A New Life in the Sun

Season 5

Series following intrepid expats as they chase a dream life in the sun and set up new businesses abroad. Just how easy is it to start a new life, and is the grass really greener on the other side.

Where to Watch A New Life in the Sun • Season 5

35 Episodes

Episode 1
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Episode 1In 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.
Episode 2
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Episode 2In 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.
Episode 3
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Episode 3It'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.
Episode 4
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Episode 4In 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.
Episode 5
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Episode 5It'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.
Episode 6
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Episode 6A 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.
Episode 7
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Episode 7In 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.
Episode 8
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Episode 8The 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.
Episode 9
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Episode 9A 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.
Episode 10
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Episode 10As 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.
Episode 11
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Episode 11A 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.
Episode 12
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Episode 12A 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.
Episode 13
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Episode 13With 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.
Episode 14
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Episode 14Two 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.
Episode 15
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Episode 15A 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.
Episode 16
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Episode 16A 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.
Episode 17
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Episode 17In 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.
Episode 18
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Episode 18In 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.
Episode 19
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Episode 19There 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.
Episode 20
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Episode 20An 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.
Episode 21
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Episode 21In France, Somerset ex-pats take on an ambitious renovation. And a young couple stake everything on running a cycling holiday business in Spain.
Episode 22
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Episode 22Gite 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.
Episode 23
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Episode 23A 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.
Episode 24
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Episode 24A 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.
Episode 25
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Episode 25A 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.
Episode 26
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Episode 26Three 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.
Episode 27
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Episode 27A 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.
Episode 28
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Episode 28A Brighton couple host a yoga retreat at their Spanish apartments. Meanwhile, gite owners in France are forced to lower their prices.
Episode 29
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Episode 29In 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.
Episode 30
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Episode 30Ex-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.
Episode 31
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Episode 31A 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.
Episode 32
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Episode 32Holiday 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.
Episode 33
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Episode 33A couple from Manchester become accidental olive farmers. Meanwhile, a family from Teesside open the doors to their new restaurant in Spain.
Episode 34
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Episode 34A 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.
Episode 35
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Episode 35It'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.