Escape to the Chateau
TV Show · Reality

Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel Adoree swap their two-bed flat in Essex for an abandoned French chateau. Can they bring its 45 rooms and acres of land back to life in under a year?

2016 · 44m
Starring Dick Strawbridge, Angel Adoree, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Director Jonathan Hales, Sam Hughes

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Hole in the Wall
    Dick and Angel find their fairy tale French castle. Dick needs to make his castle safe and warm. With no heating or hot water in the deep of winter, the workload is sky high.
    42m
  • EPISODE 2
    They're Our Flies
    The plumbers race to install basic heating and water as the Strawbridge clan decide it's time to move in to their crumbling chateau.
    42m
  • EPISODE 3
    A Pineapple Chandelier, a Moat, and a Wedding
    Dick and Angel are due to marry in just a few weeks, and are expecting 200 guests. But room after room still needs to be restored, decorated, and furnished...and the moat still needs fixing.
    42m
  • EPISODE 101
    Angel's Palace of Dreams
    To Angel the chateau is a blank canvas for her unique designs and creative ideas. It all starts by insisting Dick smash a hole through one of the castles three feet thick interior walls.
    44m
  • EPISODE 1
    Pig Roaster
    Dick & Angel's imagination and ingenuity is tested to the limit as they prepare to host their first ever paid event at the chateau - a three-day wedding party for 80 guests.
    42m
  • EPISODE 2
    Elevator
    After successfully hosting a three-day wedding at their French chateau, Dick and Angel are now keen to expand their business ideas. Could their two-acre moat provide a lucrative fishing spot?
    42m

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Cast & Crew

  • Dick Strawbridge
    Self
  • Angel Adoree
    Self
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman
    Narrator
  • J‌H
    Jonathan Hales
    Director
  • S‌H
    Sam Hughes
    Director
  • J‌H
    Jonathan Hales
    Producer
  • S‌H
    Sam Hughes
    Producer

About

Escape to the Chateau

Reality

Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel Adoree swap their two-bed flat in Essex for an abandoned French chateau. Can they bring its 45 rooms and acres of land back to life in under a year?

Information

Studio
HGTV
Released
2016
Rated
G

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Original Audio
English (United Kingdom)
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* (AAC)

Subtitles

English (Canada) (CC, SDH)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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