Mike and Monique Hansler became the stars of Winter Vol Liefde (Winter Full of Love). Mother and son even spawned their own reality series from their adventure.
Incidentally, the reality series doesn't feature the couple in ski suits in Seefeld, Austria, but in swim trunks in sun-drenched Altea, Spain (which also explains the title). There, the couple opens a beach club.
Build Your Own Home follows the trials and tribulations of homeowners from across Ireland, as they take on the mammoth challenge of building their own home – under the watchful eye of master builder and building teacher, Harrison Gardner.
From a brand new build in West Cork, a Midlands cottage doer-upper, a Limerick farmhouse renovation to a Dublin extension each episode has one thing in common – no building experience and very tight budgets. As the initial excitement of a new project invariably dies down these brave self builders still need to work, pay rent, mind kids and... build a house. No-one said it was going to be easy – as Harrison told them from the start.
Across days, weeks and months of hard labour the homeowners are taught and mentored by Harrison, who believes that anyone can learn how to build.
Mary Portas works with well-known brands and high-street chains to give shoppers the service they deserve. Mary convinces major brands to bare all and hand over the reins - but will they take on her advice?
The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson, and directed by Franc Roddam. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, seen by many as the precursor to reality television. It was similar to an American documentary which had aired the previous year in 1973, called An American Family. It followed the working-class Wilkins family of six of Reading, through their daily lives, warts and all, and culminated in the marriage of one of the daughters, which was plagued by fans and paparazzi alike.
Guy Fieri is combining everyone's favorite culinary competition with the most wonderful time of the year by delivering the ultimate holiday present — Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas. For the first time ever, 32 jingle-bell-rock-star chefs are teaming up as duos to make both sweet and savory dishes in a one-of-a-kind, holly-jolly tournament. These chefs will try to "sleigh" the competition for a shot at the $100,000 prize and some seriously sweet cash for charity. With festive flavors, fierce battles and enough Christmas spirit to stuff a stocking, the holidays have never been this delicious
Heartbreak Island will set hearts racing and temperatures rising when a group of single guys and girls put everything on the line to find their perfect match and be in the chance of winning $100,000.
Beforehand, they have already been able to rate each other online and tick their favorites. On the island it is checked whether there is a match or not. The lucky ones are linked to their favorite date and the less popular ones have to make do with the leftovers. Then the game really starts. Every week, the couples have to do a few challenges together, where the losers threaten to leave the island unless they are saved by their competitors.
The Secret Millionaire is a reality television show which originated in the UK, in which millionaires go incognito into impoverished communities and agree to give away tens of thousands of pounds. Members of the community are told the cameras are present to film a documentary. The UK version is produced by production company RDF Media. It first aired in 2006 on Channel 4, with further series in subsequent years.
"Bar Rescue" star Jon Taffer teams up with acclaimed celebrity chef and author John Besh and "Top Chef All-Star" Tiffany Derry on a cross country search for struggling restaurants with incredible potential for success. In each episode, these "diamond in the rough" restaurants will compete head-to-head in challenge based competitions, giving these owners a chance to save their livelihood - their business - and prove to the experts that their restaurant is worthy of an investment.
Featuring couples who are in a housing pressure cooker; whether they're relocating unexpectedly for work or compelled by a personal situation, their relocation is coming up, and they need to find a house quickly.
The story of the leader of the Umayyad Army, Tariq bin Ziyad, and his great conquests in the cities of Tangier, Ceuta and Toledo, all the way to the conquest of Andalusia, and his famous dispute with his commander Musa bin Nusair.