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 70 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
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1:00:00Help! We Bought A Village
Ken 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)
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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)
1:00:00Mike 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)
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Patrick 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 the First World War. (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, and we catch up with Paul and Yip as they battle storms and burst riverbanks at their settlement in Normandy. (S3 Ep1/30)
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)
1:00:00A 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. (S2 Ep25)
1:00:00In Italy, two abandoned villages get connected, by a spectacular suspended bridge. And a man ploughs on with his 15-year project to bring a Spanish village back from the brink. (S2 Ep24)
1:00:00Sewage 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. (S2 Ep23)
1:00:00The 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. (S2 Ep22)