The owners of a hamlet in France welcome guests to a 50th birthday party and a couple from Eastbourne discover the water has been cut off at their village in Portugal. In France, one of the owners has to spend Christmas alone.

The owners of a village in France officially open after two years of renovations. Cameras catch up with the man who rescued an abandoned hamlet in Spain who could now lose half of what he bought. Meanwhile, in Portugal, a couple start an animal sanctuary in their village.