Help! We Bought a Village

20222 seriesEntertainment / Lifestyle
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Channel 4

Across Europe, there are hundreds of remote villages, hamlets, borgos, and cortijos lying empty and unloved. Following the intrepid Brits who have spotted an opportunity to breathe new life into these abandoned houses.

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Martine takes on an Italian ghost village, Tony and Terry need to fund their French hamlet

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Martine starts renovating her cellar and welcomes guests to sleep under the Italian stars

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In France, Paul and Yip pick up the keys to their new cottage

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Paul and Yip dig deep to renovate a well. Has Marcial raised the funds to buy a village?

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After a five-year wait, can Marcial finally awaken a sleepy hamlet in Spain?

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In France, Paul and Yip pick up the keys to their new cottage

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Paul and Yip scale new heights. Mike raises the roof at his abandoned settlement.

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George tries to unearth why his Sicilian townhouse was abandoned, Mike has power problems

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Mike takes living conditions back to basics at a 200-year-old mountain village in Spain

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George tackles major issues at his Sicilian town, Paul and Yip reach a momentous milestone

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Karen and Steve begin their mission to rescue a French settlement with royal connections

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Andrew and Katja reach a major milestone as building work begins at their Italian palazzo

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In France, time-worn buildings and bureaucracy leave Karen and Steve feeling the strain

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Will there be calm after the storm at Mike's village and Andrew and Katja's palazzo?

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Work at Mike's village grinds to halt. Karen and Steve are forced to rethink their plans.

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Work at Mike's village grinds to halt. Karen and Steve are forced to rethink their plans.

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In France, Kevin and Anna discover a secret underground cave at a former winemaking estate

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In Italy, it's double rubble as Francesca and Carl bring two hilltop villages back to life

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In Italy, Lucie and Jerry make a splash by re-instating their borgo's old lake

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As wedding bells ring at one of Carl and Francesca's villages, disaster strikes the other

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John and Tara get stuck in at their quinta. In France, Liz and Dave battle leaky pipes.

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There's demolition and discovery for John and Tara. A storm causes chaos for Liz and Dave.

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Will Liz and Dave's cosmic conversion pay off? Will heavy rain hamper Cesidio's harvest?

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In Spain, Tony and Lauren discover a giant uncracked safe in their village

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Can Tony and Lauren crack their village's past? John and Tara leave no stone unturned.

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In Romania, Jonas and Ulrike carry on the legacy of their forefathers at a Saxon village

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In Bulgaria, Kate considers a new project. Lolly and Sean's manoir is ready for guests.

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We catch up with Dan, whose battle to save a derelict French château reaches its pinnacle

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Jonas and Ulrike's church gets a makeover. Strict rules threaten Kate's Bulgarian dream.

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In France, Paul and Yip pick up the keys to their new cottage

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There's fierce French fixing at Tracey and Budo's hamlet, and Louise and Paul's village

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Tracey and Budo become plaster masters. And in Spain, can Neil find calm after the storm?

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In France, Louise and Paul close in on completing their hamlet with some underpinning

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In Galicia, Ben and Susana have big plans for an abandoned area of their village

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Louise and Paul's village nears completion, while Ben and Susana's plans move up a gear

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