Millions fantasize about escaping the rat race to follow their dreams. No Going Back returns to follow the real-life stories of people who have been brave enough to take the plunge and sacrifice the luxuries we all take for granted - like TV, hot meals, running water and a toilet - to turn their dreams into reality.
Filmed over the course of a year, the series offers a unique insight into what life is really like away from the 9-to-5 grind, and exposes what happens to those people who gamble mortgages, savings and personal security in a bid for happiness and self-fulfillment. While the potential rewards may appear fantastic, tough new realities arise - you can't speak the language, the builder's quote has blown a hole in your limited savings, and there's the daily pressure of working from dawn till dusk just to put food on the table.
New Series: Biarritz
Follow the trials and tribulations of Benn and Amy Coley as, determined not to give up on their dream of living and working abroad, they set up a ski business in the Pyrenees. Find out more
Programme Five: Return to Italy - William and Miranda
Back in 2002 William and Miranda brought a large Tuscan farmhouse in need of total renovation. Now we return to see how they got on with their ambitious plans of not only converting the property into a liveable home but also using the spare rooms to create luxury holiday rentals.
www.tuscanyrestored.com
Email: info@tuscanyrestored.com
Tel: 00 39 05 75 979 593
Mob: 00 39 33 31 878 757
Programme Four: Almeria - Greg and Rosemary Wallsworth
Greg and Rosemary crave excitement. With their two teenage sons they pack up their boring life in Barrow and take a huge leap into the unknown. Caravan in tow they head off for a new life in South East Spain. They’ve never been there before and don’t even know where or how they are going to live but throwing caution to the wind this family embark on an adventure they will never forget.
Web: www.grapevinepropertiesspain.com
Email: grapevine@cajamar.es
Tel: 0034 950 633 294
Fax: 0034 950 633 296
Programme Three: La Gomera - Clive and Alex
Fed up of a life in computers Clive Moreham persuades wife Alex to embark on his dream - a new life of ropes, sails and the open sea; running yachting courses in La Gomera. After investing £80,000 in an 8 berth boat all he needs to do is to pass the relevant exams to qualify as a sailing instructor...
Web: www.canarysail.com
Email: alex@canarysail.com
Tel: UK 01438 880890
La Gomera: 00 34 922 141 967
Mobile: 00 34 628 002 781 or 0034 628 014 184
Programme Two: Austria - Darron and Lesley
Milkman Darron Day, his family and their two horses have moved from their spacious five bedroom house in Kent and brought an old run down hotel on the shores of Lake Hallstatt deep in the Austria mountains. The plan is simple: to refurbish and be open in time for the forthcoming ski and summer season...
Web: www.darrondaymbe.com
Email: darrondaymbe16@hotmail.com or info@darrondaymbe.com
Tel: 0043 6131 26754
Mob: 0043 650 920 0140
Programme One: Crete - Andie and Marie Cox
Childhood sweethearts Andie and Marie have decided to expand on their passion for DIY by converting a run down, 100 year old bakery situated in a tiny village in north east Crete into a guesthouse. With their 3yr old son Fin they wave goodbye to family, friends and their comfortable life in Hereford.
Web: www.traditionalgreekholidays.com
Email: mail@traditionalgreekholidays.com
Tel: 00 30 28410 42579
