Today, April 26 2024, Channel 4 presents the series where intrepid Brits restore empty and unloved settlements heading steadily for collapse, as they breathe new life into remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos abroad.
Help! We Bought a Village Today, April 26 2024
| Date | Summary |
| Date | Summary |
|---|---|
| Monday, 22 August 2022 | No show on Channel 4 from this week |
| Friday, 19 August 2022 | A derelict building in a French village gets a new lease of life. Meanwhile, in Portugal, a couple dip their toes into their first season as holiday hosts. (Ep20/20) |
| Thursday, 18 August 2022 | A family from Manchester juggle renovations and running a holiday complex in France. And the owners of a French B&B tackle the exterior of their enormous new home. (Ep19/20) |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2022 | The owners of a holiday village advertise for volunteers to complete their renovations. At an Italian borgo, the owners race to save the ancient features from their old houses. (Ep18/20) |
| Tuesday, 16 August 2022 | At a ramshackle Catholic holiday village, work is underway to repair the old church. Meanwhile, in France, the owners of a hamlet wake up to find it has flooded. (Ep17/20) |
| Monday, 15 August 2022 | A family transform a hamlet in France, and a young couple fall in love with an earthquake-damaged Italian borgo. One couple buy a holiday village built by the Catholic church. (Ep16/20) |
| Friday, 12 August 2022 | A couple from Norwich get married at their hamlet in the Limousin region of France. In the Dordogne, two estate agents reveal their plans to renovate a stunning chateau. (Ep15/20) |
| Thursday, 11 August 2022 | We meet the man who rescued an abandoned hamlet in Spain, who could now lose half of what he bought. And in Portugal, a couple start an animal sanctuary in their village. (Ep14/20) |
| Wednesday, 10 August 2022 | The owners of a hamlet in Limousin install a septic tank and we meet two estate agents who've rejuvenated a French village. In Portugal, a couple plan their sustainable lifestyle. (Ep13/20) |
| Tuesday, 9 August 2022 | The owners of a hamlet in France welcome guests to a 50th birthday party, and a couple discover the water's cut off at their village in Portugal. One owner spends Christmas alone. (Ep12/20) |
| Monday, 8 August 2022 | A couple from Norwich try to solve the mystery of why there are shoes in their bread oven. An Eastbourne family are moving to an abandoned village in Portugal. (Ep11/20) |
| Friday, 5 August 2022 | The owners of a hamlet in France battle with a wonky chimney, a couple in Limousin bring down a wall and crack a pipe, and in Andalucía, a cave village has to close temporarily. (Ep10/20) |
| Thursday, 4 August 2022 | Owners of a French village host the local council at their restaurant. A couple spend their first Christmas in their hamlet. The first guests arrive at a cave village in Andalucía. (Ep9/20) |
| Wednesday, 3 August 2022 | Owners of a village in Limousin are in roof repair despair. Steve and Julie wrestle a water pipe at their cave village in Spain. And the owner of an Italian borgo clinches a deal. (Ep8/20) |
| Tuesday, 2 August 2022 | The owners of a French hamlet visit two mysterious stone towers on the edge of their land, and a couple host the descendants of a farmer who once lived in their village. (Ep7/20) |
| Monday, 1 August 2022 | Ted and Lesa embrace tent-living while renovating their French village. Penny hopes to sell her Italian borgo for a million euros. Steve and Julie's hamlet has a gruesome secret... (Ep6/20) |
| Friday, 29 July 2022 | Anneli, the manager of a restored village in France, is having a tricky time with a wedding party. We meet Marcial, an estate agent who searches for derelict villages in Galicia. (Ep5/20) |
| Thursday, 28 July 2022 | In Italy, Francesca and Carl race against time to reopen their Italian hamlet for business. Meanwhile, a restored medieval village suffers some damage after a big party. (Ep4/20) |
| Wednesday, 27 July 2022 | An unexpected delivery causes chaos at a medieval French village. Francesca and Carl start a new project in Italy. Paul and Yip begin the demolition work on their ancient cottages. (Ep3/20) |
| Tuesday, 26 July 2022 | Francesca and Carl welcome guests to their hamlet-turned-holiday complex in Italy. Two other brave Brits rescue a row of cottages from decades of overgrowth. (Ep2/20) |
| Monday, 25 July 2022 | Intrepid Brits breathe new life into remote villages abroad. Landscape gardeners Paul and Yip explore their new Normandy settlement. Francesca and Carl purchase an Italian hamlet. (Ep1/20) |
About Help! We Bought a Village
Intrepid Brits restore empty and unloved settlements heading steadily for collapse, as they breathe new life into remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos abroad
