Escape to the Chateau (2016–2019): Season 3, Episode 3 - The Wedding Season - full transcript

(light music)

- [Narrator] Once upon a time,

there was an abandoned
chateau in France.

Where no one had lit
a fire or run a bath

for years and years.

Then one day, an
intrepid couple unlocked

its giant front door.

- Turn, turn, turn, turn.

Wow.

- [Angel] It's
pretty incredible.

- [Narrator] And instantly
fell under its spell.



- Everything's gorgeous.

- [Narrator] Engineer,
Dick Strawbridge

and his wife, designer, Angel.

- [Angel] Drop me
your locks, darling.

- [Narrator] Were
determined to make it

in to a magical, family home.

- It's so incredibly important
to bring it back to life.

- [Narrator] But
despite their hard work,

their dream often
resembled a nightmare.

- Dick just found a bats nest.

Behind every romantic
story is the reality.

- [Narrator] Now, two years on,

is it happily ever after?

Or does a dose of reality
threaten this french fairytale?



- When you said they
were gonna be pollarded,

I thought they were gonna
have a little hair cut.

Can I carry on for a second
and then you can say,

I want to keep this--

- This is ugly.

- It's not ugly.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] It's late
spring at the chateau.

And the weather is warming up.

In the walled garden,

wild flowers that angel
herself has planted

are beginning to bloom.

- I'm feeling a bit
smug at the moment

'cause I've got
a cutting garden.

- [Narrator] And the
first of Dick's vegetables

are ready to eat.

- [Dick] Not bad.

Who's got a seat?

- [Narrator] It's
also a perfect day

for an alfresco family meal.

With Angel's parents,
Jenny and Steve.

- [Dick] How's
the picking goin'?

Wow!

- I've got two of these,
will you take your pick?

(all laugh)

- [Narrator] As soon as lunch
is over, it's back to work.

Number one on Angels to do list,

transforming a battered old van.

- Right.

- Make it pretty.

- [Narrator] Into a
vintage mobile bar,

ready to serve chilled drinks
to their wedding guests.

- I would like a bottle of
champagne and a bottle of port.

(both laugh)

- [Dick] That's the
sort of girl you are.

- [Narrator] As the orangery,

where most of the wedding
receptions take place,

is 100 meters away from the
chateau and lacks mains power,

serving cold drinks there
is a logistical nightmare,

until now.

- Pour me a drink, I can
reach it absolutely perfectly.

- [Narrator] While Angel
reckons her plan will work.

- No, I am so happy,
you have no idea.

- I know.

- [Narrator] Dick can only
envisage a rather large lump

of scrap metal.

- It's ugly, in the dark
it'll look all right. (laughs)

But then what's she gonna do?

She's gonna put lights on
it so you can see it again!

- [Narrator] Angel though,
is determined to save it

from Dick's mental scrap
heap and convert it

in to something special in
time for the first wedding.

But as usual,

what Angel wants and the
available time to do it in,

don't always match up.

- It's always the same,
there's a pattern isn't there?

I think we work
better under pressure.

We've only got four/five
weeks now to get the van done.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] A mobile bar
though is just one item

on Angel's long shopping list.

- We need a better
facility for cleaning up

and storin' all of the plates.

So like a caddy or something,
they're about a grand each.

- [Dick] Really?

- [Narrator] This year, their
fledgling events business

will be busier than ever
and Angel wants to make sure

she has everything on
hand before it begins.

- I also need 20 wine coolers
and also a golf buggy.

- At the moment,

we've got two very
different approaches

to our investment, yeah?

Mine is don't and yours
is "But it's essential."

But I just feel
that at the moment,

we re-invest all the time,

we're eating in to the money

we're wanting to
put in the bank.

- I don't like spendin'
money but I want the weddings

to be the best they can be.

(both chuckle)

- [Narrator] To
prove to Dick that A,

investments in the business
are worth while and B,

the van does have potential,

Angel deploys her secret weapon.

She's asked her London
friends to come over

to help revamp the van.

Dress code, overalls.

- I just need to get started.

And actually, having
my girlfriends here

and doin' it with a
little bit of laughter,

it just makes the jobs that
little more fun I guess,

I'm really looking forward to
gettin' my hands dirty on it.

- [Woman] I can't believe it!

(all laugh)

- London has arrived!

Let's go and have a drink.

Jay, you've not seen
this place before.

- [Narrator] Before work though,
a catch up over kedgeree.

- Couldn't get further
away from Seven Sisters

and already I feel kind
of calmer and clearer

and it makes me
think creatively.

- Five years ago, this
wouldn't of been for me.

This is my home now,

it's kind of like wherever
you lay your hat, isn't it?

Now it's my dream and you know,

I've done the raves,
I've done the partying.

- [Woman] It is a
nice change in pace.

- It's lovely for the kids.

- You miss us though, don't you?

- Course I do!

This is my dream right
now and I'm happy.

- [Woman] Can you see you
and Dick and the family

being here for the
rest of your lives?

- We're gonna die here,

we've already worked
out where we're goin'.

- When you go upstairs.

Heaven!

(all laugh)

- [Narrator] But there's no
such thing as a free brunch

when there's work to be done.

- [Woman] Wow, this
is interesting.

Not quite the ice cream
van we had in mind!

The big unveil.

- [Angel] One, two, three.

- [Narrator] Angel then
makes sure her friends know

the three golden
rules of decorating.

- Right.

- Masking, masking, masking,
spraying, spraying, spraying

and then drink and
drink and drink.

(all laugh)

- [Woman] I'm warning you!

I'm just gonna take
this greasy wing bit.

- Oh, come over and
stay at the chateau!

It's gonna be really lovely,

we'll just have a really
nice, girly weekend.

Here I am, on the
floor, masking a wheel!

- [Narrator] A few hours later,

Angel reckons the van is
ready for its first customer.

- Would you like a G&T?

(all agree)

Cheers babes, I love you very
much, thanks for bein' here.

(all cheers)

Having the girls here this
weekend has just been lovely

because good friends
are hard to come by,

good friends that work for free
are even harder to come by!

- [Narrator] As well as
preparing for a busy summer

of weddings and guests,

Dick and Angel must also oversee

an enormous building project.

Part of the old barn that lies
along side the walled garden

is going to be transformed
into a new, two-story home

for Angel's parents.

- There is absolutely
masses of work to be done.

- [Narrator] To
begin with though,

Dick and Angel are
creating a granny flat

for them to move in
to while the rest

of the work is being done.

- We need a little bit
of imagination here.

This is actually a big room,

it's eight meters by
six/seven meters across,

which is more than enough
space for a little flat.

It's an old stable, a saddle
would of been put up there.

- [Narrator] The original
owners of the chateau,

the Baglion family,

would of owned at least one
carriage and five horses

until the rise of the automobile

at the beginning of
the 20th century.

From then on, the stables would
of soon fallen out of use.

- All needs to be stripped out.

This is gonna be comfy,
it's gonna be quite special

and it's gonna be the
start of Jenny and Steve

being here with us.

- [Narrator] Dick
has always dreamt

of the family living
together and of course,

he values granny and
grandpas babysitting skills.

- I can picture Angela
and I are gonna be bed

and say to the kids "Go and
see grandma and grandad."

They're gonna come
down, come across here

and we're gonna stay
in bed for the morning.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] To start
the ball rolling,

Dick gets local laborer,
Jay, in on the job.

While the demolition
work is going on,

Dick turns his
attention to the van.

And now it's been painted,

he grudgingly admits it's not
quite as ugly as it once was.

- I'm not quite sure if
I hate this truck yet

but I do have to say
that a lick a paint

has made it look
a lot, lot better.

- [Narrator] But there's
still a long way to go

before it reaches
its full potential.

First thing Dick needs to do
is fit an enormous fridge,

capable of holding hundreds
of bottles of wine and beer.

And that means removing
the shelving down one side.

- The fridges are
going here somewhere,

we gotta make space and
then having made space,

I gotta build our wine
chilling capability.

It's actually quite
a special vehicle,

just a bit of the
ridiculous side.

- [Narrator] It's also a
bit on the stubborn side.

What should of been a quick job

soon turns in to
a battle of wills.

- What you have to
do is just find out

what she doesn't like,

she doesn't like having
her screws drilled out.

- [Narrator] As
the night draws on

and the shelves refuse to budge,

Dick decides to bring
out the big guns.

- It's not part of
the truck anymore.

Fridges, cold beers, cold wines,

cold champagne, happy Angela.

Good.

(upbeat music)

- [Narrator] It's
the end of spring

and the start of the wedding
season at the chateau.

In the walled garden,

Angel and the children
are busy planting lavender

for Angels bridal bouquets.

- I'm quite excited,
we've never had the space,

never had the luxury
to do such a thing.

- [Narrator] While
across the garden,

Dick and his
builder mate, Steve,

are checking up on
progress at the old barn.

- What do you reckon,
plaster board first?

- [Narrator] It's
being cleared out

so they can turn it in to
a home for Angel's parents.

- Well done Jay.

Do me a favor, Jay, if you come
down with a load of rubble,

scream so we know it's you.

- Yes.

(both laugh)

- [Narrator] While Dick
tackles the building work,

Angel's much more
interested in zhuzhing up

her wedding bouquets.

(gentle upbeat music)

To get some inspiration,
she heads southeast

to one of the most chateau in
the Loire Valley, Chenonceau.

But it's not just the 16th
century architectural flourishes

that she's come to see.

It's the extraordinary 10,000
square meter flower garden

and the chateau's
floral designers,

Nicholas and Jean-Francois.

(speaking in foreign language)

- Magnificent!

- Thank you.

- In the UK at the moment,

there's a fashion of foliage
and wild flowers and herbs

in the bouquets,

is it the same here?

- It's fashionable as
well here in France.

I really like that mix
of formal and wild.

- I have to say,
aesthetically, I love that.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Angel wants to
find out which flowers to use

at the weddings so she can
incorporate them in to her own,

albeit much smaller,
cutting garden.

- A good economical choice for
a cutting garden is peonies.

It's a perineal, it
comes back every year,

it just keeps getting bigger,

you can make a bouquet and
put it in the refrigerator.

- Oh really?

- And so they'll stay
in the fridge like this

and you pull 'em out
in to the warm air

and put 'em in a vase and
then they start to open.

- [Angel] Oh my gosh!

Wow!

- So these are tree peonies.

It's a dinner plate.

- It's amazing!

I'm like that, how's it look?

- [Narrator] When it
comes to wedding flowers,

Angel's always on the lookout
for the unusual and exciting.

- I'm a bit in love with this

because every one loves
the foliage at the moment,

it's stunning,
absolutely stunning.

- [Jean-Francois]
Stachys byzantina.

- Stachys byzantina
which is lambs ear.

- I've never, ever seen
one of these before,

this is absolutely stunning!

- So that, again, is a perineal.

- Is it expensive?

- Very cheap.

- Really?

- Very cheap.

- Oh, Dick would love that.

We're gettin' this!

(all laugh)

- [Narrator] Angel has always
loved the unconventional

but it's still reassuring
to hear the professionals

share her creative vision.

- Bit blown away, it's amazing!

It's very me.

Going to this slightly
left field foliage

and tryna create
imperfections of bouquets

and I'm literally wanting
to hug them and kiss them.

- [Narrator] Before she goes,

Jean-Francois is interested
in comparing styles.

- We would take just a
leaf, a round leaf, okay?

All the green everywhere,
it's very important.

- Okay.

Magnificent.

(speaking in foreign language)

- [Narrator] While
Jean-Francois carefully

builds up his arrangement
one flower at a time,

Angel prefers to walk
on the wild side.

- Don't watch me 'cause
you're gonna twitch.

- Yes!

- I feel really inspired
by the use of the shrubs

and the foliage and flowers
that come in every year.

I think I'm happy,
what do you think?

- It's okay.

- This is more me, I think.

- [Jean-Francois] It's
very, very natural.

- [Angel] Magnificent.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Back
at the chateau,

Dick and Steve are about to
apply brute force to the barn.

They want to give the
granny flat a good view

of the walled garden but
knocking out a window

is much easier said than done

when the wall is two feet thick.

- It's all filled in
with bits of mortar,

bits of clay and more stones,
it's a real mish-mash.

The problem with that is
there's nothing uniform,

I could touch a stone here,

this stone here could actually
be two and half feet long,

so we don't know what's coming.

(drill whirring)

- [Narrator] But as
granny and grandpa

can't live in the dark,

a window,

no matter how much
effort it involves,

is rather essential.

- Right.

You may push, sir.

There.

Now, that's a window!

- [Steve] Hello!

- [Dick] Okay, that
wasn't very subtle.

- [Narrator] But as
so often happens,

just as one problem is
solved, another pops up.

- So it all goes up
and down to there

and from there it
just keeps growing.

- It just keeps goin' up.

- [Narrator] Now the stables
have been completely cleared,

there's a wee issue
for Dick to deal with.

- Floor slopes down,
there's a gully here,

this lovely little place
for horse pee to run away

but this is a granny flat

and there's about 1,000
trip hazards here,

so this is broken hip central.

- [Steve] Yes, it is.

- [Dick] Okay, we
have to get it flat.

- [Narrator] And the
only way to do that

is to remove over
300 granite blocks,

some weighing 40 kilograms.

Dick decides it's
definitely a job for Jay.

There's now just a couple of
weeks until the first wedding

and Angel has asked
an artist friend

to add a bit of bling to the bar

using her wedding
invitation as inspiration.

- Oh, wicked!

Oh, wow.

Hey, the gold makes so much
difference, really makes it pop.

Oh, you're such a
clever boy, Sam!

- What about Van de Vin?

- Love that, whoever
thought of that name

is a bit of a genius.

Okay.

- [Sam] All right.

- [Narrator] Pleased with
the progress on the van,

Angel heads to the workshop to
do her own bit of creativity.

400 patisseries have been
ordered for the wedding

and to display them,

Angel needs at least
a dozen cake stands.

Not a problem for someone
with a passion for porcelain

and skill with a drill.

- For years, I've
been collecting plates

'cause no one really wants
them for cake stands,

it's perfect, the colors,

it's just gonna be
beautiful, isn't it?

You can really
have a bit of fun.

I've seen them with
tea cups on the top

and bowls in the middle,

you could have big
platters, there's no rules,

that's the thing, I
love stuff like this

'cause the only rule you've
got is kind of what you like.

- [Narrator] To prevent
unwanted cracks,

Angel's using Dick's
tile and glass drill bit.

- I think the trick is for this

is try and get it in the
center as much as possible.

(drill whirring)

- [Narrator] The
final thing to do

is thread through a
couple of cake stand rods.

- You often find these in
boot sales or charity shops.

- [Narrator] And very
quickly, three old,

mismatched plates are
instantly transformed

into a rather nice,
vintage cake stand.

- Fab.

- [Narrator] One down,
just 11 more to go.

(drill whirring)

(gentle upbeat music)

Angel's parents,
Jenny and Steve,

have come to see how their
granny flat is shaping up.

- Lovely weather, Steve.

- [Dick] Hello, hello, hello.

- [Steve] Hello.

- Go on, go on, go on.

It's time to make
some decisions.

- We're nearly there,
just a couple of snags.

- Okay.

This is great if
I was a Flinstone!

- [Narrator] Now the
space is almost empty,

everyone can finally
see what's possible.

And after living in rented
accommodation for two years,

Jenny has grand plans.

- So what I want is a dressing
room, a proper dressing room.

- You want a walk-in
wardrobe in here?

- A dressing room?

This is the granny flat.

- We haven't had a wardrobe
for about two years!

- Lookin' at this now, I think
a shower, toilet, bedroom.

- Bedroom there?

You can't have the bedroom--

- No, no, the
bedroom here, yeah?

- The bedroom here, okay.

- And then there'll be
like a stud wall there.

- Two toilets, one
in the bathroom

and one to use for that area.

- You don't need two
toilets, this is--

- Can I just say--

- [Angel] I'm only sayin'
this for you though.

- Somehow, the bathrooms
migrated over to here, okay?

- Is that okay though?

Dick, I know you're gonna
come up with this for me.

(all laugh)

- [Narrator] The day of the
wedding is fast approaching

and the weather is
unseasonably warm.

- This is where our trees are
growing, down at the bottom.

I am totally aggravated,

I was promised these
trees would grow back.

- [Narrator] Unfortunately,
the pollarded lime trees

in front of the chateau aren't,

despite Dicks promises,
going to provide much shade.

- The trees were just enormous
and that was the beauty

and I thought that
they were going to make

a nice little shape so that
there would be something here

and they didn't,

they just sort of savaged them.

So I'm not angry but
we need a solution.

- You sound angry.
- I'm hot.

- It is quite shaded here.

- Okay.

- Shall we put up a table?

This time in the evening, you
can get people in the shade.

You're not happy, are you?

- You are havin' a laugh,
it is absolutely boilin'.

I said this would happen,

I don't know why you
don't listen to me

and give them a little
shape so we had some shade.

- I left it for the
pollarding expert

and they're gonna
be lovely next year.

- But we said that,
even the the French men

when I was talkin'
said yes, yes, yes.

It was like you said
yes, yes to shut me up.

- Okay.

I feel really bad,
I genuinely feel bad

but we did what
you're supposed to do,

all the other trees
look like this as well.

- What, all the other trees
in France that have been?

- Yeah.

This is like a french look,
it's like a number two cut.

(upbeat music)

- [Narrator] There's
less than a week to go

before the first wedding of
the year is held at the chateau

and Angel is on the offensive.

- Am I doin' okay?

- It's good, nice
smell of burning.

I love the smell of
burning in the morning,

should be napalm.

- [Narrator] With Dick's
mini flamethrower,

she's determined to
destroy every single weed

within sight of the chateau.

Probably best not
to try this at home.

- [Angel] What about
these big ones?

- [Dick] Kill 'em all!

- [Angel] Whoa, that's hot!

- [Narrator] But
when you have over

1,500 square meters to cover,

total termination may
be a bit ambitious.

- Been out here for half an hour

and I've done this
little patch here

and, aw man, where do you stop?

Where's a sensible
place to stop weeding?

And in my eyes, it's
basically nowhere,

it's everywhere with gravel

needs to be weedless
by this week.

We have got a little
bit of anxiousness

but there's no point in
panicking about anything

because if you panic,
you lose your focus

and you don't get things done.

Oh, hot!

- [Narrator] While
Angel turns up the heat,

Dick's hoping to cool things
down in the Van de Vin.

- The beauty about this
job is you see results,

at the end of the day
something will of been made.

- [Narrator] As there's only
limited power at the orangery

where the van will be based,

Dick's decided to build one of
France's biggest cool boxes.

(drill whirring)

- This is my middle
layer of my sandwich.

- [Narrator] If it works,

it should keep all the
beer and wine chilled

for hours on end, no matter
how hot it is outside.

- [Dick] There we
go, put it on there.

- [Narrator] Or at
least that's the plan.

- A stack of champagne,
stack of white wine,

stack of rose wine,
stack of beer,

oh, this is feeling good.

(upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Even though
preparations for the wedding

are top priority,

work on Steve and Jenny's
granny flat doesn't stop.

And this morning, three
cubic meters of wet concrete

needs to be spread across
the old stable floor

as quickly as possible.

- After all this time and
all the preparation work,

it's lovely to see
it come together.

- [Narrator] Over
in the Van de Vin,

Dick's giant cool box
is almost ready to test.

- We've actually invested in
a proper refrigeration unit

for the chest chiller.

- [Narrator] While the van
is parked by the chateau,

the refrigeration unit will
be plugged in to the mains

and used to cool the box down,

if Dick can find out
how to get it working.

- Oh yes, and there's
a bit in English.

That's always a relief!

Right, moment of truth.

Turn it on, make
everything cold.

If this doesn't work, I'm
deep in the poop actually.

Ah, here we go, flashing lights.

Whoa, it's straight on!

It's straight on.

Actually quite nice.

Certain things make a chap
happy and I gotta tell ya,

that's lovely cold air.

- [Narrator] It's a good job
that Dick's giant cool box

does work because Angel's
giants drinks order

for the wedding
has just arrived.

- This was really, really good
cider at half price, Dick.

Did you hear me?

- Yes, I hear you
but I also know that

you have this overwhelming
panic of river running out.

- [Narrator] When it
comes to food and drink,

Angel's never knowingly
under catered.

- She actually makes
sure that there's one

of the cartons of
40 beers per person,

one of the cases
of wine per person

and a bottle of port per person.

It's taking the mick.

- [Angel] I can
hear you, I'm here.

- [Dick] Oh really?

- It's the first
wedding of the season,

I am getting a big order
in so we don't run out

and at the end of this wedding,

I'm going to do a stock
check to see what's left

and to see what
the real cost was.

I don't expect them to drink
all this and you know what,

if they did (bleep)
take my hat off to them.

It's actually saving me time,
which is saving me money

for the next wedding, so
that's how I look at it.

- She's right.

(Angel laughs)

- [Narrator] There's now just
one day until the wedding

and Dick's been dispatched
on urgent business.

- We know how important
our wedding was

and so we try and treat
everybody the same.

It just means,

actually we don't
know how much money

we're gonna make per wedding.

But it doesn't matter 'cause
we are gonna make something,

that's the key thing.

- [Narrator] 80 guests
are about to wine and dine

at the chateau but Dick
still needs to sort out

their waste management.

- Doin' the sums, that's
half a loo roll each,

that should be
enough, shouldn't it?

For our wedding, Angela
brought so many loo rolls,

we didn't need to buy any
for over a year. (laughs)

So she'll think I haven't
got enough, I know it.

Okay, that's half a loo
roll each, that's plenty.

- [Narrator] Back
at the chateau,

Angel is busy assembling
the rest of her cake stands

ready for the arrival
of hundreds of hand
made patisseries.

- We've ordered these amazing

little celebration patisseries.

I just needed so much
space to put them on,

I've ordered 400 and Dick's
always taking the mickey

out of me for over
ordering but I'm like

"Well, it's only three
or four per person."

But I do need a lot of space
so I need to do high rises,

it needs to be a city of
cake plates, not just flat.

So, I have got so
much vintage china,

unbelievable amounts of
it and it made sense,

drill holes in 'em, put
cake stands up them, done.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Outside,
the sun is high

and the thermometers
hitting 30 degrees.

Painfully aware that
the pollarded trees

will not provide their
guests with any shade,

Dick has returned home
with a peace offering,

three parasols.

- Is this our solution?

- Yes, darling, it's
three of these, yeah?

'Cause the thing is, it
depends how high they are,

let's see what it looks like
when it gets put up, yeah?

- [Angel] All right, I'll
come back in a minute.

- What about the color?

You don't mind the color?

- I would of liked a
parasol to look like a tree.

- She's turns the knife every
opportunity, doesn't she, eh?

Right.

She's bound to be
happy with that.

See this whole
table full of chairs

and only ones in
the shade! (laughs)

Okay, I'll let Angela tell me
what to do, she does anyway.

- [Narrator] Across
the courtyard,

Angel's new pride and joy is
almost ready for customers.

- It is quite exciting
because this is ours,

this is our bar,
we've got a bar!

- [Narrator] Always a
stickler for detail,

Angel works tirelessly to
make sure her Van de Vin

will be the belle of the ball.

- Look, this is my
first chalkboard

and I am pretty happy with it.

- [Narrator] It's now past
midnight but the Van de Vin

is not quite there yet.

- My darling?

- [Dick] Yes?

- Oh tall one.

Yes, that's perfect.

All right, come on,
let's go to bed.

- Okay, let's call it a day.

- [Angel] Let's call it a day.

- [Dick] You know
what I'm thinkin'?

I've gotta try and reverse
this to the orangery.

That'll be (bleep)
funny, won't it?

- [Angel] I'll help you.

- [Dick] I'm not havin'
you anywhere near me!

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Narrator] It's the
weekend of the first wedding

of the season.

In four hours time, 80 people
are arriving for two days

of wining and dining
at the chateau,

so it's all hands on deck.

But before their guests turn up,

Angel needs to make
sure everything

is in it's correct place
and that includes moving

the Van de Vin across
to the orangery.

- Hello, hello!

- Oh my god, we're movin'!

Oh my god, the gin!

- [Dick] You be careful,
hold everything there!

- It's a bit jingly-jangly,
you needed someone in here.

- The brakes are so ropey.

- [Narrator] To get the Van
de Vin the right position,

Dick has no option but
to reverse it 75 meters

across the grass.

- [Dick] Can't see you!

- Good, keep coming, keep
coming past this tree.

- I wonder where first is?

I think first is there.

- [Narrator] Even though Dick
is struggling with the gears,

the brakes and the steering,

Angel wants the van
parked with precision.

- I think you need to reverse
a little bit this way.

- [Dick] If you can't see
my face, I can't see you.

- [Angel] It's looking good.

- I can't see you!

- Okay, I'm here!

You told me as long as I can
see you and I can see you!

- I could see you doing this.

Come to the window and
tell me what to do.

Can you please tell
me what you need?

- I think the end needs to be
reversed back in a bit more

and then you're good
wherever you end up.

It's not perfect
but it's as close--

- Sake, you are (bleep) joking?

- I saw how difficult that
was, I didn't wanna drive it.

- Okay, thank you, I'm out.

That's not happening again,

I'm not taking directions
from Angela movin' a vehicle.

- Well I did think it was
a bit odd that you asked--

- [Dick] Stop talking to
me now, I need to rest.

- [Narrator] But
there's no time to rest,

the bride and groom
are on their way

and Angela still has a few
more personal touches to add,

including putting
their names in lights,

or at least their initials.

- I'm doing the H for
Helena and I've got an &

and I've got an O,
obviously for Owen.

I'm gonna put 'em by the van
later, my little present.

- [Narrator]
Unfortunately though,

Angel soon finds herself
tied up in knots.

- There's always
something isn't there

about when you're in a rush
that things are tangled,

it's like a karma, it's
like an energy thing,

I think it actually
tangles them more.

- [Narrator] While Angel
battles with her bulbs,

Dick checks on the catering.

- On it's belly, other way
up, legs down, legs down.

Look at that, now.

- [Narrator] As everything
seems under control,

Dick nips over to the Van de Vin

to check on his giant cool box.

It's now been without
power for two hours,

so if the insulation has failed,

the wine will be warm
and Angel's reaction
decidedly chilly.

- Lovely and cold in there.

Ladies and gentlemen, that's
an ice cold bottle of Cidre Du.

There's moisture runnin'
down the outside of that,

look, that's actually a nice
feeling to achieve that.

- [Narrator] Over
at the chateau,

Angel's also feeling pretty
pleased with her brides bouquet.

- I tell you what, when
you're doing weddings,

you do become a
master of all trades

very, very, very quickly.

Good.

She wanted it rustic, I think
we're nearly there, so yeah,

I'm happy.

Oh, I nearly get
married again. (laughs)

Obviously to Dick!

- [Narrator] Angel has
spent weeks sorting out

different flowers
for the wedding,

some from her cutting garden

and others from a
local french florist.

But along the way, somethings
got lost in translation.

- These are just odd,

I don't need another
four of those

and I don't need all
of these pink peonies.

She's just turned up
with six massive bunches

of antique rose and
they're just not right.

- [Narrator] Even though
the clock is ticking,

Angel decides it's
easier to dash in to town

and choose the flowers herself.

(speaking in foreign language)

- 10, please.

Two, four, six,
eight, 12 please.

No, no, no, needs
to be stronger.

(speaking in foreign language)

- [Narrator] Angel makes
it back to the chateau

with just enough time to change
and add a finishing touch

to her homemade cake stands.

- The plates are holding
together nice, I'm pleased.

It's easy and simple.

This is couple of
quid craft, isn't it?

- [Narrator] But time is up.

The guests are here and
a weekend of celebrations

is about to begin.

Planning the wedding
has taken Angel

weeks of hard work and today,
she'll be busier than ever.

(crowd cheering)

But she'll always stop to
watch one special moment.

- Congratulations
Owen and Helena,

I pronounce you
husband and wife,

Owen, you may now
kiss your bride.

(crowd cheering)

- [Narrator] Once the ceremony
is over, it's back to work.

And time for the Van de
Vin to take center stage.

- Gin and tonic, I can
so serve gin and tonic.

- [Narrator] To Angel's delight,

the Van de Vin is perfect.

The drinks at the
orangery are chilled.

- [Angel] There we
go, nice and cold.

- [Narrator] And her job behind
the bar, easier than ever.

Dick though, still needs a hand

and two pedals to
deliver the food.

- It's all very old in the van

but I need an electric vehicle.

- Coming through, watch your
backs, watch your backs!

- [Narrator] As the party
continues through the night,

it's become clear that
Angels imagination

and Dick's engineering skills

have created a thing of beauty,

or at least a thing that
can serve chilled drinks

until the early hours.

Finally, the weekend of
celebrations comes to an end.

To Dick and Angel's relief,

the wedding went
without a hitch,

including the Van
de Vin's debut.

- The Van de Vin has been--

- The Van de Vin.

- Vin de Van.
- Van de Vin.

- Has been amazing, well done.

- I think we're all a bit
jiggered, or is that just me?

- I think that is just you.

No, I think everyone is
jiggered in a really happy way.

You're a clever thing.

- Darling, I would
never of brought this,

not as long as I've
got a hole in my bo-bo

would I think of
buying this place.

This is the most ridiculous
van I've ever seen.

- I know but it works.

- [Narrator] With a
busy summer ahead,

the Van de Vin could
prove to be a lifesaver.

- [Dick] It was my idea to buy
a truck like this, wasn't it?

- [Narrator] One wedding
down but there's seven more,

a barn conversion and 1,000
other jobs still to do.

(upbeat music)