Build a New Life in the Country
This is the series about a new breed of British adventurers - people who decide to go for their dream home and lifestyle in their dream location in the British countryside. Their war-cry: "You only live once.
Ireland
Architect George Clarke offers advice to a married couple relocating to Ireland, where they plan to live a mortgage-free, self-sufficient existence with their daughter
Suffolk
Architect George Clarke lends his expertise to couple Adrian and Denise Nuttall, who have invested their money in a run-down garden centre and a 400-year-old barn and farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside.
Lincolshire
Architect George Clarke meets a couple who want to move from Surrey to the wilds of Lincolnshire, where they hope to start a business and convert a ruined 18th-century granary into an idyllic rural home.
France
George Clarke meets Jason and Phillipa, who've left behind their well-paid careers in Aberdeen's oil industry to renovate a chateau in France's Loire Valley. They hope to transform it into a bed and breakfast, as well as making it a home for themselves.
Worthing
George Clarke meets Jez and Laura, who want to leave London behind for the coast. After waiting three years to fulfill the requirements of the local planning authority they can finally begin work on their dream home - a beach house in Worthing
Isle of Seil
George Clarke meets a couple who have given up their jobs and the hectic pace of life in Sheffield. They plan to convert a 100-year-old tin church on the Isle of Seil into a small B&B within eight months and with a limited budget of just £70,000
Pembrokeshire
George Clarke meets Andrew and Anona, who have spent two years planning a move to the Pembrokeshire coast. The couple intends to open a pair of luxury holiday cottages to provide enough money to save the 160-acre family farm.
Croatia
George Clarke meets Frank and Alice from Cambridge who decide to move to rural Croatia, planning to convert a dilapidated stone house and its idyllic surroundings into a nature retreat with six log cabins for guests.
St.Ives Revisited
Architect George Clarke revisits a London couple who sold their organic cafe in Brixton and spent a £1million bank loan converting a rundown Cornish hotel in St Ives into three houses, one of which was to be used as a designer B&B.
Upwell Revisited
This episode deals with a family who is converting an old cold-storage barn into a family home in Upwell, England.
