Life Begins Again

Series 1

Series Summary Gaby Roslin

The stories of people brave enough to embark on a new path in life at a time when many would consider it too late to try.

Whether your ambition is to be a hotelier, gardener or cheesemaker, this inspirational series shows that you can act on your dreams and be successful.

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Episodes (30)

  • Episode 1 Life Begins Again

    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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  • Episode 2 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 3 Life Begins Again

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

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  • Episode 4 Life Begins Again

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

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  • Episode 5 Life Begins Again

    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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  • Episode 6 Life Begins Again

    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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  • Episode 7 Life Begins Again

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

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  • Episode 8 Life Begins Again

    The children have left home, the dog's died and the London commute is getting even more unbearable, so for photographer Chris Pink and…

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  • Episode 9 Life Begins Again

    Disillusioned by city living, Derek and Julie Gane have had enough of Bournemouth and want to use their skills to create an alternative…

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  • Episode 10 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 11 Life Begins Again

    For decades, gardening-mad sisters Liz Nicklin and Kate Phillips have served the community, nursing and teaching. But as retirement…

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  • Episode 12 Life Begins Again

    Gaby Roslin meets cheese fanatic Marion Conisbee-Smith who, despite battling MS, is determined to launch her own cheese label and revive…

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  • Episode 13 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 14 Life Begins Again

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

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  • Episode 15 Life Begins Again

    Even before their new life as pub landlords is signed and sealed, Londoners Kevin Wainwright and David Little give up their careers - in…

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  • Episode 16 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 17 Life Begins Again

    Gaby Roslin travels to Stanley, County Durham, to meet construction worker Dick Huyton who, determined to follow his dream of building and…

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  • Episode 18 Life Begins Again

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

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  • Episode 19 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 20 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 21 Life Begins Again

    Sixty-something Jo Greenslade refuses to retire, and wants to swap social work for chocolate... After decades of dedicating her life to…

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  • Episode 22 Life Begins Again

    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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  • Episode 23 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 24 Life Begins Again

    Sixty-two-year-old Francis Richards has always dreamt of becoming a steam engine driver. After retiring from a lifelong career in…

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  • Episode 25 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 26 Life Begins Again

    Fed up with jobs sending them to opposite ends of the country, Martin and Dee Colam decide to work together building and running…

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  • Episode 27 Life Begins Again

    A career in pensions and passports doesn't normally result in running an art gallery but Hilary Jones and Derek Turner are transforming…

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  • Episode 28 Life Begins Again

    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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  • Episode 29 Life Begins Again

    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…

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  • Episode 30 Life Begins Again

    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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