Name: Escape to the Chateau
Released: 2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dick Strawbridge, Angel Adoree, Tracy-Ann Oberman

Available on CBC Gem

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?

Reality · 2016 · 44 min

Starring Dick Strawbridge , Angel Adoree , Tracy-Ann Oberman

Director Jonathan Hales , Sam Hughes

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.

42 min · Jul 5, 2017
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.

42 min · Jul 12, 2017
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.

42 min · Apr 1, 2023
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.

44 min · Apr 1, 2023
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.

42 min · Aug 2, 2017
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?

42 min · Aug 9, 2017