In Help! We Bought a Village, ancient villages that stood forgotten and frozen in time are being brought back to life. Join the brave Brits who dare to restore these villages and hamlets in France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal to their former glory.
Help! We Bought a Village airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on WSBE Rhode Island PBS starting June 12.
Episode 101 - Monday, June 12 at 10 p.m.
In Italy, Francesca and Carl race against time to reopen their Italian hamlet for business. Meanwhile, a restored medieval village suffers some damage after a big party.
Episode 102 - Monday, June 19 at 10 p.m.
Francesca and Carl welcome guests to their hamlet-turned-holiday complex in Italy. Two other brave Brits rescue a row of cottages from decades of overgrowth.
Episode 103 - Monday, June 26 at 10 p.m.
An unexpected delivery causes chaos at a medieval French village. Francesca and Carl start a new project in Italy. Paul and Yip begin the demolition work on their ancient cottages.
Episode 104 - Monday, July 3 at 10 p.m.
The owners of a French settlement come to terms with having to demolish some buildings.
Episode 105 - Monday, July 10 at 10 p.m.
Anneli, the manager of a restored village in France, is having a tricky time with a wedding party. And Mark, an estate agent, searches for derelict villages in Galicia.
Episode 106 - Monday, July 17 at 10 p.m.
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.
Episode 107 - Monday, July 24 at 10 p.m.
The owners of a French hamlet visit two mysterious stone towers on the edge of their land, and a couple hosts the descendants of a farmer who once lived in their village.
Episode 108 - Monday, July 31 at 10 p.m.
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.
Episode 109 - Monday, August 7 at 10 p.m.
The owners of a village in France host the local council at their restaurant, while a couple from Norwich spend their first Christmas in their hamlet. Meanwhile, in Spain, the very first guests arrive at a cave village in Andalucía.
Episode 110 - Monday, August 14 at 10 p.m.
A couple in Limousin bring down a wall. The owners of a hamlet in France battle with a wonky chimney, while a couple in the Limousin region bring down a wall and crack a pipe. Meanwhile, in Andalucía, a cave village has to close temporarily after one of the owners is diagnosed with cancer.
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