Life Begins Again

Series 1 Episode 30 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.45PM Wednesday 10 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Old friends Jim Winzer and Lindley Williams tell Gaby Roslin of their diversification plans for an old cow shed on Lindley's Devon farm.

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Series 1 Episode 29 Life Begins Again (48 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.45PM Friday 03 Jul 2009 Channel 4

Ryan Rogers and Eileen Lamy hate their London commute, but when they lose out on buying their ideal Devon farm, their dreams of starting a different life start to fall apart.

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Series 1 Episode 28 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Thursday 18 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Factory workers David and Vanessa Griffiths reach 50 and decide to make a go of running a Welsh village store and Post Office.

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Series 1 Episode 27 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.35PM Monday 01 Jun 2009 Channel 4

A career in pensions and passports doesn't normally result in running an art gallery but Hilary Jones and Derek Turner are transforming their lives to do just that.

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Series 1 Episode 26 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.35PM Thursday 28 May 2009 Channel 4

Fed up with jobs sending them to opposite ends of the country, Martin and Dee Colam decide to work together building and running musically-themed holiday apartments near Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Series 1 Episode 25 Life Begins Again (48 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Tuesday 21 Jul 2009 Channel 4

Gaby Roslin meets former backing singer and feisty single mum Rosie Martin, who would love to run her own nightclub and thinks she's found just the place in Lewisham.

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Series 1 Episode 24 Life Begins Again (48 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Tuesday 30 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Sixty-two-year-old Francis Richards has always dreamt of becoming a steam engine driver. After retiring from a lifelong career in computing, he hopes his dream will come true.

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Series 1 Episode 23 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Tuesday 14 Jul 2009 Channel 4

Fed up with the London rat race, Richard Starnowski is trading his showbiz life at a talent agency to bring a 19th-century Oxfordshire pub back to life and make it a happy family home.

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Series 1 Episode 22 Life Begins Again (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Wednesday 01 Jul 2009 Channel 4

Gaby Roslin meets feisty sisters Sue Banks and Vicky Corrado, who plan to leave their responsible jobs and run a tea-shop in Oakham.

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Series 1 Episode 21 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Monday 29 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Sixty-something Jo Greenslade refuses to retire, and wants to swap social work for chocolate... After decades of dedicating her life to others, Jo feels it's time to leave Cornwall, move…

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Series 1 Episode 20 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Monday 13 Jul 2009 Channel 4

A future with no pension to fall back on is a bleak prospect, but this is exactly what Joan Humphreys and Paul Williams face, so they've decided to change their lives for the better. At…

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Series 1 Episode 19 Life Begins Again (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Tuesday 23 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Kuni kuni pigs, guanacos, alpacas and pigmy goats are just a few of the reasons for Paul and Donna Latham to leave their garage business behind. Instead of fixing cars they'd rather be…

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Series 1 Episode 18 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Wednesday 20 May 2009 Channel 4

Exhausted pub landlord Paul Witts wants to ring time on his old life in Shrewsbury and realise his ambition to run a glamorous celebratory cake shop.

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Series 1 Episode 17 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Wednesday 15 Jul 2009 Channel 4

Gaby Roslin travels to Stanley, County Durham, to meet construction worker Dick Huyton who, determined to follow his dream of building and running his own garden nursery, is risking his…

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Series 1 Episode 16 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Monday 20 Jul 2009 Channel 4

Keith Beaven doesn't believe in retirement. At 60, he still wants new challenges, and he's found one - The National Birds of Prey Centre needs a new boss.

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Series 1 Episode 15 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.50PM Monday 08 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Even before their new life as pub landlords is signed and sealed, Londoners Kevin Wainwright and David Little give up their careers - in the glittering world of acting, and slightly less…

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Series 1 Episode 14 Life Begins Again (48 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Monday 22 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Faced with tragedy, The McFerrans realise how precious life is and decide to risk nearly £750,000 living their dream running a Wiltshire hotel.

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Series 1 Episode 13 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.45PM Tuesday 19 May 2009 Channel 4

After 27 years in a dead-end banking job, sudden redundancy presents Cathy Stryczek with a chance to realise her dream of setting up a celebratory cake business.

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Series 1 Episode 12 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Friday 15 May 2009 Channel 4

Gaby Roslin meets cheese fanatic Marion Conisbee-Smith who, despite battling MS, is determined to launch her own cheese label and revive some forgotten Victorian recipes.

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Series 1 Episode 11 Life Begins Again (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.45PM Wednesday 17 Jun 2009 Channel 4

For decades, gardening-mad sisters Liz Nicklin and Kate Phillips have served the community, nursing and teaching. But as retirement beckons, they refuse to put their feet up and instead…

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Series 1 Episode 10 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Wednesday 24 Jun 2009 Channel 4

For the last 12 years, John Sharpe and Elaine Bettes have run the busy village store in Great Eversden. But after years of serving the community they are completely exhausted. They've…

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Series 1 Episode 9 Life Begins Again (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.35PM Thursday 25 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Disillusioned by city living, Derek and Julie Gane have had enough of Bournemouth and want to use their skills to create an alternative therapy centre in Cornwall.

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Series 1 Episode 8 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Thursday 16 Jul 2009 Channel 4

The children have left home, the dog's died and the London commute is getting even more unbearable, so for photographer Chris Pink and teacher Mary Baker, it's time for a radical…

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Series 1 Episode 7 Life Begins Again (49 mins)

After over twenty years in banking, shock redundancy finds Nick Davies taking over a gilding business in Surrey.

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Series 1 Episode 6 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Monday 15 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Former PR high-flyer Charlotte Rowe, aged 50, has given it all up to realise her dream of becoming a garden designer.

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Series 1 Episode 5 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Monday 18 May 2009 Channel 4

Alison and Mark Lawn are giving up their glamorous jet-setting life to renovate and run a café on the Scottish Isle of Cumbrae.

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Series 1 Episode 4 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Thursday 04 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Gaby Roslin meets the Gascoigne family, who are downsizing from their busy Yorkshire pub to set up a micro-brewery and restaurant on the Scottish Isle of Seil.

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Series 1 Episode 3 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Friday 29 May 2009 Channel 4

Former builder Adrian Moore and his wife Vanessa invite Gaby Roslin to join them as they dramatically change their lives by taking over a large Lake District hotel.

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Series 1 Episode 2 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Thursday 14 May 2009 Channel 4

Alison Zutsh is a 40-year-old who has swapped her career as a hard-hat wearing port supervisor for life as a chef and restaurateur down in the beautiful Cornish town of Fowey.

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Series 1 Episode 1 Life Begins Again (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.30PM Thursday 21 May 2009 Channel 4

Gaby meets John and Jean Ruffel as they swap sales and engineering careers to run a supposedly haunted seaside hotel in Brixham, Devon.

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