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Build a New Life in the Country Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Nottinghamshire
44 mins
Michael and Lisa and their two children, Thomas and Lucy have bought Bankwood Barn in Nottinghamshire. Built in the 1600's, they want to convert this derelict building into a contemporary home with eco features.
Episode 2
Eastbourne
44 mins
David and Barbara are determined not to have a boring retirement! They have bought the Belle Tout Lighthouse near Eastbourne which they plan to convert into a luxury B&B. They paid £500K for the unusual building and plan to spend hundreds of thousands of pound bringing it back to its former glory.
Episode 3
France
48 mins
Keith and Antoinette Fairhurst and their four young children have moved from Thame in Oxfordshire to Alet-les Bains in Languedoc in France to convert a 19th century chateau style maison into a family home and B&B. However, Keith's long working hours running and arranging the sale of his IT company has left them with little time together as a family. While Keith divides his time between England and France, Antoinette faces the huge task of project managing a team of French builders, as well as managing a family of four. When the couple's financial situation worsens, their dream of a better life begins to recede.
Episode 4
Burgundy
44 mins
The Body family have always had a passion for boats so when David and Hilary Body got fed up with working long hours and spending little time with their two teenage daughters, they decided to pursue their dream of renovating a boat and running cruises on the canals of Burgundy.
Episode 5
Barbados
44 mins
Dawn and Marcus Hardie want to give their three daughters an amazing childhood in the Caribbean. They are fed up with their busy stressful lives in London and want a more relaxed pace of life. Dawn's mother is from Barbados and they have inherited a plot of land on this paradise island where they plan to build an open plan home with a two bedroom apartment and its own pool.
Episode 6
Wales
48 mins
Architect Hugh Crawford and wife Jude want to live a more rewarding, sustainable life so they have given up their house Godalming in Surrey to move to the remote village of Dihewyd near Cardigan Bay in Wales. They have spent £297,000 on 16-acre smallholding with a run-down farmhouse and hope to renovate and extend the property to create their dream home as well as using the land to become self sufficient. The smallholding also includes outbuildings which Hugh and Jude plan to turn into holiday lets to provide an income for their retirement. Can they complete the whole project on a budget of £120,000.
Episode 7
Canterbury
45 mins
The Kennedy family have decided to leave behind their hectic city lives to renovate and restore a "once in a lifetime" property in Canterbury, Kent. They have bought a 500 year old Grade 2 Star listed building on the banks of a river. A complete overhaul is required and because of its age the building has to undergo an archaeological dig before the builders move in.
Episode 8
Buckinghamshire
44 mins
Rebecca and James lived in South London until 2003 when they moved to Buckinghamshire to stay with Rebecca's mother following the death of her father. The move soon became permanent and three years ago they bought a 1960's bungalow on a plot of land in the village where Rebecca grew up.
Episode 9
Shropshire
44 mins
Mark and Patsy Norman want a dream home in the country for themselves and their three children. Mark is fed up with working 70 hours six or seven days each week as a car salesman and sees very little of his family. They have decided to move from Dudley in the West Midlands to the peaceful countryside in Ludlow and have purchased a plot of land for £180,000 where they will design and build their new home themselves, with only a little professional help. With a budget of £50,000, which Charlie thinks is unrealistic, will they have enough money to complete their dream home.