Episode 1

Across Northern Ireland, the landscape is scattered with buildings falling into ruin - but thankfully there are people out there on a mission to bring them back to life.

In this brand new series we follow award-winning architect Patrick Bradley, as he meets those who are taking on the challenge of restoring the buildings of our past.

Patrick meets a couple in east Belfast who are looking to futureproof their lives by downsizing from a large family house to a small 19th century gate lodge, with plans to restore and extend it into their dream home.

While building work on the gate lodge gets underway, Patrick finds out more about what life would have been like for those that lived there and about the history of Craigavon House, the larger property that the gate lodge once served. He discovers more about the big house's most famous owner, the first prime minister of Northern Ireland, James Craig.

With planners to contend with and delays with building supplies, it's a race to get the work completed for the couple's ambitious Christmas deadline.