dave battle storms to save a crumbling cottage. In Montenegro, Anya hopes to bring new life to a mountain village. (S3 Ep29/30)
1:00:00Louise 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. (S3 Ep28/30)
1:00:00In Portugal, a precarious ancient roof concerns Becci and Micheal. In Italy, emergency repair work delays Ivano and Tracey's renovation schedule. (S3 Ep27/30)
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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. (S3 Ep26/30)
1:00:00Francessca and Carl juggle running one village with the renovation of another. Cesidio looks to the future of his borgo and puts plans in place for the next generation. (S3 Ep25/30)
1:00:00Extreme weather hampers Hayley and Lee's French hamlet. Francessca and Carl struggle with rubble. And can Cesidio save his Italian vineyard? (S3 Ep24/30)
1:00:00In 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. (S3 Ep23/30)
1:00:00In Italy, Francessca and Carl find a way to fund their second settlement. In France, Nicky and Graham peel back years of neglect at their village. (S3 Ep22/30)
1:00:00In Nouvelle-Aquitaine, disaster strikes just before Nicky and Graham welcome their first guests. In Normandy, Hayley and Lee feel the strain of Brexit rules. (S3 Ep21/30)
1:00:00In France, Kev gives his music studio a test run. And after nearly four years of work, Sarah and Steve's holiday accommodation at their quinta is finally open for business. (S3 Ep20/30)
1:00:00Sarah and Steve's spiral staircase sends them into a spin. In Charente, Simon and Racheal's barn conversion takes shape. Carol and Beau welcome their first guests in Umbria. (S3 Ep19/30)
1:00:00Sarah 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. (S3 Ep18/30)
1:00:00Sarah 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. (S3 Ep17/30)
1:00:00In France, Kev begins his mission to restore an old quarry village. In Umbria, mum and daughter Carol and Beau get to work on their tiny hamlet. (S3 Ep16/30)
1:00:00Michael 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? (S3 Ep14/30)
1:00:00In Bulgaria, Carrie and Ross try to turn back time. Lolly and Sean make way for a new resident in France. Michael attempts to rescue a Spanish hamlet. (S3 Ep13/30)
1:00:00Can Carrie and Ross save a Bulgarian village from dereliction? Ken and Pauline have a mechanical meltdown. Lolly and Sean fight to resurrect a manoir. (S3 Ep12/30)
1:00:00Ken and Pauline become the surprise guardians of an entire French hamlet. Carrie and Ross hunt for a property in Bulgaria's land of the lost villages. (S3 Ep11/30)
1:00:00In 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. (S3 Ep10/30)