Living the Dream Revisited - French Farm And Other Stories

Series following people who set up their dream businesses. British farm workers Dave and Yo Holland took the plunge and followed their dream to France. Despite the fact that they speak no French and have never even been there on holiday, they uprooted the family. Years later, they're still in France, but have they managed to make a living despite working themselves to the bone? Mario and Luigi Tartaglia decided to sell up in Swansea in order to take Italian cooking to Portugal, where they open a bistro. But when a party of 35 Welsh golfers books in for the opening night, it soon becomes painfully clear that it's going to take more than a love of home cooking to pull it off. Stung by the disaster of the opening night, did the family decide to stay in the restaurant business, or even in Portugal? Stock broker Mark Finch and his wife Jo have had enough of working in the city. They want to work for themselves and spend more time with their young children, so they've decided to sell up and risk all in order to swap the world of finance for a dilapidated French campsite in a beautiful corner of the Dordogne. Five years later, they are still at the campsite, but what are their plans for the future? Orange Trevillion and her husband Mike wanted a calmer life so they decided to buy a hotel, The Mount Haven hotel overlooking St Michaels Mount. Unfortunately, the dream is lost on their teenage children, who are horrified at the thought of moving away from their friends and a very active social life in Bath. They quickly set about reviving the tired old hotel, but despite spending tens of thousands of pounds they still fail to impress the AA inspector. Years later, have they managed to become true hoteliers?