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A New Life For Once Abandoned Villages

Paul and Yip the owners of a hamlet in France
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Paul and Yip the owners of a hamlet in France

Brave Brits restore empty and unloved settlements heading steadily for collapse, as they breathe new life into remote villages and hamlets, across Europe.

8pm Monday HELP! WE BOUGHT A VILLAGE - Reality / Lifestyle
All across Europe thousands of ancient villages stand forgotten and frozen in time. Whole communities are crumbling into the ground after their owners passed away and the younger generations moved to the bright lights of the big city. But now these ghost villages are being brought back to life.

In this series, HELP! WE BOUGHT A VILLAGE, we follow the brave Brits on a mission to restore these villages and hamlets in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal to their former glory.

HELP!..WE BOUGHT A VILLAGE

In this episode, an unexpected delivery causes chaos at a medieval French village. In Italy, Francesca and Carl start a new project, and in France, Paul and Yip begin the demolition work on their ancient cottages.

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