Escape to the Chateau

TV Series

2016 min TMDB 6.7

EN 9 Seasons

Reality Documentary

Dick Strawbridge and his partner (subsequently wife) 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?

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TV Series

Escape to the Chateau

2016 min TMDB 6.7

EN 9 Seasons

Reality Documentary

Dick Strawbridge and his partner (subsequently wife) 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?

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2016-06-05

Escape to the Chateau

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Episodes

Season 1 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Finding the Chateau

Dick and Angel find their fairytale French castle. Dick launches into fitting a monumental heating s...

2016-06-05 60min

Episode 2: Chickens, Heating and a Blank Canvas

With just £20,000 left in the coffers the refurb problems feel endless for Dick with time running ou...

2016-06-12 60min

Episode 3: Moat, Pineapple Chandeliers and a Wedding

Dick and Angel are due to marry in just a few weeks, expecting 200 guests. But room after room still...

2016-06-19 60min

Episode 4: Hole in the Wall

Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree buy a fairy-tale French chateau to bring back to life.

2016-06-26 60min

Season 2 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Pig Roaster, Versailles Loo and First Day at School

It's the first ever paid event at the chateau and Dick tries to make a pig-roaster out of an oil-tan...

2016-11-27 60min

Episode 2: Fishing, Foraging and an Elevator

Keen to expand the business, Dick and Angel Strawbridge consider moat fishing, woodland foraging and...

2016-12-04 60min

Episode 3: Christmas at the Château

As winter descends on the chateau and Christmas looms, Dick and Angel Strawbridge rush to complete a...

2016-12-11 60min

Season 3 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Only 20 Rooms to Go

The couple get cracking on the 20 rooms that still need fixing. Angel buys a clapped-out van. And wh...

2017-09-24 60min

Episode 2: Spring

Dick buys a tractor, with plans to tame the walled garden. Angel designs a boudoir with black walls...

2017-10-01 60min

Episode 3: The Wedding Season

As the wedding season comes to the chateau, Dick and Angel's lives are about to get a whole lot busi...

2017-10-08 60min

Season 4 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Weddings, Stables & Staircases

Summer has arrived and Dick and Angel are busier than ever with 7 weddings and 14 food lovers' weeke...

2018-03-18 60min

Episode 2: Harvest and Birthday

It's harvest time and Dick wants to make jam and turn pears into booze. Angel has ambitious plans fo...

2018-03-25 60min

Episode 3: A Floating Dome

Dick gets to work on the chateau's crumbling stucco while Angel puts the finishing touches to the fl...

2018-04-01 60min

Season 5 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Glamping

Dick and Angel throw open the shutters of their French chateau for a new season, as they get to work...

2018-11-11 60min

Episode 2: In the Attic

Angel plans a stunning attic studio. She and Dorothy go on a mother daughter trip to Paris. Dick's b...

2018-11-18 60min

Episode 3: Parkour & Turret

Angel creates a series of rooms bursting with beauty in the chateau's pepper-pot turret. Dick opens...

2018-11-25 60min

Episode 4: Peak Summer

It's the height of summer and the heat is on for Dick and Angel, with the peak of the events season,...

2018-12-02 60min

Episode 5: Cafe Grandma

Before winter sets in, Dick ploughs up the wild flower meadow - a change that Angel doesn't entirely...

2018-12-09 60min

Episode 6: Harvest Time

Dick and Angel harvest their pumpkins in the Autumn. But there's still time for family wheelbarrow r...

2018-12-16 60min

Episode 7: Escape to the Chateau at Christmas

Dick and Angel throw a Christmas party for everyone who has helped them in restoring the chateau, co...

2018-12-23 60min

Season 6 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Restoring the Dream

A look back at the transformation of Dick and Angel's 45-room chateau in France from abandoned ruin...

2019-07-07 60min

Episode 2: Designing The Dream

The look back at the epic transformation of Dick Strawbridge and wife Angel's 45-room chateau contin...

2019-07-14 60min

Episode 3: Living The Dream

2019-07-21 60min

Episode 4: The Party of a Lifetime

Dick and Angel are warming up for one of the year's biggest events - Angel's parents' 50th wedding a...

2019-07-28 60min

Episode 5: Camper Van

There never seems to be much down-time at that sumptuous French château for owners Dick and Angel St...

2019-08-04 60min

Episode 6: Autumn Renovation

As the beginning of autumn arrives, Dick Strawbridge passes on his conker skills to the family, befo...

2019-08-11 60min

Episode 7: Riverboat

As autumn arrives at the chateau, Dick and Angel start a new project, turning a 35-foot eight-tonne...

2019-08-18 60min

Episode 8: Escape to the Chateau at Christmas

After another busy year, Dick and Angel prepare for Christmas with an exquisite festive menu; some b...

2019-08-25 60min

Season 7 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Supersized Workshop

Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree’s to-do list is as long as ever, and with no guests, weddings or e...

2020-11-16 60min

Episode 2: Sloe Gin, Library & Ceiling Rose

With autumn just around the corner, it’s a chance for the Strawbridge family to make the most of the...

2020-11-23 60min

Episode 3: Wash House, Trench & Vintage Bike

“Wash House, Trench & Vintage Bike” Dick and Angel start work on turning the old wash house into a...

2020-11-30 60min

Episode 4: Orangery, Daybeds & Unexpected History

Dick and Angel Strawbridge attempt to renovate the orangery with the help of a roofing expert and so...

2020-12-07 60min

Episode 5: Pop-Up Restaurant, Orangery, Celebration

The whole family help to build an open kitchen and create a pop-up restaurant in the orangery to cel...

2020-12-14 60min

Episode 6: Escape to the Chateau at Christmas

In this festive special, the Strawbridges take inspiration from Christmases past in a 19th-century l...

2020-12-25 60min

Season 8 of Escape to the Chateau

Episode 1: Gardening & the Coach House

Dick, Angel, Arthur and Dorothy share more enchanting tales from the Chateau, as they continue the r...

2021-05-12 60min

Episode 2: Chateau Roof & the Preserves Cupboard

Dick and Angel start work on the biggest, messiest and most expensive job they've ever done at the C...

2021-05-19 60min

Episode 3: Great British Garden Party

Dick and Angel throw a garden party for Arthur and Dorothy's friends, with traditional games includi...

2021-05-26 60min

Episode 4: Storage & Memory Furnishings

Angel comes up with an ingenious plan for more storage space, and as the re-slating of the roof cont...

2021-06-02 60min

Episode 5: Secret Space & a Celestial-Inspired Sky Bar

Angel discovers that the chateau has a vast attic space running the length of the building and risin...

2021-06-09 60min

Episode 6: Colour Boards, Rendering & an Old Gadage

Angel sets about restoring the Chateau's walls to their original glory using computer mock-ups to tr...

2021-06-16 60min

Episode 7: Mollusc Madness & Key Moulding

Work continues on the chateau's roof and exterior walls, but Dick and Angel uncover more issues... A...

2021-12-12 60min

Episode 8: Escape to the Château at Christmas

Dick, Angel, Arthur and Dorothy enjoy a magical festive adventure in this Christmas episode, with a...

2021-12-19 60min

In the final series, Dick and Angel make a wildlife observatory out of a hidden room in the walled garden, and Angel finally gets the extension she's been longing for.