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In Italy, Francesca and Carl welcome the first guests of the season to their hamlet-turned-holiday complex, and two brave Brits attempt to rescue a row of cottages from decades of overgrowth

The owners of a hamlet in the Limousin finally move into their renovated piggery, while a Scotsman buys a village in Bulgaria after spotting it on eBay.

Ivano and Tracey race to get their Italian trulli village guest-ready. In Montenegro, Anya meets George, whose family used to live in her village.

In Portugal, a precarious ancient roof concerns Becci and Micheal. In Italy, emergency repair work delays Ivano and Tracey's renovation schedule.

Becci and Micheal from Doncaster are beginning to turn a run-down Portuguese quinta into a family home. Louise and Paul are turning a storm-damaged 300-year-old French hamlet into a holiday village, and Ivano and Tracey's renovation of a trulli village in Puglia in southern Italy has halted after they discovered a large crack in one of the ancient buildings.

Francessca and Carl set up a new business venture to help fund the renovation of their second ghost village in Italy and in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Nicky and Graham receive an unpleasant surprise as they peel back years of neglect. Hayley and Lee wade into the deep to find out what lies beneath their village pond.

In the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, disaster strikes just before Nicky and Graham prepare to welcome their first ever guests to their renovated ghost village. In Normandy, Hayley and Lee try to renovate their 18th-century hamlet into holiday lets, under the constraint of Brexit rules, and in Italy, Francessca and Carl begin work on their second abandoned settlement.

In Charente, Simon and Racheal complete their first project at their ancient hamlet - with breathtaking results. Kev gives his music studio its first test run at his old quarry village. Meanwhile, after nearly four years of work, Sarah and Steve's holiday accommodation at their Portuguese quinta is finally open for business.

Kev's ancient village in northern France prepares for a modern music festival. While Sarah and Steve approach the end of their renovation - and their budget - the installation of a spiral staircase at a holiday let gives them a headache. In Charente, Simon and Racheal's barn conversion takes shape. And Carol and Beau welcome their first guests at their renovated Umbrian hamlet.

Carol and Beau's renovations are halted by an infestation at their Italian hamlet and the update to Kev's slate village is slowed down by antiquated building techniques. The new doors and windows are installed at Sarah and Steve's Portuguese quinta.

Things get messy in Bulgaria, as Carrie and Ross battle to save an old tavern that time has forgotten. In France, Lolly and Sean battle against fatigue to finish their barn restoration. Michael goes to war with Mother Nature at his dilapidated Spanish hamlet.

In Spain, Michael battles decades of decay in the mountains. Bulgaria becomes a lonely place for Carrie and Ross, who are trying to save a settlement that nature has consumed. Ken and Pauline try to safeguard the future of their entire French village, and Lolly and Sean herald a new era at a forgotten hamlet.

Carrie and Ross try to turn back time in Bulgaria and Ken and Pauline struggle to save a historic cottage in France. Lolly and Sean welcome a new resident at their French manoir.

Carrie and Ross face a reality check in Bulgaria as they fight to save a settlement from dereliction and Ken and Pauline suffer a mechanical meltdown in France as Brexit threatens the future of their hamlet. Lolly and Sean battle to resurrect a historic manoir in the winter.

Ken and his partner Pauline find themselves the new owners of a French hamlet and Carrie and Ross from Northumberland are property-hunting in Bulgaria's land of lost villages.

In Italy, Mike and Jools start work to upgrade the ancient infrastructure of their medieval settlement, while Lucie and Jerry begin a salvaging mission as their village's properties begin to fall down. And in France, Patrick and Mihaela prepare to put their newly renovated holiday rental to the test before re-opening the gates to their rural estate.

Patrick and Mihaela face new problems at their country estate and in Italy, Lucie and Jerry attempt to turn a profit from their olive oil.

Dan continues his mission to make the centrepiece of his chateau watertight and in western France, Patrick and Mihaela renovate a former worker's lodge into holiday accommodation. In Italy, Lucie and Jerry's already earthquake-damaged village is dealt another blow as it's hit by floods.

Justin and Mel return to their village in France after the winter only to find it's being strangled by vegetation. At their hamlet in Spain, Ben and Susana are finally able to open their restaurant to guests. Village owners Paul and Yip start to feel overwhelmed by the scale of their renovations.

The owners of the Portuguese quinta finally finish their renovations, and two brothers from Scotland start their project just down the coast. In France, the custodians of a medieval manoir battle high winds to take down a roof.

In Italy, videogame professionals Mike and Jools lean into their hamlet's medieval history to create a new game. Lucie and Jerry are determined to revive their borgo's olive-farming heritage. And in western France, Patrick and Mihaela turn to hospitality to rescue their time-worn estate.

Francesca and Carl race against time to reopen their Italian hamlet for business. Meanwhile, a British-run restored medieval village suffers some damage after a big party, and the owners of a derelict French settlement come to terms with the need to demolish some of its buildings.

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.

In France, a couple battle the rain to fix their leaky roof, while another discovers animal skeletons in their ceiling. And in Italy, could a two-year wait for windows be over?

The owners of a quinta in Portugal discover they need to rewire and do extensive plumbing work. A former Olympic athlete and his wife build a pétanque court at a hamlet in France.

In France, Justin and Mel find horses in their field and wasps in their attic and Roberto's record-breaking bridge linking two ghost villages is almost ready to open. At Ben and Susana's Spanish hamlet, a cement truck gets stuck on the boggy road. And Normandy village owners Paul and Yip consider selling up.

After a crisis of confidence, Paul and Yip visit Italy to see other village projects, including Roberto's record-breaking bridge. Meanwhile, Justin and Mel discover a First World War document hidden in the beams in their French village. Over in Spain, Ben and Susana's plans to convert a barn into more guest accommodation run into trouble.

Kev begins singlehandedly restoring an old quarry village in northern France and mother-daughter team Carol and Beau start upgrading a small hamlet for the 21st-century traveller. Sarah and Steve hope to finally finish their village restoration.

Sarah and Steve mark an anniversary at their Portuguese quinta while Carol and Beau continue to face problems with their renovation. Kev learns about the history of his little slate village in northern France.

In Normandy, Hayley and Lee try to master the craft of lime mortaring and an obstacle stands in the way of Francessca and Carl as they try to bring water to their Italian village. Nicky and Graham go all out to get a five-star rating for their renovated ghost village in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

The steep and winding roads cause problems for Francessca and Carl as they try to transport a heavy stove to their forgotten Italian village. Storms hit Hayley and Lee's ancient hamlet in Normandy, while Cesidio's vineyard, which provides the main source of income at a borgo in Italy, is in danger of drying up.

Louise and Paul uncover their 300-year-old French hamlet's fascinating past. There's more damage to ancient structures in Ivano and Tracey's village.

In France, Liz and Dave battle storms to save a crumbling cottage. In Montenegro, Anya hopes to bring new life to a mountain village.

Anneli, the manager of a restored medieval village in France, suffers a tricky time setting up the last wedding party of the season. Meanwhile, the owners of a French hamlet celebrate their first restored building. Cameras also follow the work of Marcial, a passionate estate agent who spends his life hunting derelict villages in Galicia.

More stories of British people rebuilding abandoned historic settlements in Europe. A Scottish lawyer of Italian origin falls in love with the village his forefathers left behind, while Paul and Yip fight to breathe life into their French village.

Ted and Lesa embrace tent living while renovating their French village. Penny hopes to sell her Italian borgo for a million euros. Mick and Julie's hamlet has a gruesome secret.

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.

A family of seven from Suffolk begin to renovate a hamlet in rural France, and we meet holiday hosts Ben and Susana, who've turned a Spanish village into luxury B&Bs. Plus, a chance to catch up with serial renovators Paul and Yip, as they battle storms and burst riverbanks at their settlement in Normandy.