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 husband and wife race to open a seafood restaurant in Spain. A couple from London escape the rat race in rural France. And can a traditional pub on the Costa del Sol pull in the punters?
Can a pair of expats open their seafood restaurant without further hitches? Engine trouble threatens to end a French dream, and Spain's newest bar tries to win over the tourists.
A couple of expats swap Chelmsford for Charente; Spain's newest seafood restaurant begins to make a name for itself; and some Londoners host a traditional tea party at their French B&B.
A blocked drain closes an expat seafood restaurant at the busiest time of year. And have two new British pub owners in Spain done enough to make a future in the sun?
Can two expats cope with customer complaints? Have the owners of a Spanish seafood restaurant turned things around? And will a final flurry of guests make or break a fledging French B&B?
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?
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?
New series of the show following ex-pats chasing their dream lives abroad. In this edition, two estate agents attempt to turn their passion for wine into profit by running a vineyard in France. Can a young couple open their guest house on time? And the launch of a new paragliding business off the mountains of Costa Blanca.
Series following Brits heading to Europe to start new, dream businesses in the sun. In this episode, a young couple need to diversify their French gite business, there's a rocky start for a paragliding company in Spain, and two novice wine makers take on the French at a local wine fair.
Series following Brits heading to Europe to start new, dream businesses in the sun. In this edition a young couple branch out, offering package holidays at their beautiful French gite, two novice winemakers finally move house, and will a new fishing business impress its latest guests?
Series following ex-pats chasing their new dreams abroad. This episode follows the last minute dash to open a tapas bar with a difference in Spain, and a celebrity guest who checks in to a French fishing holiday lodge. Plus, a couple opening a B&B for runners welcome their first guests, and the new winemakers in France begin work on their new gites.
As the summer comes to an end the programme checks in with the ex-pat's chasing dream lives in the sun. It's harvest day for the new winemakers in France, a disease threatens the future of a fishing business, and will a revamp save Spain's newest tapas bar?
Series following Brits heading to Europe to start new, dream businesses in the sun. A family of four hope to turn their passion for cycling into profit by opening a cycling tour company in southern France. An English diving instructor in Marbella buys out his only competitor, and after a lifetime spent locking up criminals, two former coppers buy a B&B in southern Spain.
A mix-up at the pumps leaves a diving instructor stranded in Marbella, and two London coppers crash their van on the way to Spain. With eight days to spare before their first customers turn up, a family foursome race to finish renovations on their B&B.
Series following Brits heading starting their dream businesses in Spain and France. There are building problems at an English run B&B, a diving instructor in Marbella faces an uncertain future, and after being refused a mortgage in London a young couple try their luck in southern Spain - but will their new aerial yoga business succeed?
A British-run dive centre discovers a long forgotten shipwreck in the Med. Two Englishmen explore the French wilderness on the lookout for a prehistoric cave, and wildfire threatens one couple's dream life in Spain.
As the end of the season approaches, have the Brits abroad managed to make their dreams a reality? A diving instructor looks for a change of career, a gite business struggles to take off, and at the end of a tricky season an aerial yoga teacher ties the knot with her next door neighbour.
Series following ex-pats chasing their new dream lives abroad. A straight-talking hairdresser from London tries to cut it as Costa Blanca's new stylist. Newlyweds start a new life as holiday hosts in the south of France, and a father and daughter attempt a summer working together running a water sports business in Spain.
A hairdresser from London takes on her first member of staff, and the pressure is on for a retired major and his wife as they become holiday hosts. There's a nerve-wracking moment for the owners of a water sports company when a kayaker fails to return.
Series following the highs and lows of chasing a dream life abroad. In this edition, a couple's dream of a new life in France running a yoga retreat falls at the first hurdle, a hairdresser has grand plans to expand in the Costa Blanca, and it's a challenging time for the newlywed holiday hosts in the south of France.
Can a couple cope with running a restaurant in a remote Spanish village? Two Brits struggle to turn a leaky barn into a yoga retreat in France, and two ex-pats welcome their first B&B guests.
The summer is drawing to a close for the ex-pats chasing dream lives abroad. Can a couple make their yoga vision a success? Tempers fray at a new restaurant in a remote Spanish village, and France's newest B&Bers welcome a team of racing car drivers.
Two Brits decide to move in together in France and start a B&B business, while a Scot tries to follow in his father's footsteps by opening a restaurant in the Costa del Sol.
Two hoteliers prepare for their first big booking in France, it is crunch time for a British restaurant in Spain and a new boat business is stranded when the engine malfunctions.
A British couple open a French campsite. There's drama at a new fine dining restaurant in Spain, and a water sports enthusiast faces delays with his new business on the beach.
Does a water sports company finally manage to open for business? A new campsite host in France has to learn the art of caravanning, and will a PR push land two restaurateurs in hot water?
There's more bad news for a water sports business on the beach and a lull in bookings for a French campsite. Meanwhile, a restaurant on the Costa has to call in reinforcements.
There are pool problems for the Brit owners of a French campsite, a rude awakening for a couple running a B&B in the desert programme, and there's a mix up at a Spanish restaurant.
At a Brit-run B&B in Spain, there's a final push to finish the pool; there's an unhappy diner at a restaurant on the Costa del Sol; and can a French campsite complete renovations?
A young Kent couple living in France make sacrifices to keep their dreams alive. And in Andalusia, a Brit struggles with being a single mum and running her new hotel.
Can a new restaurant in Spain meet the opening deadline? A Spanish hotelier searches for a new property and two gite owners in France give up their cosy home to live in a barn.
A young British couple open their glamping site in France. It's opening day for a Spanish restaurant, and could a nest of bees hamper building works in the Dordogne?
The owners of a charter boat in Mallorca launch new plans for their future; the Brit owners of a Spanish restaurant have to rethink; a French glamping site struggles with unwanted guests.
A boat business in Mallorca has a very important guest. The owners of a restaurant reflect on their first season; have two ex-navy pilots made a success of their French glamping site?
A couple from the Wirral take over a B&B in rural Spain, two Brits from Milton Keynes race to open their new dive centre on the Med, and a pair of vineyard owners from Hereford open up a holiday complex in the Dordogne.
Can a couple of expats from the north west of England open their dive school in Spain? Two new B&B owners struggle following a power cut in rural Spain, and on a French vineyard run by a couple from Hereford, things get lost in translation.
A couple of B&B owners from the Wirral end up roughing it in Spain following a bumper booking. Two vineyard owners from Hereford test out their culinary skills, and a couple from Warrington move to Spain to open a cycle retreat.
Two British vineyard owners try to beat the French during a boules tournament, a couple from Warrington struggle to find a Spanish villa for their business, and there are nautical nightmares for a British run dive school.
It's harvest day for the Hereford couple running a French vineyard, a couple from the north west welcome a VIP to their new cycling retreat in Spain, and a couple of dive enthusiasts from Milton Keynes end their first season in Spain on a high.
A Norfolk couple move their soap-making business to southern Spain, the season kicks off for a holiday complex in France, and bad news hits a Brit-owned adventure business in Mallorca.
A Brit confronts her staff at an adventure company in Mallorca, two rookie restaurateurs from Kent go into meltdown in France, and an English couple in Almeria fears the effects of Brexit.
A holiday home business in France struggles with costs. In Mallorca, a British run adventure company deals with a very nervous cliff jumper, and it's a tricky time for two Brits in Spain.
A new excursion brings big earnings to a British-run company in Mallorca, a couple of expats in France struggle to feed the crowds and a couple from Essex open a glamping site in France.
At a glamping site in France, mouldy tents cause worries. The owners of a Mallorcan company make a massive investment, and there's a godsend for two British restaurateurs in France.
A Norfolk couple takes over the only hotel in a French village; a Northumberland chef's dream to open a restaurant hangs in the balance, and two Belfast twenty-somethings gamble big.
A Belfast couple get more customers than they bargained for at their bar in Spain; the opening of a restaurant in France is in jeopardy; plus tricky renovations to a restaurant in Mallorca.
The Norfolk owners of a French hotel have to call for reinforcements; in Mallorca, a family from the north east finally opens their restaurant, and it's crunch time on the Costa del Sol.
A couple leaves Wales to run a bar in Spain; a couple of newlyweds swap Jersey for France to run a holiday complex; and two British hoteliers from Norfolk take a well-deserved holiday.
The first guests arrive at a gîte complex run by a Jersey couple. A couple from Wales struggle to keep afloat on the Costa del Sol, and a family from Northumberland expand their dream.
A chef and her sommelier husband swap Buckinghamshire for France; a British couple reap the fruits of their labour in Spain, and an expat diver on the Costa del Sol is bitten by a spider!
A villa complex finally opens its doors to guests in Spain. A couple running a fine dining gîte in France are caught short and there's uncertainty for a Brit run scuba school in Gibraltar.
A chef from Buckinghamshire opens up a cookery school in France. The British owner of a Spanish dive school waits for important news, and a Portsmouth couple begin new lives in France.
A couple from Essex dream of running a Spanish bar. At a cooking school in France, a knife skills course doesn't end well; and can a Portsmouth couple open their new B&B in time?
A couple find out if their French cooking school has hit the right note; two Essex boys finally open their Spanish bar. Will the dreams of two Brit B&B owners in France come crashing down?
Does a biking-obsessed Brit ever get his B&B off the starting grid? A couple from Derbyshire head to the Spanish Costas, and will delays ruin an Essex couple's new B&B targeted at anglers?
In France, the first guests arrive at a Brit run gite. An Essex couple faces friction in the kitchen at their new French B&B, and will the dreams of a Derbyshire couple in Spain float away?
A swarm of insects threatens the launch of a holiday complex in France; a couple of lawn bowls lovers from Kent try to persuade the French to play; a Derbyshire couple expand their menu.
Two Scots launch their new Spanish boat business, a reviewer checks out an Essex couple's French fishing lake, and a couple from Kent search for French members for their new lawn bowls club.
ill bad weather end a Scottish couple's business in Spain? A B&B owner must decide if his business can support a life in France, and a lawn bowls club in France ends the season with a VIP visit.
In this episode, a couple attempt to make British beer for the wine-loving French. Two restaurateurs from Wales try to turn a rundown townhouse into a boutique B&B in Spain. And there's drama for a West Sussex couple juggling a guesthouse and a new bar in the Spanish countryside.
In this episode, two B&B hosts in Spain find out their new property is a money-pit. There's trouble brewing for France's novice beer-makers. And the pressure of juggling a guesthouse and bar gets to a West Sussex couple.
The new series continues, and it's the height of the season for the Brits chasing dreams in the sun. There's little glamour for the boutique B&B hosts in Spain. Could a new ale be an epic fail for brewers in France? And two British sailing instructors start a new life on the sunny Spanish coast.
In this episode, B&B hosts from Wales prepare for VIP guests, can new brewers in France keep up with increasing demand for their British beer and two sailing instructors try to still afloat among a tide of competition on the Spanish coast.
Two British sailors get ship shape for a big inspection. The dream comes to fruition for B&B hosts in Spain and could two new brewers in France be a victim of their own success as the beer barrels run dry?
In this episode we meet the Bristolian taking over a water sports business on the glamourous Cote D'Azur. An enterprising couple from Hull open a family friendly B&B in a French National Park. And two teachers from Kent give up the chalkboard to turn a piggery into a restaurant in the Spanish desert.
Can a Brit provide enough glamour on the Côte d'Azur? In France a couple from Hull expand into the bouncy castle business. And in Spain, juggling guests and rooms creates havoc.
Time is running out for one man to make a profit in St Tropez. In Spain a British couple need to bring in more euros by opening a restaurant, but can they get a licence? And in France, can one expat cope running the B&B on his own?
On this show, has one expat become the victim of his own success in the Co'te d'Azur? The heat causes havoc with the floor in a French B&B, and in Spain there's good news for a new restaurant in Almeria.
The new series continues. As the summer comes to an end, we find out if the expats have made their new lives in the sun a success. In Valencia a couple try pushing their bike business to the next level. The expat owners of a B&B end their season busier than ever, and two former teachers take on their biggest booking yet.
A yoga teacher from Somerset tests out a Spanish villa where she hopes to run wellness retreats. A young couple swap Harlow for a future as holiday homeowners in rural France.
A yoga teacher discovers her rented Spanish villa cannot be used to run her retreats, and on the Costa Blanca there are problems for the new owners of a home furnishings shop.
A yoga teacher from Somerset has a difficult start on her business venture, and a family of expats open their business on the Costa Blanca.
A mother and daughter team running a home furnishings shop on the Costa Blanca branch out and two friends from England have a dream of opening a cookery school on the Cote d'Azur.
As the summer nears its end, it's crunch time for the intrepid British expats with their new businesses in Spain and France. On the Cote d'Azur, the future of a new cookery school hangs in the balance. The owners of a home furnishing business look for a new challenge, and a yoga teacher from Somerset finally tastes sweet success in southern Spain.
A Londoner gets a reality check as she prepares to open a bar in the south of France, while a Kent couple sink all their savings into a holiday business in Tarn et Garonne.
The weather threatens the launch of an expat's bar in France. A couple find renovating their cave house trickier than they anticipated. And business is slow for a couple with holiday homes in France.
One ex-pat cashes in on football fever at their bar on the Côte d'Azur, while four-legged guests boost one couple's business in France.
The pressure is on when bookings start flooding in for the French holiday homes, and chaos erupts at an expat's bar on the Côte d'Azur as her reservation system melts down.
As the summer nears its end, a Londoner's celebrity night at their bar in the south of France seems set be a wash-out when the heavens open. A couple from Kent face bad news about their application for a glamping site in Spain.
Two hairdressers from Leicester hope to open a salon in Benidorm, and B&B hosts from Margate take on an established guest house in the hills of Andalucía.
A flood threatens two hairdressers' new salon in Benidorm, and a British couple's campsite is under the microscope when an inspector calls in France.
Novice market gardeners from Yorkshire embark on their new venture in France, while two British owners struggle to keep up as tourists descend on their campsite in France.
A disaster forces the smallholders in France to diversify in an odd direction. An Oldham couple take on a bar renovation in Spain and two Brits expand their French glamping empire.
As the summer nears its end, two Brits who own a French campsite find out if they've made enough to keep their dream alive. There are teething problems for a couple who run a bar in Spain. Plus, a couple from Yorkshire tempt French locals with their new Thai takeaway business.
In this episode, we meet the young Brits trying to rent out their fantasy treehouse in France. In Spain, an Anglo Dutch couple race to open their new bistro, and two pensioners from Cambridgeshire fight to save their French gite.
In this episode, a couple in France welcome paying guests to their treehouse B&B for the first time. There's a grand opening for a new bistro in Spain, and ill health threatens to ruin one couple's dream of running a gite in the Dordogne.
The inspectors descend on a Shropshire family's treehouse in France. In Spain a bistro gets a visit from a VIP, and will a Cambridgeshire couple in France ever open their gîte?
A Shropshire family are pushed to the limit trying to run three properties in France, a couple from Cambridge juggle pets and guests, and a couple from London stir up the juice market on the Riviera.
The owners of a bistro make a tough decision in Spain. A couple from Cambridgeshire plan their future in the Dordogne.
How do two expats cope when large rodents visit their gîte complex in France? Meanwhile, an ex-policeman and his husband take over a failing hotel in Spain.
Two British gîte owners tie the knot in France. But in Spain, after seven years of marriage, two expat hotel owners go their separate ways.
Bad weather threatens to ruin a big booking for two gite owners in France, and in Spain, hotel owners struggle to handle the pressure during the busiest time of year.
Spain proves popular as two bike-lovers open a motocross-themed B&B and a Liverpool mum has dreams of running her own cafe bar. In France, gite owners launch catered weekends.
It's crunch time for two plant nursery entrepreneurs in France as the season comes to an end. A couple who run motocross holidays in Spain deal with their biggest booking, while a cafe owner on the Costa del Sol tries to protect her business battling a flood.
In France, a Devon couple take on more than they bargained for. Two sisters from Lincolnshire buy the diner they worked in. A couple from Kent buy a B&B with guests already in it.
In Spain, the sisters bicker over plans for their steak restaurant. And in France, a couple hit rock bottom when they realise their new B&B is a money pit.
It's the height of the season, and a Spanish fiesta pushes the sisters to their limit. And in France, a couple finally open the doors of their B&B after a year of renovations.
In France, calamity ensues when the B&B guests are too tall for the beds. In Spain, the sisters are close to breaking point with staff shortages at the height of the season.
It's the end of the first season and a storm threatens to devastate a paddle boarding business in Spain. In France, there's big business at the B&B when an orchestra comes to town.
A couple from Southend open a glamping site in rural France, an Anglo-French couple renovate a townhouse, and two ex-army pals build a crazy golf course in Spain.
In France, a couple from Southend struggle to make glamping bookings, and tension rises in the kitchen of a family-run restaurant, as well as on a mini-golf course in Spain.
The future of a French restaurant hangs in the balance, and scorching temperatures cause problems at a glamping site. In Spain, a couple from Halifax open a B&B with a cave, and a crazy golf course is ready to tee off.
A crazy-golf course in Spain does a roaring trade, and a couple from Halifax plan a big event at their B&B. In France, an Anglo-French restaurant opens its doors for the first time, and a couple from Southend try paragliding.
As the summer ends, we catch up with the Brits running businesses in Europe. In Spain, storms flood a B&B. A couple from Southend are overwhelmed with glampers, and it's panic stations at a restaurant in France when the mayor arrives and the cooker is on the blink.
A family from the Midlands gamble an inheritance on a diving school in the Balearics. In France, a couple from Warwickshire take on a massive gite renovation project.
A Warwickshire couple who run gites in France get married, rival bar owners in the Costa del Sol compete to open first, and a broken-down van could ruin a diving school in Menorca.
With a bar full of customers, two twentysomethings battle with a dodgy pizza oven. A diving school's boat breaks down. Two gite owners receive a surprise glamorous booking.
Two ex-pat gite owners open for business in France. In Spain, a diving school deals with a very nervous customer, and there's a life-changing event for two young bar owners.
A horse-riding school in Spain has a chance to earn big money. And in France there's a jaw-dropping surprise for a gite owner.
A young couple decide to bring an alternative lifestyle to rural France. And in Spain, entrepreneurs from Leicester find a new way to make cash at their mandarin grove.
In Spain, a Leicester couple's café kitchen is complete, but their first service is chaos. In France, a couple from Bath try to keep their guests cool in the middle of a heatwave.
In the height of the season, southern Spain meets the Wild West at a remote glamping site run by a Cambridge couple. In France, an artist finds a new way to bring in some cash.
There are weather woes in Spain for a Leicester couple hosting a Mexican fiesta at their poolside café. And a heatwave strikes a glampsite in the Sierra Nevada desert.
An artist and a chef from Bath try to break into a bigger market with their painting and culinary retreats. Vegan gite owners hope to find the recipe for success in rural France, while in Sierra Nevada, a Dorset couple try to salvage their glampsite from the biggest storm to hit Spain in over a century.
In France, Somerset ex-pats take on an ambitious renovation. And a young couple stake everything on running a cycling holiday business in Spain.
Gite owners in France face plumbing problems for their first guests, two caterers face a colossal cooking challenge, and a couple encounter problems in buying their dream home.
A catering couple from Bristol have a plumbing crisis in the face of a cooking deadline, while in France, two ex-pats deal with a major swimming pool leak.
A Yorkshire can-can dancer in France teaches her amateur troupe a classic routine, while in Spain, a Buckinghamshire couple's cycling holiday venture hits the skids.
A Buckinghamshire couple face a battle to boost bookings for their cycling holiday business. In France, a Yorkshire can-can dancer prepares her amateur troupe for their first public performance.
Three generations of a family from Kent open a French campsite, a couple from Brighton run holiday lets in rural Spain and foodies from Warwick plan to start culinary holidays.
A couple with a gite in France find their pool infested with algae, a family running a campsite find themselves with no hot water, and money troubles threaten holiday lets in Spain.
A Brighton couple host a yoga retreat at their Spanish apartments. Meanwhile, gite owners in France are forced to lower their prices.
In France, a family face a tough inspection of their campsite and a Bristol couple buy a house with a gite. A couple with holiday lets in Spain rush to finish their renovations.
Ex-pats continue chasing their dream lives in the sun, as gite owners in France open a cooking school, a couple from Bristol finally start their businesses and there's a Mexican party to celebrate a successful season in Spain.
A family from Teesside club together to buy a rundown property to turn into a restaurant in Spain, while a couple from Maidstone take on a cycling tour business in Girona.
Holiday hosts in France are reviewed by a travel website, renovation work pushes a project in Spain to breaking point, and cycling tour operators struggle with logistics.
A couple from Manchester become accidental olive farmers. Meanwhile, a family from Teesside open the doors to their new restaurant in Spain.
A storm threatens to devastate the crop for Manchester olive farmers in Spain and a Teesside family become victims of their own success at their Spanish restaurant.
It's the moment of truth as harvest time arrives for olive farmers in Spain, while plumbing problems threaten the launch of a tea room in France. A Teesside family finds ways to cope when there's a fiesta in Spain.
A Lancashire family build a Portuguese holiday village. A London couple roll out plans for their new motorhome business in France. A couple in Spain try to fill their empty guest house.
In Portugal, holiday village owners rush to get ready in time for their very first guests. And a motorhome rental business in France stalls when it hits technical difficulties.
A couple launch a cycling business in Spain. In Portugal, a holiday village navigates murky waters. And a motorhome rental business in France handles a busy day of bookings.
Guest house owners in Spain hope the police won't visit their music event. In France, a motorhome business deals with damaged vehicles. A holiday village in Portugal has a leak.
In Spain, a guest house tempts visitors with local cuisine and a cycling retreat for some much-needed business. A Portuguese holiday village takes delivery of a new centrepiece.
A family of brewers from Kent get more than they bargained for when they buy a French farmhouse. A former DJ from Skegness opens a bar in Portugal but falls foul of the law.
A couple with a new B&B row over renovations. A family of brewers from Kent dash across the Channel to beat lockdown. And a Skegness restaurateur's finances hang by a thread.
Artisan brewers bottle their first beer in France. A Skegness restaurateur has his launch party shut down by the Portuguese police. And a London family renovate a French chateau.
There's chaos at a French B&B when a pipe bursts during check in. A family of brewers launch their beer at a prestigious market. At a B&B in Italy, the guests can't find the bidet.
As the summer draws to a close in France, a family of brewers from Kent create a new beer for a medieval chateau. At a B&B in Italy, the hosts cook a fabulous dinner for guests.
A Yorkshire woman single-handedly attempts to open a glampsite in the Italian countryside, while a London family starts an electric bike company in a glamourous Portuguese resort.
A campsite owner in Italy is given the runaround by a donkey. There's a bittersweet departure in Portugal, and hosts in France sacrifice their own comfort for their guests' sake.
A glampsite owner in Italy battles a busy summer season with no staff. In France, a family from Manchester face challenges as they juggle their family life and holiday home.
A Birmingham couple start a cooking school with a difference in France. A glampsite owner in Italy finds a potential pot of gold on her land and a Staffordshire couple have a devastating start to their new life in Spain.
A glampsite owner diversifies into olive oil farming in Italy. A Birmingham cook teaches vegan cooking in France. And a couple in Spain are determined to rebuild their lives.
Two ex-casino employees start a new life in Portugal's Algarve running a restaurant, while a horse lover from Somerset prepares to move to Italy to open a pony-trekking business.
A restaurant in the Algarve finally opens its doors, and a pony trekking business in Italy hangs in the balance after receiving a visit from an army of vets.
There's heartbreak in the Algarve when a restaurant can't get any trade. An escaped horse causes mayhem at an Italian B&B. And a British couple in France reopen their guest house.
In Italy, a B&B host's first pony trekking booking gets off to a bad start. A couple of wannabe bar owners leave the Costa del Sol after failing to find a good business to buy.
As the end of the summer season approaches, a Portuguese restaurant loses an important staff member. There's a big dilemma facing a pony trekking business in Italy, while a French B&B has big expansion plans.
A Glasgow couple face a major renovation project at their Italian rural retreat, while a couple from Brighton take on the French at their own game by opening a cheese and wine bar.
Foodies from Brighton are left high and dry on the opening night of their cheese and wine bar, and there's an unwelcome infestation for glampsite owners in Portugal.
Glampsite owners in Portugal face the reality of living off-grid, and at a horse riding centre in France, cameras follow a mother and daughter with grand plans.
The owners of a glampsite have transport trouble in Portugal. A former art teacher opens a gallery in Spain, while mother-and-daughter equestrians hope to ride out a rough patch.
As the season draws to a close for the Brits abroad, the owners of a glampsite in Portugal get hands-on at a goat farm. In France, two Brits attempt to host a wine-tasting night. Meanwhile, at a riding centre, a mother and daughter have cause to celebrate.
A couple launch a luxury B&B in France with a toddler in tow, while a microbrewery in Murcia aims to crack the Spanish lager market.
B&B owners in France juggle a busy diary with the pressures of parenthood. In Spain, a microbrewery ramps up promotion, and a couple in France create face cream from snail slime.
A microbrewery on the Spanish coast bags a valuable new client, while in France, B&B owners work hard to complete work on their breakfast terrace.
A drive for new custom pays off for a microbrewery in Spain, a weaving business launches in Portugal and a couple in Andalucia aim to make money from their love of crafting.
A weaver in Portugal juggles teaching with preparing for her first exhibition, while in Andalucía, owners of a B&B establishment host a trial weekend to see whether they have a viable business.
A family from Derbyshire aim high with an eco-friendly glampsite, plans for a Spanish adventure golf course hit problems and a family launch a new farming business in Portugal.
The Spanish summer threatens work on a golf course. Setting up a glampsite in France is far from plain sailing. In Portugal, a farming business needs to find its first customers.
In Spain, an unwanted leak wreaks havoc on an adventure golf course. Meanwhile, unsightly building work blights the start of a French gîte business.
A Manchester couple's plans to take over a Costa Blanca bar are in jeopardy, a Spanish adventure golf course is given a trial run and things do not measure up at a French gîte.
Holiday cottage owners in France learn the perils of having pet-friendly accommodation, while a property developer is on course for success with his brand-new adventure golf business in Alicante.
In France, a couple start an alpaca farm while in Spain, two friends build a padel tennis court and a couple from Yorkshire try to open a rock 'n' roll-themed B&B.
There is a new arrival at the alpaca farm in France, security problems plague the padel tennis club in Spain while the pool finally has water at the rock 'n' roll B&B.
The owners of a farm in France try alpaca yoga, a Sussex couple renovate their gîtes and in Spain, storms wreck a padel tennis tournament. The rock 'n' roll B&B opens its doors.
In France, the alpaca farmers take the herd to a chateau and the gîtes get their first guests. In Spain, the padel tennis club flourishes and in Italy, a project nears completion.
The season winds down at the alpaca farm in France, where two expats have added a glamping tent. At the gîtes in Creuse, a dormouse causes a scare and renovations are done in Italy.
B&B owners in Andalusia find that their property is on a very slippery slope. In Portugal, two surfers start a brewery, and an entrepreneur from Yorkshire opens a yurt restaurant.
Two rookie brewers bottle their first ale in Portugal, a Yorkshire entrepreneur finds a fantastic spot for a glampsite in Italy and the animals are on the run at a B&B in Andalusia.
Sales are up for the new brewers in Portugal, the yurt restaurant opens for business in Italy and a beauty therapist from Halifax starts to turn her French home into a spa.
It's the height of the season for the expats chasing a new life abroad. In Portugal, the brewery opens its tap room, and there's a launch party at the B&B in Andalusia. A swimming pool gets delivered to the French spa, and an event starts in the dark at the yurt restaurant in Italy.
The season reaches its end for the intrepid expats. In France, a spa owner crowns her business dream as she throws open her doors for the first time. In Portugal, there's an unexpected dip in the number of customers for a couple of brewery owners, while in Spain an unexpected booking causes chaos at a countryside B&B.
A couple take on a massive property in France, a business exec gives it all up to run a farm in the Italian mountains and two Londoners fall in love with a rundown hotel in Spain.
In Andalusia, it's launch day at a couple's new hotel. In south west France, two gîte owners from Nottinghamshire are dealt a financial blow and in Italy, an unexpected injury puts a group of organic farmers under strain.
A B&B owner swaps Brighton for the Costa Del Sol, stormy weather halts a Nottinghamshire couple's gîte renovations in France, and a new idea gets off to a bumpy start on an organic farm in Italy.
There are build problems at some holiday lets on the Costa del Sol, organic farmers in Italy launch a new venture, a hotelier in Tarifa plans his first wedding, and two gite owners in France get creative.
A former B&B owner launches her tapas walking tours in Spain, it's the busiest day of the year for some farmers in Italy, and the pressure is on for a hotelier managing a wedding.
In Portugal, a couple attempt to run a yoga retreat. In France, two Londoners plan to open a gîte. A couple try to renovate a run-down house in Spain into a luxury holiday let.
In Spain, a couple prepare for their first guests - but there's a lingering problem. There's slow progress at a gîte renovation project in France, and Covid-19 causes chaos for a couple's planned yoga retreat in Portugal.
A Northamptonshire couple head for the Italian hills to start a new company. A villa in Spain opens for business and there is a change in fortune for a yoga teacher in Portugal.
A couple tie the knot at their gite in France, while two friends kick start an e-bike business in Portugal. In the Italian hills, the breaks are slammed on at a house build.
It's moving day for a couple building a house in the Italian hills, while the owners of an e-bike company take out their first paying tour. Meanwhile, in Portugal, a couple bid to finally pull off their longed-for yoga retreat.
A family take over a bar in the Costa del Sol, a Hampshire couple restore a 100-year-old house in Bergerac, and in Valencia, motorbike tour operators renovate a shell of a building.
A family prepare to open their new restaurant on the Costa del Sol, and motorbike tour operators in Valencia welcome their first guests. A falling window causes a fright for B&Bers renovating a 100-year-old house in France.
Two B&B owners prepare to open their business in France while also planning their wedding. There is heartbreak in Spain for the motorbike tour operators.
In France, first-time B&B owners welcome their inaugural French guests. In Valencia, a motorbike tour business finally welcomes its first guest after a long round of renovations.
It's the end of the season, and a bar-restaurant in Spain hosts a successful event and branches out into vegan cooking. Two B&B owners in France are run off their feet with bookings. And in Portugal, two holiday homeowners host an art class and a tapas night to establish their business.
In Portugal, a family dream of a new eco-friendly life. In France, a couple struggle to get their B&B ready for guests, and in Spain, a bike business starts again after Covid.
Storms wreak havoc for a family at their rural retreat in Portugal, while a plumping problem plagues a chateau B&B in France. In Spain, a bike business finally starts trading again.
A history buff tries to launch guided tours in Normandy, and on their rural retreat in Portugal, a family unveil their new eco loo.
In Spain, a bike tour business gets ready for 50 Belgians. A flat tyre adds to a family's woes in Portugal, while cameras encounter a couple who are swapping one new life in the sun for another.
In Spain, the emergency services are called when a bike crashes on a remote mountain. In Normandy, a history buff leads his first battlefield tour, while a couple pack up their B&B in France and head to Málaga.
A couple buy a B&B in Portugal at the height of the Covid lockdown, a family renovate a Norfolk cottage to fund a move to Italy, and there's a new glampsite in the making in France.
A couple await permission for their glampsite in France, a new B&B opens in Portugal and a Norfolk family leave the UK for Italy - but their journey is far from plain sailing.
A family of five begin searching for their dream home in Italy, and it's panic stations in France as the glampsite hosts prepare for their first guests.
In Portugal, a B&B gets busy after Covid restrictions ease, a family house-hunts in Italy and a couple in France race to finish renovating their holiday lets. Meanwhile, an ambitious trio hope to start a gin distillery in Spain, but get tied up in red tape.
As the end of the summer approaches, two gite owners in France prepare for their first guests, a business trio embark on a new venture in Spain, and a family-of-five seeks to find its dream home and business in Italy.
In Spain, a Lancashire family opens a beachside bar. In France, a Manchester couple snaps up a complex of holiday lets. Two Yorkshire restaurateurs bring a taste of the north to rural Portugal.
Plumbing problems hit a pair of holiday hosts in France, a Lancashire family launch their new cocktail bar in Spain and a staffing shortage hits two Portugal restaurateurs.
A Lancashire couple risk burnout in Spain, thrill-seekers prepare for lift-off in Italy and tempers fray in France. A couple roll out entertainment at their Portuguese restaurant.
In Italy, poor weather threatens to scupper a couple's paragliding plans. Shaken and stirred in Spain, a Lancashire pair run a cocktail making master class. Meanwhile, in France, two holiday hosts are in a spin over laundry and two restaurateurs risk being left high and dry in Portugal.
In France, a couple from Manchester finally get to grips with living and working together. In Spain, there's an emotional gathering as Lancashire family members are reunited at their cocktail and tapas bar. Plus, wedding bells chime for a Cheshire couple in Italy.
A man and his dog open a boutique B&B in Almería, while down the road on the Costas, a creative couple begin to renovate a shop into a chic boutique to sell dresses and art.
In Spain a B&B owner throws a grand opening party while in a couple hosts their first event at their French manor.
A couple add fine dining to their events business in France. A B&B owner in Spain makes the costly decision to install aircon and the shop on the Costas finally opens for business.
A couple try to clinch some sales at their shop on the Costas, and two events business owners throw a grand opening party in their newly renovated wine cellar.
In France, a couple host their final event of the season - a classic car rally - while in Spain, two shop owners launch a fashion academy. Across in the Charente, a couple host their first and last yoga retreat of the season.
A couple plan a Portuguese B&B for paramotoring enthusiasts, vineyard owners in France welcome guests to keep their business afloat, and bad weather strikes a cafe in Spain.
A severe sandstorm causes trouble for Mike and Craig's Spanish bar. Diana and Steve leave their vineyard in France and head back to Blighty.
Graham, Jake and Danielle attempt to renovate a 16th-century château into a B&B. Diana and Steve tackle the harvest and a heatwave in Spain puts pressure on Mike and Craig.
In Spain, a famous face pops in to check out the offerings at Mike and Craig's café. Graham, Jake and Danielle suffer Brexit bothers at their French château.
As the season draws to a close, Mike and Craig need to think outside of the box to survive the winter at their Spanish bar. Graham, Jake and Danielle are finally ready for guests at their French château.
A couple in Greece have dreams of bringing a new business to the area. In Italy, a couple begin renovating an old farmhouse into a B&B, but face Brexit-related bother. Loughborough lady Lesley sets the wheels in motion on her Spanish coach tour business.
Brexit continues to cause problems for an Italian B&B and bad weather hinders a Spanish coach company. A couple in Greece host their first cycling holiday.
After an enforced three month return to the UK, the B&B owners return to Italy to see what state the place is in. A coach trip company in Spain struggles to make a profit.
In Italy, a B&B opens its doors to test guests, while in Spain a woman takes her coach trippers on a catamaran - hoping her idea doesn't sink. Meanwhile in France, a family struggle to get a gite renovated and open for the summer season, and a couple in Spain attempt to run a bar and B&B, but find themselves short-staffed.
The season nears its end and in France a family's renovated gite springs several leaks. Meanwhile in Spain, back-to-back B&B bookings and a busy bar leave an Essex couple run off their feet.
In Spain, two British B&B owners try to bounce back after the pandemic, while in Italy, two high-flyers attempt to turn a derelict vineyard into a fruitful business. Meanwhile in Greece, two diving fanatics try to keep their business afloat in an economic crisis.
Toilet troubles hit the Spanish B&B while jellyfish cause wobbles for the scuba diving business in Greece. In Italy, hopes of a winter harvest dwindle at the vineyard.
A desert storm blows in weather woes in Spain and the dive instructors in Greece are determined to end the season on a high.
At the height of the season, money is drying up for B&B owners in Spain. In Portugal, the heat is on to get a guest house ready. Meanwhile, a national drought in Italy threatens the future of a vineyard.
The season nears its end. In Spain, two B&B owners hear wedding bells, in Portugal a couple running a guest house welcome their first trial guests, and in Italy two vineyard owners begin harvesting their grapes by hand.
In Spain, a Lincolnshire family take a punt on a hotel, and a Yorkshire entrepreneur is confident of making a splash in hospitality.
The bills are piling up in Spain and the holiday hosts in France are feeling the pinch too. A Yorkshire businessman faces a problematic opening day with his inheritance on the line.
A Yorkshire entrepreneur is left high and dry while in Spain the hotel owners face personnel problems and repairs. In Italy a Manchester couple discover the perils of remote living.
In Italy, two Manchester foodies prepare a vegan banquet. In Greece, a London couple look to kick-start their food tours business. Meanwhile in Spain, there are more surprises for two Lincolnshire hoteliers, and a Yorkshire entrepreneur faces some life-changing decisions.
In Greece, business is booming for two gastronomic tour guides. In Italy, a Manchester couple's wilderness retreat plans are threatened by a mobile phone mast. Elsewhere, a Lincolnshire family rolls out a new menu at their Spanish hotel.
Building delays leave a trio of friends in limbo as they plan to open a cocktail bar in Spain, while in France, B&Bers attempt to turn an old farmhouse into holiday accommodation.
The Spanish bar owners become cocktail waiters and work on the French farmhouse progresses under a tight schedule. In Alicante, a luxury wedding venue suffers a setback.
Trial guests test out the French B&B and reality sets in for the bar owners in Spain. In Alicante there are bells ringing at the luxury wedding venue.
Delays to renovations at a Spanish bar threaten to throw its grand opening off course. Newly-weds in Alicante race to prepare for their first guests, while B&Bers in France manage a steady stream of guests with noisy gîte renovations.
In Italy, a messy guest throws a couple off-track as they get to grips with the demands of running holiday accommodation. Meanwhile, as work to their bar goes down to the wire, it remains to be seen whether a group of friends will be able to pull off their grand opening.
British expats setting up new businesses in Spain and France. A family from Nottinghamshire transform a dated villa into a high-end B&B and two entrepreneurs launch a beachside restaurant. A couple from the north-east redecorate their rural retreat in France.
A north-east couple in France make an unusual find at their rural retreat and a family in Spain learn the value of the phrase 'measure twice, cut once'.
In Spain, there are technical troubles for two restaurateurs and a safety scare at a Nottinghamshire family's B&B. In Italy, two new holiday hosts prepare for festival season. Meanwhile, in France, a north-east couple roll up their sleeves to pull in the punters.
In Italy, two holiday hosts are forced to ride out an unseasonal storm. In Spain, success comes at a cost for two restauranteurs - and also for two B&B owners. Over in France, a plumbing problem threatens to shut down a holiday let business.
As the season winds down for our Brits abroad, there's bovine bother at an Italian retreat. In Spain, it's a tale of two resorts, with two restaurateurs underwhelmed and two B&B owners overwhelmed. And in France, two holiday hosts have a bad case of hot tub envy.
There are DIY disasters in Bulgaria as two former singers from Nottinghamshire do up their guest house. In France, a couple from Hampshire discover that the restaurant they've bought has a fascinating past. And is the sky about to fall in at a Spanish cave house?
A fire door threatens to ruin the launch of a Hampshire couple's French restaurant and two former singers in Bulgaria find themselves needing to learn tree surgery.
It's opening day for a Hampshire couple's restaurant in France and trial guests visit a cave house in Spain. A family in Italy face a huge renovation.
Blocked pipes cause chaos for a couple with a restaurant in France. In Bulgaria, a pool filter needs fixing - but guests are on their way. Renovations grind to a halt at a villa in Italy, while a couple from Dorset open an English tearoom in Spain.
A couple from Dorset launch their tearoom in Spain, but time's ticking and their guests are early. A family in Italy seek to rehouse frogs who have taken up residence in their swimming pool. Meanwhile, two restaurateurs in France gear up for a fireworks festival that's set to be their busiest night of the year.
Ex-forces couple Clint and Carol prepare to do battle at a B&B in Normandy. And Sam and Tony prepare to launch an events business at their château in Creuse.
There's a rough ride for Sam and Tony's French car boot, while the soft launch of Karen and Phil's bar in Spain sends stress levels through the roof.
Plumbing problems go from bad to worse at Clint and Carol's French B&B. And Tony and Bev attempt to bring an arts and crafts lounge to Andalucía.
Clint and Carol's Normandy B&B finally opens for business. And Karen and Phil host a bingo event on the Costa del Sol; will they get a full house?
In Normandy, Clint and Carol do battle with a blocked toilet. In Andalucía, Tony and Bev unveil their newly transformed art lounge to the public
Julie and Julia battle to transform a Spanish monastery. Hayley takes the plunge in France. And rain threatens the opening of a yoga retreat in Bulgaria.
A national holiday in Bulgaria stalls a yoga retreat. A chalet in Spain gets its first customers. And temperatures soar at a painting party in France
Some uninvited guests threaten to derail a French coffee shop opening. And retreat owners are left high and dry as festival fever hits Bulgaria.
In Spain, a last-minute dash for furnishings hits the buffers. A couple in France have a life-changing idea. And in Italy, a newly purchased home doesn't stay standing for long.
In Normandy, a couple prepare for their first paying guests. In Italy, a home rises from the rubble. And in France, the arrival of four-legged animals signals a new business plan.
In Spain, a couple renovate a rustic property into a high-end mini resort with a golf theme. Three generations of a family up sticks and move to France to open holiday lets, and a hospitality entrepreneur gets set to open a refurbished apartment and a vegan dining experience in southern Spain.
A couple purchase their dream home in Portugal with plans to open a glamping site and a crack in the pool causes more problems for the mini-golf resort in Spain. A family in France rush to finish their holiday lets and a hospitality entrepreneur feels the heat as she juggles three businesses in the height of summer.
A couple purchase their dream home in Portugal with plans to open a glamping site and a crack in the pool causes more problems for the mini-golf resort in Spain. A family in France rush to finish their holiday lets and a hospitality entrepreneur feels the heat as she juggles three businesses in the height of summer.
In Spain, a couple with little budget try to complete their mini resort before the golfing season starts. A family welcomes its first guests to holiday lets in France. There are pool and permit problems at a glampsite in Portugal, while a couple of novice DIYers tackle the renovation work at their gîtes in Normandy - with varying degrees of success.
As the season nears its end, in Portugal, a couple try to make progress with the permit for their glampsite. Meanwhile, gîte owners in France welcome their first guests and, after 14 months of renovation work, a golf-themed mini resort in Spain finally opens for business.
Engaged couple Louise and Chris would love a holiday home near Manilva in southern Spain for extended breaks away. Can Danni Menzies find the perfect match for them for their £120k?
Lee Juggurnauth helps Reda and Greg find their dream property inland on Spain's Costa Blanca, where they want to move permanently. Lee lines up five great options for their £100,000 budget.
In Portugal, a trial guest gives his verdict on Victoria and Stephen's vegan retreat. In France, Tara and Paul open a gîte business for animal lovers.
In Almería, Graeme and Marianne prepare for a photoshoot. Yuri and Andy's B&B plans are buried in rubble. Stephen takes his dishes to market in Portugal.
In Almería, Graeme and Marianne push back the opening date of their apartments. And there are wedding bells at Tara and Paul's gîte business in France.
Lloyd takes on a colossal challenge. Cal and Marina land themselves in a situation at their surf retreat. Will Josie and Steve realise their dream?
Cal and Marina battle the elements at their Spanish surf camp. Josie and Steve are flying high, but will spiralling costs bring them crashing down?
Will ambition get the better of Lloyd? The heat is on for Bev and Graeme in Bulgaria. And it's a mad dash to the finish line at Josie and Steve's B&B.
Renovation hitches reach new heights for Josie and Steve. And the cost-of-living crisis bites for Cal and Marina in Spain and Bev and Graeme in Bulgaria.
Will bad conditions leave Cal and Marina landbound? Lloyd deals with a concrete crisis in Portugal. And the well runs dry for Bev and Graeme in Bulgaria.
