Chateau DIY

Château DIY (formerly known as Escape to the Château DIY until 2020) is a Channel 4 formatted documentary television series which follows the stories of various families who are renovating châteaux in France, or looking at ones to purchase. The original series Escape to the Château DIY was narrated by Dick Strawbridge who, along with his wife Angel Adoree, provided help and advice to some of these owners until 2020. The programme was spawned from the associated series Escape to the Chateau.

In 2021, the programme was rebranded as Château DIY with new narrator Adjoa Andoh. Chateau DIY has run for 3 series and series 4 is currently in production. The brand has been extended with Christmas specials that aired starting in 2021. A further series titled Chateau DIY: Living the Dream, focusing on one chateau per episode, was commissioned in 2023 for More4.

Series 4
Series 4 commenced on 23 March 2020 and was scheduled to run to 30 episodes. Covid-19 interrupted filming and editing, so only 20 episodes were broadcast up to 17 April 2020.

Series 5
Series 5 commenced on 30 November 2020.

Château DIY
In December 2020, Channel 4 ordered 60 new episodes from Spark Media Partners for broadcast in 2021 and 2022. The programme was renamed Château DIY following the decision by the Strawbridges to withdraw from the DIY offshoot and retain the brand Escape to the Château.

Series 1
Series 1 of Château DIY, presented by Adjoa Andoh, with 30 episodes, began airing on 27 September 2021 on Channel 4.

Christmas 2021 series
Four Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 20 December 2021.

Series 2
Series 2 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 30 May 2022. Fifteen episodes were broadcast.

Series 3
Series 3 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 22 August 2022. Thirty episodes were broadcast.

Christmas 2022 series
Five Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 19 December 2022.

Christmas 2023 series
Five Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 18 December 2023.

Series 4
Series 4 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 21 January 2024, with thirty episodes broadcast.

Featured châteaux and owners

 * Abbaye de la Bussière (Clive & Tanith Cummings)
 * Château Cadres (Debbie, Paul, Aaron, Harriet & Hannah)
 * Château Caillac (Angela & Stephen Hall)
 * Château de Bois Giraud (Tanya Field, Marian Parker & Katharine Parker)
 * Château de Bourneau (Erin Choa & Jean-Baptiste Gois)
 * Château de la Boutiniére (Alison & Zion)
 * Château de Brametourte (Paul & Alison)
 * Château de Brives (George & Sarah Haslett)
 * Château de Dohem (Wendy & Marcus)
 * Château de Gère (Trish)
 * Château de Jalesnes (Jonathan Cooke & Michael Halpin)
 * Château de Joli Bois (Ben & Vanessa Leech)
 * Château de la Basmaignée (Gwendoline & Billy Petherick)
 * Château de La Fare (Philip & Janet Barnard-Brown)
 * Château de la Motte-Husson (Dick Strawbridge & Angel Adoree)
 * Château de La Ruche (Tim & Rebecca Jones)
 * Château de La Vigne (May & Guy)
 * Château de Lalande (Stephanie Jarvis)
 * Château de Lassalle (Christina & Sassan Aminzadeh)
 * Château de Lomenie (Ashley Adams & Johnny Darko)
 * Château de Montvason (Emma & Paul Golledge)
 * Château de Rosières (Amy & Marc)
 * Château de Saugé (Donna & Paul)
 * Château de Seguenville (Becky & Mark)
 * Château de Saint-Ferriol (Sophie Duncan and James McDonald)
 * Château de Thuriés (Jayne & Steve Simmonds)
 * Château des Lys (Tim & Margreeth Alexander)
 * Château des Vieilles Vignes (Nick and Nicole)
 * Château d'Humières / Château de Lucheux (Nicole Albert & Stephan Botte)
 * Château du Bailleul (Philip & Angelina Baillie-Smith)
 * Château du Doux, Limousin (Abbie, Ross, Karen & Clive Young)
 * Château du Masgelier (Fiona Jones)
 * Château du Puits es Pratx (Tim and Sasha)
 * Château Flore (Ithaca & Alexandre de Boncourt)
 * Château Gioux (Debbie Bell & Nigel Lawson)
 * Château Le Fleur (Anna & Philipp Mayrhofer)
 * Château La Briance (Matt & Helen)
 * Château La Grande Maison (Ben & Billie Mitchell)
 * Château La Perriere (Paul & Karen Horne)
 * Château Lagorce (Edward & Anna Holmes)
 * Château Larribau (Julia & Paul)
 * Château Les Bernards (Simon & Debbie)
 * Château Madame (Steve Mack)
 * Château Mareuil (Belinda & Lee Prince)
 * Château Mas du Pradié (Julia Fulford-Kirby)
 * Château Monteil / Domaine de la Barde (Tim & Krys Birch)
 * Domaine de la Salle (Mariam & Jono)
 * Chateau Trois Cloches (Chris Smith & Jolyon Latchmore)
 * Le Vieux Château (Brian & Donna McDougall)

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