Help! We Bought a Village - Season 2

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.

A restored village in Italy prepares to host its first guests and the owners of a derelict French hamlet begin renovating their most cherished building. In Puglia, renovations on a quirky hamlet grind to a halt leaving the owners devastated.

Burglars target a historical settlement in Puglia and a pair of village saviours in France prepare to welcome their first guest. Work begins on an abandoned village in Portugal.

A family feel the financial strain of trying to resurrect an Italian ghost village. The owners of a crumbling French hamlet attempt to save the decaying village bakery and its roof, while those in charge of a restored village in the Italian hills prepare to hold their biggest event yet.

Building work at a Portuguese village finally gathers pace, there are wedding bells at a rebuilt Italian borgo, and the owners of an ancient French hamlet reach a major milestone as they open their glamping site to paying guests.

A couple pick up the pieces after an earthquake devastates their Italian village

Owners of a village in Italy unpack a painting of an ancestor who once dined with Mozart

In France, one couple turn a piggery into a living space. Another have insulation issues.

A couple find animal skeletons in their ceiling in France

A Scotsman buys a Bulgarian village after spotting it on eBay

A couple harvest their Italian vineyard's first grapes for over 30 years

There's bad news at a quinta in Portugal. A letter from World War II is found in Italy.

In France, the owners of a manoir try to take down a roof - in high winds!

A Yorkshire couple find fascinating artefacts at an abandoned hamlet in Italy

It's bottling time for the first wine in 30 years at a village in Italy

Two former naval officers take over a French hamlet which holds some incredible secrets...

Will the owners of a crumbling Italian borgo get the bumper olive harvest that they need?

Mother nature wreaks havoc at an Italian borgo, and a French hamlet gets its first guests

An Italian borgo battles crumbling bridges, and a couple rebuild their business in Spain

A cortijo in Spain reopens, and a holiday village in France tries to get a star rating

A man fights to save two abandoned villages in an earthquake-ravaged area of Umbria

The owners of a holiday-village-turned-B&B create a living space for themselves

Sewage works at a holiday-village-turned-B&B lead to a fascinating subterranean discovery

A man ploughs on with his 15-year project to bring a Spanish village back from the brink

A couple in France strive to complete their gîte renovation before guests arrive

An ancient well throws building plans into chaos at a 17th-century hamlet in France

A forgotten hamlet near Toulouse is thrown a lifeline

A landslide hits a cave settlement in Spain. And can a French barn be converted in time?

In France, a couple wake up a sleeping water mill at the heart of their hamlet

An artist who saved a settlement in the Italian hills prepares to launch his own gallery