Alan Carr and Amanda Holden are left heartbroken after every renovation in their Amanda and Alan’s Job TV series.

The pair have been travelling around Europe giving derelict properties some much-needed tender love and care, and with the festive special Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Christmas airing, the Celebrity Traitors star has revealed he and his co-host always struggle to say goodbye to the properties they have renovated.

Speaking with the BBC, Alan, 49, said: “After every renovation our hearts always break and we say every time, oh can’t we buy it? Can we move in?

“We love the finished houses. So when we heard that we were going back to live in it and to celebrate and entertain in it, oh we couldn’t believe it.”

In the show, Alan and Amanda return to Moclin in southern Spain to throw a Christmas party as a heartfelt thank you to the locals who have helped them with their renovations.

Reflecting on the differences between a British and a Spanish Christmas, Alan said the one thing that joined the two together was “the sense of community and family”.

He explained: “What we loved about Spain, and not even just with the Christmas show, but when we were there filming Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Job, is the sense of community and family.

“It was like that in summer, so you can imagine in Christmas, where everyone’s coming together, we loved it. It was as if we had two Christmases, wasn’t it?”

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 54, added: “Yes and another thing we recognised was how they have so many big traditions there where they were able to still include the kids in them.

“The children were all part of it, they had music, singing and traditional dancing, they’re all dressed up in costume and they were all willing to take part!”

During the show, the pair watched the Christmas lights turn on in Malaga in what was an extravagant and heartfelt moment.

Alan said: “I love how the Spanish embrace Christmas. There is no shame. It is Christmas. They go large and I love that.

“When we saw the lights turn on in Malaga – the electricity bill must have been through the roof – but we were just so emotional!”

Amanda noted: “It was expensive and it looked good. The best thing about it is how over here Christmas ends for us, really, on Boxing Day, and then you sort of have that lull … whereas in Spain they continue all the way through to January.

“New Year’s Eve is almost bigger than Christmas and then on January the 6th is the Three Kings Day (Día de los Reyes), a major celebration that people fly out for.”

Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Christmas is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.