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 2025. A total of 95 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2025.
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1:00:00Help! We Bought A Village
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? (S3 Ep14/30)
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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)
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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? (S3 Ep9/30)
1:00:00As 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? (S3 Ep8/30)
1:00:00At 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. (S3 Ep7/30)
1:00:00Patrick and Mihaela take up residence in a time-worn aristocratic estate in France. And in Italy, Lucie and Jerry re-awaken a lost farming community. (S3 Ep6/30)
1:00:00Roberto'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. (S3 Ep5/30)
1:00:00After a crisis in confidence, Paul and Yip visit Italy to see other village projects first-hand. And Justin and Mel unearth a hidden document from World War I. (S3 Ep4/30)
1:00:00Paul and Yip consider selling their Normandy village. And Roberto's record-breaking bridge linking two Italian ghost villages is almost ready to open. (S3 Ep3/30)
1:00:00In France, Justin and Mel find their village in a tangle. And in Spain, Ben and Susana can finally open their hamlet restaurant to guests. (S3 Ep2/30)
1:00:00Justin and Mel begin work on their hamlet in rural France, while Paul and Yip battle storms and burst riverbanks at their settlement in Normandy. (S3 Ep1/30)
Series 4
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1:00:00It's a happy ending as Louise and Paul's village nears completion and Tracey and Budo finish their kitchen. And Ben and Susana's plans for their Spanish village move up a gear. (S4 Ep35/35)
1:00:00In Normandy, Tracey and Budo unearth some treasures from the past at their hamlet. And in Galicia, Ben and Susana have big plans for an abandoned area of their village. (S4 Ep34/35)
1:00:00It's all hands on deck as Tracey and Budo finish their kitchen roof, and Louise and Paul get underpinning in France, while Neil gets some Spanish artisan inspiration. (S4 Ep33/35)
1:00:00In Normandy, Louise and Paul hit a brick wall at their farmhouse while Tracey and Budo become plaster masters. And will there be calm after the storm at Neil's Spanish village? (S4 Ep32/35)
1:00:00There's some fierce French fixing this time, as Tracey and Budo have big plans for their hamlet, while Louise and Paul get started on the last of their village's restorations. (S4 Ep31/35)
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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. (S3 Ep15/30)