A New Life in the Sun - Season 1

Steve plans to open a bar up on the Costa Blanca with the help of his mother-in-law.

A family has to turn to the bank when their dreams of opening a bar are about to fall to pieces.

One expat fisherman catches big in Cape Verde.

Steve and his mother-in-law hope their delicious food will draw the punters in.

Final guests of the season give novice B&B owners some advice.

A family hope they will be able to run a business in the middle of a desert.

Scuba divers go searching for a British wreck at the bottom of the Med.

A expat faces up to been married to the boss, after previously teaching for 34 years.

A woman leaves Britain hoping to start up a fitness boot camp in Spain.

The end of the busy season, see's the business owners reflect on their time in the sun.

A couple face delays when attempting open their own high-end seafood restaurant in Spain.

After plenty of delays a couple hope to finally open their seafood resturant.

A couple from Chelmsford decides to move to Charente to open their self-catering complex before the start of the summer. Spain's newest seafood restaurant begins to make a name for itself.

A blocked drain closes a seafood restaurant at the busiest time of the year. A self-catering complex in France prepares to welcome its biggest booking yet.

After a block drained caused issues for a seafood restaurant, are they able to come back from it?

A family decide to leave London to run a tiny French villge. Will a couple of expats make a success of their huge holiday complex in the middle of Europe's only desert?

In the Spanish desert, a couple welcome guests to their newly opened holiday complex. In France a younger family's renovations leave them wondering if they've bitten off more than they can chew.

Spain's latest hoteliers receive feedback from their first guests - how will they react? After months of tiresome work, a French renovation project hits crisis point.

A family battles to avoid eviction hours after moving into their Spanish home. In France, a couple look for clever ways to fund the construction of their home and business.

In Spain two best friends reveal their big business plans at the end of a successful summer.

A couple race to open their shabby chic B&B and restaurant in France.

In France, the race is on to create a perfect shabby chic B&B before a big booking arrives, tensions rise in Spain as two bar owners work together for the very first time and a pair of expats receive some early guest feedback.

In this episode, a couple of expats are all at sea as they attempt to run a new fishing charter; how will two B&Bers in France cope with their biggest challenge yet? And on the Costa Blanca, a family pulls together to try and rescue their Spanish dream but will it work?

The owners of a vineyard open a pop up restaurant in a stunning location but there are some last minute nerves. Two B&Bers host an unusual event in a bid to boost takings. And in Spain, a wannabe fishing captain has to learn the ropes.

As the season draws to a close, it's decision time for a couple hoping to run a fishing charter business; how will two B&Bers cope with some tricky customers, and with their first ever guests now booked in, will an observatory business in rural France please its punters?