My Floating Home

The return of the series following people who aspire to live in stunning homes that float on water. Classical pianists Masayuki Tayama and Rhiana Henderson have a dream of combining their two passions, music and canal cruising. So they are risking Masayuki's life savings to commission a one-of-a-kind floating home that is also a concert hall - and a hotel.

Newly retired 55-year-old boating enthusiast Colin Stewart, who survived a heart attack 15 years ago, is embarking on a bold life adventure. He is planning to spend half the year cruising Britain's waterways on a high-spec narrowboat, called Tickin Along.

Trish Urquhart and Richard Beynon have fallen in love with the UK's waterways through many years of holidaying in their own narrowboat. Now the couple have made the radical decision to sell their house in South Africa and build a bespoke floating home in Bedfordshire.

Jeroen and Lianne Gels are stepping onto the property ladder in Amsterdam. In seven months, they plan to turn a 254-ton industrial cement carrier into their dream waterborne home.

Young entrepreneur Harry Smith sets out to convert a 1970s canal boat that he bought during his student days - but he only has £1,000 to bring this modest vessel up to date.

Aart Simons and Nanouk Kropman met through a love of sailing. To fulfil their shared dream of living on water, they have bought a disused 1950s Dutch cargo ship - but transforming this old hunk of metal will be a logistical, financial and emotional ride of a lifetime.

For 35 years, Netherlands fisherman Jan de Boer has spent his working week at sea, with weekends on dry land in the large family home where he and his wife Geja raised their six children. But now, Jan and Geja are ready for a new adventure, building a custom-designed floating home that will be part of a pioneering aquatic village.

After 30 years of marriage, North American couple Kurt and Roberta are ready for a new adventure. They have sold their Seattle home and are sinking the equivalent of over half a million pounds into an enormous, uber-modern waterborne home on Vancouver Island's east coast.