A New Life in the Sun: Road Trip

In Spain's whitewashed villages of Andalucía, we meet a couple with a grand plan to host weddings and another learning on the job. And can a single mum juggle work and family?

In the beautiful Bordeaux and Bergerac wine regions, we meet two sets of winemakers making a name for themselves, and a sommelier and his chef wife who are launching a gîte and a cookery school.

Fred Sirieix explores Mallorca's coast in a sailing boat, and meets a family who are attempting to launch a restaurant on the north of the island.

In the Midi-Pyrénées region of south west France, we meet two young families setting up a cycling business, a London couple running a glampsite and a couple dealing with a big renovation project

Our tour takes us on a refreshingly different trip around the Costa del Sol, where we meet a chef with a keen eye for fresh seafood and two sea lovers running a boat charter business

In the medieval towns of south west France, we meet an ale lover who's trying to persuade the French to drink British beer, and a chef and his partner who are launching a restaurant

On Spain's Orange Blossom coast and in the sun-kissed area around Valencia, we meet two Londoners running a mandarin self-pick farm and two expats setting up a cycling business

Our tantalising tour of Europe takes us to the exclusive Côte d'Azur, where we meet two friends who are setting up a cookery school and a couple launching a fruit juice business

In the breathtakingly scenic Spanish region of Almería, we meet two Brits who are launching a restaurant, a couple of olive farmers and a pair of Brits who are setting up a glampsite

In the Périgord-Limousin National Park, we meet two green-fingered Brits who have just launched a plant nursery, and check in with a Jersey couple who are starting up a gîte business