Amanda & Alan's Italian Job

Amanda Holden purchases two rundown apartments for one euro each in rural Sicily and convinces best friend Alan Carr to spend a summer renovating them into an Italian dream home.

Amanda and Alan divide and conquer as they renovate the bathrooms, but struggle to get on board with each other’s vision when a bidet and disco ball spark a heated debate.

Amanda and Alan aim to transform the courtyard into a Mediterranean oasis. Alan delves into Sicily’s famous art scene, while Amanda tackles the building’s damaged exterior.

Amanda and Alan’s plans to create an open-plan living and dining room are jeopardised when they come up against a huge structural wall dividing the two spaces.

Alan purchases a dilapidated 17th-century house and ropes in best friend Amanda to spend their summer transforming it into another Italian dream home. However they discover it’s been left empty since the previous owner passed away and it dawns on them that a massive restoration job lies ahead.

Amanda and Alan face their biggest challenge yet as they tackle the garden, an overgrown patch of land on the side of the mountain that’s has been untouched for more than a decade.

Amanda and Alan divide and conquer, renovating the bathrooms. Amanda dreams big, converting a medieval tower room into a lavish en-suite, while Alan creates a minimalist wet room.

The DIY duo face their biggest challenge yet, as Alan aims to transform the medieval tower room into a cinema, while Amanda hopes to turn her damp ridden cellar into a wine grotto.