Annie and Peter Mayle decide, in their own words, to take the plunge: they quit their jobs as a tax investigator and an advertising executive and move to Provence in the south of France. Their first month goes from outstanding to downright puzzling: while they adore the food and wine, they encounter amusing cultural barriers.
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Air Date: 1993-02-28
January, Annie and Peter Mayle decide, in their own words, to take the plunge: they quit their jobs as a tax investig...
Air Date: 1993-03-07
Febuary, now into their second month in Provence, the Mayles continue to learn about local customs and culture. They ...
Air Date: 1993-03-14
March: Peter enters the mysterious world of truffles when his friend Harry calls from England and asks him to find tw...
Air Date: 1993-03-21
It's April and the weather has turned nice but the Mayles still have their uninvited house guest, the boorish Tony. A...
Air Date: 1993-03-29
May rolls around and the Mayles get two pieces of bad news. The first is that Tony, their visitor who overstayed his ...
Air Date: 1993-04-04
June and Annie gets a letter from an old friend asking if she and Peter would like to write an article on Provence fo...
Air Date: 1993-04-11
It's July and Peter mixes up their visitors schedules. The result is that they suddenly find themselves with a housef...
Air Date: 1993-04-18
The heat of August proves to a bit much but in the village on a Sunday afternoon, the Mayles learn there is to be the...
Air Date: 1993-04-25
With the arrival of September, Peter's attention is now focused on his vineyard and the upcoming harvest. He has an a...
Air Date: 1993-05-02
October: The Mayle's kitchen remains unfinished and Zanetti the carpenter hasn't returned for a month. It finally daw...
Air Date: 1993-05-09
November: Annie has been giving English lesson to the local school children twice a week so is distressed when she re...
Air Date: 1993-05-16
December arrives and the Mayles are now approaching their first anniversary in Provence. Annie however is fed up at t...