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 64 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2025.
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1:00:00Help! We Bought A Village
Sarah 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)
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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)
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In 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)
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)
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 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)