Escape to the Chateau (2016–2019): Season 5, Episode 3 - Parkour & Turret - full transcript

- [Narrator] In the heart
of the French countryside,

a magnificent 19th
century chateau

stood uncared for and abandoned.

Until four years ago
when everything changed.

- Wow!
- Oh, look at that!

- [Narrator] And an
intrepid British couple.

- [Dick] Turn, turn, turn, turn.

Wow.

- [Narrator] Paid
280,000 pounds to turn it

into their dream family home.

- Everything is gorgeous.
- Everything in this place.



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

- [Narrator] Since they moved
in, engineer, Dick Strawbridge

and his wife, designer Angel,

have transformed
almost all 45 rooms,

including three
sumptuous guest suites,

for their wedding
and events business.

But despite their hard work,

their dream has often
resembled a nightmare.

- You should not be able to
see the sky out of your roof.

- Behind every romantic
story is the reality.

- [Narrator] Now it's time to
find out what happens next.

- I'm gonna start hiding things.

- [Narrator] In this 21st
century French fairytale.

(upbeat orchestral music)



It's the beginning of
the summer holidays.

And between hosting weddings
and food lovers weekends,

Dick and Angel are spending
as much time as possible

with their children,
Arthur and Dorothy.

- Are you making
my hair beautiful?

Yes, you are.

- [Narrator] And when you
have 12 acres to explore,

there's always something
new to discover,

like a 28-meter high oak tree.

- That tree is--
- It's incredible.

How old do you think that is?

- You can tell the age of
them if you measure them.

- 300!

- [Dick] 300?

(Angel laughs)

- That's a joke.

- I'll go round, you gotta
get this against the tree.

Here we go, let's say 18 feet.

- Oh my gosh, you're
not gonna believe this.

- Arthur, Dorothy,
guess how old it is.

- Guess how old the tree is.

358.

- [Narrator] If Angel's
calculations are correct,

the oak tree would have
been planted around 1660,

200 years before the
chateau was built.

And 130 years before
the French Revolution

when Marie Antoinette
lost her head.

Luckily, the only
thing missing today

is Angel's sense of direction.

- Why are we going this way?

- Because I'm following you.

- Right, well you know
I don't do directions.

- Go back up the path,
back up the path, Arthur.

- [Narrator] Two years ago,
the chateau's left turret

was transformed by Dick and
Angel into a tower of curiosity.

- There you go.

- [Narrator] They
even added a lift.

Now, Angel has her eye
on the untouched rooms

at the very top of
the other turret.

- [Angel] Do you know,
I've not been in here

with the windows open, ever.

- [Narrator] Angel's planning
to create another guest suite

on the fourth floor.

Once she's stopped inspecting
the decades-old decor.

- I've not even seen this
wallpaper, Dick, seriously.

That's amazing, I'm gonna
try and keep some of that.

This is a lovely bit of history.

Although it pains me because
it's sort of quite nice,

I think I've gotta take
the wallpaper off of this.

- [Dick] What are you talking
about, it's quite nice?

- No, but the
wallpaper is actually,

the design is quite lovely.

- [Dick] The design's not the
issue, but the state of it.

- [Narrator] But the historic
decoration has inspired Angel.

- I wonder.

- [Narrator] And when
there's an idea brewing,

Dick knows to be worried.

- I'm gonna take
this wallpaper off,

take the pattern, do
something with the pattern,

and get different
wallpaper printed.

- You don't like the color?
- No.

- [Dick] So you're
gonna make wallpaper?

- Yeah.

- [Dick] Ah, okay.

- Yeah, in the
right color scheme.

- Right, wallpaper in
the right color scheme.

- [Narrator] As Angel
needs some thinking time,

Dick takes the children
across to the walled garden.

- I gotta put more
water in your can

if you can go that fast, Arthur.

- [Narrator] But
Arthur can't wait

as he's looking after a VIP.

A very important plant.

- Remember, that's where the
watermelon is, in the middle.

Give it lots of water.

(water splashes)
Oh, no!

(all laugh)

Right, okay, the watermelon
got about half of that.

I got most of it.

Okay, I'll water them down.

Okay, thank you, now,
let's see if we can see

any of the female flowers.

They've got like a little,
baby, baby, baby watermelon

underneath them.
- I found!

- That's a baby watermelon,
see, that's a female.

So that's a little--

- [Dorothy] Like a female here?

- That's quite good, yeah,
do it like "Doe A Deer".

- [Narrator] Even though
Dick and Angel's chateau

was built in 1868 for
the Baglioni family,

it's architectural style is
16th century French renaissance.

With its steeply pitched
roof and pepperpot turrets,

or tourelle, it's a clear
homage to the grand chateau

of the Loire Valley,
just over 50 miles away.

At the moment, though, Angel
is much more interested

in the turret room's wallpaper.

- This is so beautiful,
it looks quite

sort of Art Nouveau here,
and you've got these sort of,

well, they are peonies
or like an oriental rose.

They're just sort of
like who's wallpapered

on top of wallpaper?

I want to keep this somehow,

and I wanna get this suite done.

There is just loads to do.

- [Narrator] But it does
at least have a new name.

- Dick's named this room
the Potagerie Suite,

because we've got the
view of the walled garden.

- [Narrator] And it's
the garden's flowers,

as well as the room's
antique wallpaper,

that eventually
inspires her design.

Last year, Angel took photos
of her wallpaper museum

and had them printed
on to fabric.

- Look at that, oh my God.

This is beyond better
that what I'd imagined.

- [Narrator] The result was a
fabulously rich wall covering,

which she used to line
the back staircase.

This year, Angel's
going one step further

by creating the wallpaper
pattern herself.

- This, to me, looks
like artichoke,

and this is the flowers
from the garden.

My actual idea is to bring
all this stuff together,

all the wallpapers and
inspiration from the garden,

and put them onto my wallpaper.

And then I'm gonna get
someone who can really draw

to make it look nice.

You gotta know your
limitations, that's the thing.

- [Narrator] Once she's happy
with the design and coloring,

all Angel needs to do
is send her pattern

to a specialist printer.

- I'm there, I've got the honey
bees, I've got the carrots,

I've got these onion
plants, I've got artichokes,

sweet pea, courgette
flower, this is the garden.

I like it, I'm bringing
carrots back into fashion.

(birds chirping)

- [Dick] Let's go.

- Right, come on, hold my hand.

- [Narrator] Like
a lot of parents,

Angel's ambitious
plans are put on hold

due to the school holidays.

And two children and a
husband to entertain.

(dramatic orchestral music)

Les Machines de l'ile de
Nantes is a fantasy world

of mechanical creatures.

- [Dick] Whoa!

- [Narrator] In
every shape and size.

- [Angel] Arthur, come
and look at this spider!

- [Arthur] I love it.

- [Narrator] Arthur's
not the only overexcited

member of the family,

because the place is
an engineer's paradise.

- Whoa!

Wow, it's very, very impressive.

Whoa!

(woman speaking
foreign language)

- [Angel] Arthur, look at mommy.

- [Narrator] There's even
a 12-meter-high elephant.

- Oh, look, yes, yeah!

- [Dick] Can you see it,
Dorothy, can you see it?

- Yeah, I can, Arthur,
get out the road!

- [Dick] Oh God.
(Angel laughing)

Arthur, get out of the
road, she's so sensible.

- It's bigger than the chateau.

- Whoa, look how big,
look at its trunk!

- [Angel] Hold my
hand, hold my hand.

- [Dick] The trunk's actually
very clever, isn't it?

You can point it
all over the place,

and it's got a hose
attached to it.

(Angel and Arthur laughing)

- Oh, look!

- We both got squirted.

(elephant trumpeting)

- [Narrator] Back
at the chateau, Dick
is man on a mission.

He's decided to create
a woodland trail

through the chateau's grounds,

and, inspired by the
mechanical monsters,

maybe include one or two
creations of his own.

- All the way around
our perimeter,

we, well, I say we have
a path, we haven't,

we've got ground there.

Been over it once with
a tractor last year,

so what I need to
do is I'm trying

to cut the pathway around.

Reckon it's probably
about a kilometer.

So when it's cleared,
people can promenade

around the perimeter,
that's the idea.

- [Narrator] 150 years ago,
the wealthy Baglioni family

and their guests
would've wandered through

their private
woodland and meadows

that surround the chateau.

Now Dick would like to recreate
their pastoral paradise.

- This is an area that
is yet to be used.

However, we do at least keep
reminding us what we've got,

which is actually quite special.

But it's interesting
just how abundant it is,

'cause that's my sweet
chestnut tree over there.

There's another big, sweet
chestnut there on our boundary.

We've got sloes,
we've got cobnuts.

I love it, I just love it.

- [Narrator] Also loving
the great outdoors,

or at least hoping to,
is five-year-old Arthur,

who has asked to go camping.

- I love you.
- Eh.

- [Arthur] I love you too, mom.

- [Angel] I love you.

Look after daddy.

- Yeah.
- I will.

- [Narrator] Armed with
only a tent, sleeping bags,

and a trolley full of supplies,

the intrepid explorers head
into unmapped territory.

Which just happens to be on
the other side of the moat.

- [Dick] A bit of that's
gonna be good to start.

Okay.

I need a spark now, ready?

- That's cool.

- Oh no, lift it up,
lift it up, lift it up.

- Done it!

- Look, all the flames are
coming there, lots of flames.

- [Arthur] I can't
wait to have a feast.

- Everything's ready now
'cause the beans are cooked.

That's for you.

- We have to share them.

- This is not going
well, he's eating beans,

so all in all, it's going
to be a very small tent

for two chaps.

You're not allowed to parp
in the tent, it's the law.

(both laughing)

- [Narrator] The
Potagerie Suite,

the fourth guest
room at the chateau,

is about to be plumbed in.

For Dick, it's the last
piece of an enormous jigsaw.

One that he's been working
on for four long years.

- We put these pipes in, and
all the hot and cold water feed

when we did our very first
bit of hot water in the attic

with a thermal store.

My hot and cold
water's ready there

just to connect and turn on,

which means I don't have to
cut into these pipes at all.

- [Narrator] Back when
Dick and Angel first

bought the chateau,
there were 13 fireplaces,

but no central
heating or hot water.

So in order not to freeze,

Dick promptly designed a
massive heating system.

- [Dick] The hot
water coming out here.

- [Narrator] That involved
a boiler in the basement,

and a thermal
store in the attic.

- [Dick] It all comes down
from the thermal store,

for baths, for showers, for
sinks, for the kitchens,

and as well as that, the
heat in the thermal store

provides the hot water to
run around our radiators.

- [Narrator] To ensure that
all five floors of the chateau

could be heated and have
access to hot water,

over half a kilometer of
pipeline had to be installed.

- The difficult thing here
is the scale of the job.

The chateau is huge.

- [Narrator] Today, Dick
and builder mate, Steve,

are hoping to complete
the four-year plan

and fit the chateau's
final bathroom.

- This is my connections
for that bathroom.

With a bit of luck, if
I shove it that hole,

it should end up
in the bathroom.

There you go.

- [Narrator] All Angel has to
do is decide on the layout.

- [Dick] We don't know
where we're putting the, um,

the water, electricity,
and everything else.

Somewhere here there's
going to be a sink.

- It's got to be the same as
the honeymoon suite downstairs.

- So I'll measure the
distance from there,

we're gonna say that
is the sink in there.

And then in the middle of
that we're going to have

all the water and waste
coming straight down.

- Yeah, that's perfect.

- Okay, now, bath, so
where's the taps gonna be?

- At the moment, I think the
taps are gonna be in the middle

of the bath, in the
back, at the back.

- Are they gonna come up, are
they gonna be in the wall?

- They are freestanding
taps as far as I know.

- [Dick] And the
toilet is going to?

- I don't know about
the toilet, I'm getting,

I'm getting ridiculously
times on it,

two months they're
saying, for the toilet.

I know.

I found the sink
basins and the taps,

but I've got nothing
to put the sink on yet.

I just haven't, so I need
to go to a charity shop,

I might go this
weekend, with the kids.

So there's also an
eight-week lee time

on the thermo-statical
bit of the shower

and they can only get a head.

I know, I've only
found this out today.

- Okay, okay, this
room's nearly finished.

(all chuckling)

- [Narrator] Dick and Steve's
moment of plumbing glory

may be on hold, but
Angel can't wait

to bring her design ideas alive.

Inspired by the view
from the suite's window,

she heads for the walled garden.

- We are taking flowers
that mean something to us.

We're gonna press them, gonna
make the Potagerie Suite

into a wild flower
turret of amazingness.

- [Narrator] But to create
a wild flower turret

of amazingness.

- [Angel] Up we
come, up we come.

- [Narrator] Angel and
the children first need

to climb the stairs
to her new craft room.

- [Angel] Oh my goodness me.

So you haven't seen
mommy's new room.

- No, I haven't.

- [Angel] Dorothy, Dorothy,
show Arthur mommy's new room.

- Wow, nothing like
the room before.

- [Dorothy] Look at
all these pictures.

- Aw, they're pictures we done!

- [Dorothy] Who?

- [Narrator] Angel's plan is
to celebrate Dick's hard work

in the walled garden
by recreating it

on the Potagerie Suite walls.

- This turret is gonna
be quite special.

I wanted to reflect a big
part of the walled garden,

and every time I
go into the turret,

I'm gonna smile because I've
captured what Dick has done.

And it's a bit of trial
and error to go on now.

- [Narrator] Pressing
flowers like this needs

some heavy duty weights,
like some hard cover books,

seven boxes of them.

- We will come back and
visit this in one week.

But thank you for being
on your bestest behavior.

I'm gonna change
you for a monkey.

Oh no, you are a monkey.

And you're my
monkey, I love you.

- [Narrator] Angel may
be hoping to celebrate

Dick's gardening skills, but
he's pretty handy with a drill.

And he loves a challenge.

- Bloody hell, Steve!
- I know.

- [Narrator] Whether
it's repairing.

(engine sputters
and then starts)

- Repurposing, or reinventing.

- This is my tube.

This is my lift capsule.

Ready to come up stairs,
Angela, yes Dick.

- Woo!
(Dick laughs)

- [Dick] Yeah!

- [Narrator] He's never been
afraid to try something new.

- [Dick] She's gone!

- [Narrator] So, between
jobs on the Potagerie Suite,

Dick can often be
found in his workshop.

And his latest project
has been inspired

by both his military
parkour training,

and the animals he saw
at the l'ile de Nantes.

- Obviously this is not what
an elephant's trunk looks like.

But that's a minor issue.

- [Narrator] Dick's
planning to create a mini

obstacle course, along
the new woodland trail,

out of mechanical monsters,
if he can get them to work.

- What I have to do
is make sections,

and the way I was
thinking about this is

I'm sure Arthur had a
little plastic snake

that bent and wiggled, yeah?

And it's all individual
segments joined together.

So what I have to do is
make a number of sections

that can move around.

Like a lot of things, we've
got a bit that sticks out

and a bit that goes in,
and we join them together.

It's a bit Frankenstein, but
it's gonna look like a trunk,

which isn't bad.

- [Narrator] As well as
wooden elephant's trunks,

Dick's also hoping to install
along the trail a trampoline.

Though it's proving
harder than expected.

- That didn't go
very well, did it?

Oh, bums!

What the hell's that?

And where it is, it's
gonna be in the way,

so I have no choice
but to remove it

or move my whole
circle, make more mess,

so what I'm trying to do
is work out how big it is.

It makes you wonder
if there was some,

it's too substantial
and too random.

Wait until the rock goes back.

Right, ah.

I've hit the water table.

The moat's very high, we've
had so much rain, but look.

This is as deep
as this is going.

Do you know what, that
looks like mortar.

That is mortar.

And mortar is how we
glue together rocks.

This is a (mumbles).

What's it doing in the place
of my bloody trampoline?

That's what I wanna know.

- [Narrator] Ever
since they moved in,

Dick and Angel
have been intrigued

by the history of the chateau.

- All of this is the structure.

- How cute, just a little cress.

- [Narrator] Now mystified
by what Dick's dug up,

they've decided to
head to the local

records office for clues.

- Bonjour.
- Bonjour.

(speaking foreign language)

- Wow, do you reckon, wow.

Okay, this is not our chateau.

This is a completely
different shape.

- Dates, 1824.

- 1824?

- 40 years before our
chateau was built.

- [Dick] That's the castle
that goes all the way

to the moat, and the moat
goes all the way around.

And see this bit here, that
looks like walls around here.

- [Narrator] Before
Dick and Angel's chateau

was built in 1868, a medieval
fortress stood on the island,

protected on all four
sides by the moat.

- What's interesting for me,

that building, I think, see
that corner just above the A?

- [Angel] Yeah.

- That's where I found
a wall, just in there.

So whatever that building
is, we found part of it.

- [Narrator] The building's
function may remain a mystery,

but the archives do
have more to reveal.

- Are there any other
pictures around the chateau,

or any of the properties
around the chateau?

- [Man] This one.

- Wow, everything
looks different.

- [Narrator] A mid 19th century
illustration of the chateau

comes with some
artistic flourishes.

- The shape of those
trees look different,

and look, there's a little
window there and there.

We haven't got those
windows, have we?

- [Dick] No, has that
chap got a mustache?

- He has got a mustache.

In fact, he looks like you.

- [Dick] Oh, that's
us, whey-hey!

- [Angel] It's amazing.

- [Narrator] At the beginning
of the 20th century,

it became fashionable
to send postcards

of the local landmarks, like
a certain well-know chateau.

- Oh, there's our house again.

Look at those trees.

- I know.

You can't say that
any more, can you?

Our trees are smaller because
Dick cut them all off.

- Okay.
- Pollarded, I pollarded them.

Necessary.
- Ah.

- Shh!

- [Narrator] It's
summer at the chateau.

And it's 2,000 square
meter walled garden

is bursting with
fruit, vegetables.

- [Angel] Lead the
way, young man.

- [Narrator] And rather
excited children.

- Look at that!
- Oh, look at that one!

- Oh my days,
Arthur, that's huge!

- I know.
- Did you really grow that?

- [Arthur] Yeah.

- I cannot believe
how big that is.

Have you got green fingers?

- No.
- I have.

- You've got green fingers.

That is just so amazing,
I'm so proud of you.

- [Narrator] But for Dick, the
children's growing interest

in gardening isn't quite enough.

He'd also like his family,

just like the
Baglioni's before them,

to enjoy their
idyllic surroundings,
all 12 acres of it.

- 400.

- [Narrator] So
to encourage them,

he's creating a trail that winds
its way through the estate,

complete with a couple
of curious creatures

to tackle on the way.

- The shape of a spider's leg,

according to our trip to Nantes,

involves a right angle at the
top, going up to the body,

then sections of
leg coming around.

And I'm gonna be making
the leg out of 20 mil ply,

this is actually heavy.

So the idea of the
leg starts here

and hangs around the ground,

when you move this, the
whole leg's going to move.

So this is my shoulder joint,
that's a spider shoulder,

course it is, it looks
like a spider shoulder.

It's a spider shoulder.

(saw whirling)

That's that good old
spider leg, look at that.

- [Narrator] While
Dick's creating

giant monsters in the barn,

up on the fourth floor,
builder mate, Steve,

is busy tiling the new
Potagerie Suite bathroom.

Angel and the children, though.

- Okay, take me to the flowers.

- [Narrator] Are continuing
on up to the very top

of the chateau.

- What we're gonna do is
we're gonna have a bit

of a team effort, okay,
you can both help me.

Right, you wanna lift
this one up with me?

Arthur, you go on
the other side.

One, two, three, ah, gosh!

My strong family.

- [Narrator] Angel is
hoping that the flowers

she's taken from the
walled garden, and pressed,

could be used to
decorate the walls

of the Potagerie Suite's turret.

- Dorothy, you take one corner,

and Arthur, you take
the other corner, there.

Yeah, and then we lift together.

There we go.

- [Narrator] It is,
though, her first attempt

at flower pressing so the
idea may have to be adapted.

- Oh, wow, look, some of
these have come out lovely.

That one could work.

Oh!

- [Arthur] Oh!

- [Angel] To be honest, I
didn't really think these

would press at all, but--

- [Dorothy] Careful,
careful, mama.

- [Angel] I'm being
careful, baby.

- [Dorothy] Be very
careful pulling it off.

- That's sort of strangely
come out quite nice, okay.

The idea is that the turret
represents the walled garden,

and actually, I think
it's gonna work.

Honestly, it's my first
time pressing flowers

and it doesn't look
a difficult thing,

and it's not in principle.

However, I can see where I've
gone wrong in a few places,

but I've made a start and that
is the most important thing.

And I'm pleased as well.

Smell how nice that smells.

That smells amazing, doesn't it?

That wisteria, even though
it's a little bit brown,

has come out very, very nice.

I can see the vision and
it's all coming together.

The difficult bit, and
this is what Dick's

already kindly
pointed out to me,

is how I'm gonna
attach it to the wall.

Hm.

Right, this is
gonna look lovely.

- [Narrator] Steve the
builder has been temporarily

taken off Potagerie
Suite duties.

- [Dick] You comfortable
enough up there?

- [Steve] Yes.

- [Narrator] And purloined
into helping Dick

with his woodland trail.

- Right, there we
go, that right there.

(tools whirling)

Take it in a bit tighter there.

Right, let's go.

Right, okay.

- [Narrator] Up in
the Potagerie Suite,

Angel is also trying
to fix things in place.

- They're very delicate so
I don't really 100% know

if it's gonna
work, but you know,

I'll just give it a
go and if it doesn't,

I'll find another way
to make it happen.

Good, it works.

Sort of reminds me of when
I was doing my butterflies.

It's a start of an idea.

And it's gonna take me forever.

- [Narrator] Trying to
recreate Dick's walled garden

may be painstaking, but
there's also fun to be had,

searching online for
the perfect light.

- [Angel] Hello, baby.

- Is it new or is
it second hand?

It's a simple question.

- Second hand.
- Is it, okay.

- From America.

- You're joking.

- No, I'm not.
- Why would you do that?

- Because it was special.

Obviously, this is like
a shade that I loved.

Like, you know, the
pineapple light from America.

- [Dick] Oh, that
was so painful.

- You've not seen anything yet
and you're already moaning.

- [Dick] Come here.

- You are already moaning.

- Bring it over here,
bring it over here.

Bring it over here,
bring it over here.

I don't even wanna look,
bring it over here.

Let's have a look.

- Oh, isn't that beautiful?

That is beautiful, you
can't not like that.

Is it even a light?

Oh yeah, it is a
light, made in Italy.

It's quite heavy,
be careful with it.

Is it fixable?

- What do you mean fixable,
there's no electricity in it.

- No way.
- It's for candles.

- Oh, no!

To be honest, I loved it so
much, I didn't even read it.

- [Dick] It's for candles.

- Well, then, you don't
have to do anything.

- Yeah, it works,
in other words.

Is that candle wax,
sorry, in those two holes?

Okay, it's a pity, isn't it?

- [Angel] Are you sure
the electrics don't
go through there?

- Where's the hole for the
electricity to come into it?

Tell me how the electricity
gets into a bulb?

- Well there is a hole there.

- Oh, you're just so
taking the mickey.

- No, there is a hole there.

- That's not a hole!

That's just a bad
bit of brazing.

- That's what happens when
you buy things late at night

after a really long day.

(both laughing)

- Right, okay, back to the
list, so we still need lights.

And that's heavy as well.

- [Angel] It's really heavy.

- That's a result for me.

- [Narrator] Deciding it's
best to avoid the Internet

for a while, plan B
is put into action.

A trip to one of the biggest
brocantes in the region.

(upbeat music)

With around 57 stalls,
there should be something

here that Angel likes.

- [Angel] Look at
all these baskets.

- [Dick] We don't want baskets.

- I'm just having a quick
look at the taxidermy.

- Okay, darling, I'm just walk
on to get to the end here.

- I quite like that.

I've really gotta stay focused,

but it's very, very
difficult when there's

so much lovely stuff around.

I've just seen a light.

They're quite nice, aren't they?

Oh, look, they've
got roses on, Dick.

Remember, these are for
the Potagerie Suite.

Let's get them.

They're actually quite
nice, aren't they.

- Well, they are nice.

- 140 for all the lights, I can
relax a little bit more now.

That is quite a nice mirror, 95.

I think that maybe this
one goes in the bathroom.

It's 120.

By 75, that's perfect,
and that's not too fussy.

I'm gonna put a little
bit of copper leaf on it.

Okay, well done.

- [Dick] Where's Ange?

I've lost my wife again.

She's gone.

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] Work on the
third floor Potagerie Suite

is now in full swing.

Dick has been assigned
electrical duties.

- Horrible.

- [Narrator] And he's
busy rewiring the lights

that Angel found
at the brocante.

- [Dick] These are
actually horrible.

- [Narrator] Angel, though,
is much more preoccupied

with a parcel from the printers.

- My wallpaper has arrived.

I'm quite nervous.

That is really, really,
really gorgeous.

This is going up.

- [Narrator] Once a
simple pencil sketch,

Angel's own design, with a
little help from a local artist,

has been brought to life and
printed in full technicolor.

- I'm very protective
over this wallpaper,

much more than off the shelf.

Okay, this is so beautiful.

It's fresh, it's sort of
the colors of the garden.

I've managed to get
carrots in there.

These flowers have come from
the red and white paper.

Alliums have come from the
wallpaper that we found

underneath the red
and white wallpaper.

And it's my style, I love
this Art Nouveau shape.

- [Narrator] For Angel,
it's a huge relief

to know that her vision
for the Potagerie Suite

is at last beginning
to take shape.

- Dah-nah!

Bloody hell, that's great.

That's not a bad bedside light.

All the new wires are
quite well hidden.

Best thing is when you touch it,

you don't get
electrocuted either,

so it all works
out quite nicely.

Just imagine it a bit
blinged up with a bit

of a tulipy glass
thing going on, good.

- [Narrator] Rewiring
old lights is one thing,

but drilling three perfect holes

through an antique marble
surface is quite another.

- Mm, move it a little bit from
where she said the taps go.

Move that away.

Yeah, this one seems to
be over there slightly.

- [Steve] Yeah?

- [Narrator] Particularly
when your wife has her heart

set on using it for her
new, and rather expensive,

copper bathroom suite
that has finally arrived.

- [Steve] Stay.

- [Dick] This is, there's
a big crack in this.

- [Steve] That's going to be
under the sink anyway, so.

- The last thing we want to
do, just to be nice and simple,

is to have a problem with
this piece of marble.

(metal clanging on floor)

What you doing?

- [Steve] It's that
little bit down there.

- This one here seems the
easiest one to start with.

- Okay.
- What do you reckon?

- Go for it.

(drill whirling gently)

That doesn't sound like
it's cutting much, does it?

(drill whirling loudly)
That does.

- See, that's how thick it is.
- You've done it.

- [Dick] So that's good,
that's the first bit done.

- Hey, you see, you were told
not to go straight through.

That's how thick
the marble is here.

- It's quite near that
crack this one, isn't it?

Oh, I thought I was
being tentative and all.

Holes done, nice and
neat, surprisingly.

That looks as good as I
could've hoped for, yeah?

There's always the possibility

of making a mess of these
things, but I gotta tell you,

this has gone nicely,
this is not bad at all.

(soft piano music)

- [Narrator] The Potagerie
Suite is nearly finished,

but Angel has made sure that
some of the original wallpaper

has been kept for posterity.

- There's three lots of
gorgeous, gorgeous paper,

and I've kept it here.

It's history of the house
and I do not want it to go.

It's been varnished,
it's staying.

- [Narrator] The story of
the chateau is so important

to Angel that she's
decided to write a note

to future generations.

- This year, my husband
and I, it sounds so regal,

Dick and Angel Strawbridge,
name this room,

after the incredible
view, the Potagerie Suite,

inspired by our kitchen garden,

our designer wallpaper
with carrots.

My husband did
all the hard work.

I think that sums it
up really, doesn't it?

Whoever takes this mirror
down and sort of sees this,

I want them to have
a bit of information,

so I'm gonna start putting
things underneath things

and hiding things.

- [Narrator] While Steve
covers up Angel's secret note,

Dick decides it's time to
reveal his woodland trail.

Including the,
slightly shifted away

from the mystery
building, trampoline.

- [Dick] Yeah, look at that!

Keep coming round this
way, Arthur, this way.

- [Narrator] In a meadow,
there's a giant spider

to contend with.

- [Dick] Right.

(Angel groans)

Look at Troll Lady!

Let's keep walking.

- [Narrator] Among the trees,

there's even an
elephant's trunk to tug.

- [Angel] Oh, that's amazing.

- Right, hold on, Dorothy,
let go, watch, watch, watch.

- [Angel] Come and help me then.

One, two, three, yeah,
well done, daddy.

Oh, I love this one.

- [Narrator] With over a
kilometer of trail to walk.

- [Dick] Look at that.

(Angel neighing)
- That's a horse.

- [Narrator] Dick hopes
it will not only encourage

Arthur and Dorothy to
explore the grounds more,

but also use up some
of their excess energy.

Angel, though, is also keen
to ensure that the outdoors

is equally appreciated
inside the chateau.

And her homage to
Dick's walled garden,

the new Potagerie Suite is
finally ready for guests.

- There's a bit of
romance in this room.

I mean, there really is.

All the other rooms,
they're lovely, I love them,

but this room, there's something
different about this room.

I just, oh, I just
love, I love, I love it.

I love that this
room kind of nods

and pays its respect
to the walled garden.

- [Narrator] What was
once a simple storage room

is now a luxurious bathroom.

- It has worked quite nicely,
the greens and the coppers.

This has come together lovely.

I love it.

- [Narrator] The turret
has been transformed

into a peaceful sitting room.

Its curving walls, a floral
love letter from Angel to Dick.

- There's Mr. Strawbridge's
garden, I love it.

There's something about this
suite that is really special.

I think this particular
room, with the dried flowers,

you know, there's been a circle.

It's Dick out with the kids,
planting wild flower seeds,

it's us as a family picking
up all of the wild flowers,

it's me and Arthur and
Dorothy drying the flowers,

and it feels like it's
been a real family effort.

And it's made me feel a bit
mushy and a bit emotional.

This whole suite means a lot.

I don't think I'm going
to be able to let it out.

I've become attached to it.

I just love it.

- [Narrator] But finishing
the new Potagerie Suite

isn't the only achievement
being celebrated.

Because over in
the walled garden,

it's time to taste Arthur's
first ever homegrown watermelon.

- [Dick] Snip it
off for me, mate.

- [Arthur] Snippy!

- Dum-dah-dah-dah, right, that's
yours, you may pick it up.

- [Angel] Right, can
you, he can't lift that.

That's really heavy.

- Pass it to me.
- It's light.

- It's not light, it's
actually very heavy.

Give it to mommy so mommy
can feel how heavy it is.

- Oh, my goodness me, that is--

- [Arthur] It's light for me.

- [Dick] Right, okay.

- [Angel] The suspense.

- [Dick] I really hope
this is good, Arthur.

- Me as well.

(all gasping)

- Whoa!
- Whoa!

- What's the verdict?
- Great!

- [Angel] That is lovely.

- [Dick] Wow.

- Arthur, that is the
juiciest, well grown watermelon

I've ever tasted, well done,
baby, we're very proud of you.

- Free watermelon for everyone!

(all laughing)

(drill whirling)

- [Narrator] Next time.

- [Dick] Is that
hole big enough?

- [Narrator] Chaos
in the kitchen.

- Hello, darling.

- [Narrator] Rising
temperatures.

- [Angel] Oh, man, I am so hot.

I feel like having
a madeleine moment.

- [Narrator] Special days.

(people applauding)
- Mr. And Mrs. Potter!

- [Narrator] And.

- [Angel] There
is a little leak.

- [Narrator] Mayhem on the moat.

- [Angel] Should
we get a bucket?

(Angel screams and laughs)
(Dick laughs)

(gentle orchestral music)