A New Life in the Sun

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.