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The Next Best Thing (1999 – ...)

1999 • 27 seasons • Drama, Comedy • TV-G
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Season 7

The Next Best Thing · S7E2 — Thatched Cottage, Hampshire

Mar 7, 2007 · 45 min

Synopsis

Eight years prior, Alex and Cheryl Reay exchanged London's bustle for a fresh start in the New Forest. They purchased a dilapidated medieval thatched cottage and painstakingly restored it to its former charm. But just before Christmas, with Cheryl expecting, tragedy struck. A chimney fault ignited a devastating fire that consumed the entire structure. In a single night, Alex and Cheryl lost nearly four hundred thousand pounds. While many would have abandoned their aspirations after such a los