Escape to the Chateau (2016–2019): Season 6, Episode 5 - A Boat in the Moat - full transcript
It is spring at the chateau and Dick has an ambitious plan to put a boat in the moat. Angel tackles some ancient wallpaper while Dick wrestles with an old rake in the meadow.
(light music)
- [Narrator] In the heart
of the French countryside,
a magnificent chateau, still
uncared for and abandoned.
(light dreamy music)
Then five years ago,
everything changed.
- [Child] Wow.
- [M1] Look at that.
- [Narrator] When an
intrepid British couple...
- Turn, turn, turn, turn.
Wow.
- [Narrator] Unlocked
its front door.
- Isn't this gorgeous?
- [Narrator] Fell in
love with its grandeur,
and embarked on an adventure.
- 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
four sumptuous guest suites
for their wedding
and events business.
But despite their hard work,
their dream 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 the
beginning of a brand new year.
- Welcome aboard Mateys.
- There's 25 tons
of stone to move.
- [Narrator] And with
business busier than ever.
- [Dick] Oops.
- [Narrator] There
are new challenges.
(hammer thuds against wall)
- Woo!
That was fun!
- [Narrator] Ensuring the
chateau's perfect for guests.
- Hello!
- [Narrator] As well as
crating a family home
filled with love.
(cork pops)
- [Angel] Woo!
- [Narrator] It's time to
find out what happens next.
- Our first adventure.
- [Children] First adventure!
- [Narrator] In this 21st
century French fairytale.
(light dreamy music)
(upbeat string music)
It's the end of the summer
and at the chateau, it's the
last wedding of the year.
(upbeat string music)
- [Marriage Officiator]
I John Buckan Morgan.
- I John Buckan Morgan.
- [Marriage Officiator]
Take you Gemma Louise Gray,
to be my wife.
- [Narrator] Over
the past five months,
Dick and Angel and their team
have hosted seventeen
celebrations.
(people cheering)
Served over 20,000 canopes
and glasses of bubbly.
(people cheering)
And cooked over 10,000
different dishes.
And though each wedding involves
weeks of planning
and preparation,
Angel wouldn't have
it any other way.
- I'm the wedding junkie.
I love them, I live
and breathe them.
If I was a millionaire,
I'm still gonna do weddings
because I love them.
- I pronounce you
husband and wife
and John, you may
now kiss your bride.
(people cheering)
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan!
(people applauding)
(light string music)
- [Narrator] Later that
evening, while everyone,
including Dorothy and Arthur,
enjoy the last
dance of the year,
Dick and Angel take the
opportunity to thank their team
for all their hard work.
- You've made our
lives this year.
- It's been a great
season for it,
and, do you wanna
know something?
Every single person who's
come to visit has been happy.
So well done.
- [Angel] Yeah.
- Cheers, you're brave as
hell, you freakin' helped yeah.
(group laughs)
(upbeat string music)
(birds chirp)
(grass rustles)
- [Narrator] The weddings
may be over for another year,
but Dick and Angel aren't
about to sit back and relax.
A few weeks ago, Dick found
something he'd been searching
high and low for, a second
hand Asquith Mascot.
- [Angel] Wow.
- It's ridiculous isn't it?
- [Angel] It is amazing.
- [Narrator] Now, Dick and
Angel have ambitious plans
to completely
transform the 1980s bus
into a fully
equipped camper van.
- [Dorothy] Wow!
- [Narrator] But before
any renovation work's done,
they all want to take
it out for a picnic.
- [Arthur] Dad, look
a treasure I kept!
- [Dick] Great!
- Yes dad, good work, family!
(Angel laughs)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] To
celebrate the occasion,
Angel's decided to make a
rather stylish picnic blanket.
- I'm gonna make a very
very quick headscarf rug.
Now, I've been collectin'
headscarves forever.
When I used to trade vintage,
I used to buy
headscarves by the kilo.
There was just something nice
about something that's homemade.
It feels special.
- [Narrator] And
as the campervan's
fulfilling one of their
family's biggest dreams,
Angel's keen to ensure that
everything is just right.
- Dick's been talking about
having the campervan. (laughs)
Since we met really.
We've always gone on a picnic,
and it's just something so
charming about sittin' outside.
We love it, it doesn't matter
how many picnics we have,
the kids, they just
never ever tire of them.
Today I'm just gonna
do the quickest.
'Cause Dick wants to
make Scotch eggs and go.
So, I'm up for that.
I love a Scotch egg.
(upbeat music)
- [Narrator] Down
in the kitchen,
picnic preparation
is well underway.
And while Arthur's in
charge of the Scotch eggs.
- I have to mush it in
with the sausage meat.
- [Narrator] Dorothy's learning
how to become queen
of the quiche.
- This has to be blind-baked.
Now watch Dorothy, see the fork?
Dumpy, dumpy,
dumpy, dumpy, dumpy.
That should stop
this getting bubbles.
And there, that's
perfect, nice and light,
nice and light.
- [Dorothy] It's now quite nice.
- [Narrator] Learning
to cook is one thing,
an extra pile of
laundry, quite another.
- [Angel] There we
go you look amazing.
- That's why I'm
wearing an apron.
- [Dorothy] Should
I use you fortly.
Then is it dirty.
- When can we go on the picnic?
- [Angel] Oh this picnic
is gonna taste so good,
because we've put
so much love in it.
- [Narrator] And Angel knows
a lot about cooking with love,
because nine years ago,
she once created a
culinary love letter
out of a pea salmon quiche.
- When your mummy
made it for me,
I think she individually
arranged every pea,
to make it beautiful.
- Every pea?
- I did the peas
in a heart shape.
- [Narrator] Today though,
Angel's romantic gestures
are getting a bit
of a soggy bottom.
- I did it in a heart.
- Okay sorry, I didn't realize,
I thought it was just a mess.
- I was gonna hold.
You just broke my heart.
- I didn't, I just reshaped it.
An made it more robust.
(Angel laughs)
- [Narrator] Also,
rather hearty,
are Arthur's
homemade Scotch eggs.
- [Dick] Time to bring
the sausage around it.
- [Angel] Oh my god, this
is gonna be in my heaven.
- [Dick] What?
- Scotch eggs.
- Now that is
a picnic, in a bowl!
(upbeat music)
Lovely.
They're huge.
- [Narrator] And once
the quiches are baked,
- Look!
- Whoa!
- [Narrator] And the
supersized Scotch eggs cooked,
- Five very large, very
lovely looking Scotch eggs.
- [Narrator] It's time to go.
- Oh that's lovely.
- Shall we get it packed
up and hit the road?
- Whoop whoop!
(upbeat music)
- [Dick] We've got
food, we've got drink,
we've got car keys, haven't we?
Jump in you two.
Hope it starts.
Choke.
(Angel snorts and laughs)
- Okay.
- Let go, let go, let go.
(door slams)
(Arthur laughs)
- [Dick] Right,
we're ready to go.
- I'm scared!
- Yeah!
First trip!
Right, ladies and gentlemen,
our first adventure.
(horn blows)
(horn blows)
We're on the road!
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] And just
three miles away,
by the banks of
the river Mayenne,
a suitable picnic spot is found.
- [Dick] I think we're
going to stop here.
- [Angel] Yeah, gorgeous.
(doors close)
- Hello!
Ecluse de corcu, 1862.
Do you know when this was built?
Six years before our chateau.
Do we like driving
the bus, by the way?
- I loved it.
(light dreamy music)
Guess what these are?
What fabric do they look like?
What do I put in my hair?
- [Arthur] Headscarf.
- Headscarf blanket!
Okay, help me out with
this one, Dorothy.
Beautiful Dorothy, there we go.
Alright, lovely.
- After you my dear.
I'll set it down there.
- [Angel] Oh, hello.
- Right.
- Dorothy, piece of quiche.
Try that Arthur, piece for you.
(hooter blows)
Bonjour!
He's actually quite civilized.
- [Narrator] And as soon
Dick's turned their bus
into a luxury campervan,
their outing should become
even more sophisticated.
- Hold on, so we need a sink,
- No sink.
- A cooker, a bed.
- [Narrator] For now though,
they're happy to toast
their future adventures
with lashings and lashings
of non-alcoholic champagne.
- Our first adventure.
- [Children] First adventure!
- Don't I love you lot.
(light dreamy music)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Summer at
the chateau is almost over
and now the weddings have
finished for the year,
- Come on Arthur,
over here mate.
- [Narrator] It's time for Dick
to start converting
his 36-year-old bus
into the family campervan.
- Right, so the
doors open, hoorah!
- [Narrator] The first thing
to go are its back seats.
- But before you go any further,
I need to go under.
See what we've got.
Aah-ha.
There are.
- [Arthur] Na na.
- [Dorothy] Millions
of thingies.
- [Dick] Arthur, pass
me a mole wrench please.
- [Narrator] Once the
bottoms of the seats
have been unscrewed, they
should just lift out.
- Now let's see
if we can undo it.
Here we go.
- Ah, yeah!
Yeah!
- [Dick] More space.
- [Dorothy] Then we
both can do the splits.
- [Dick] Yeah, probably could.
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Now all of the
seats have been ripped out,
Dick and Angel can properly
assess what's what.
- Babes,
- What?
- It's tiny!
- [Narrator] And as far
as Angel's concerned,
size does matter.
- Not tiny.
- Well it is tiny.
- It's not big.
(Angel laughs)
- These shoes are freeze.
- [Angel] It's quite small.
- There's plenty big
enough, okay, come on.
- We need to have an extension.
- [Dick] Have to manage your
expectations about this bus.
- [Narrator] To more accurately
gauge the available space,
or lack of it,
four garden chairs
are brought in.
(Angel laughs)
- [Angel] These are quite comfy.
- Well.
(Angel laughs)
I think the chairs
here have to swivel.
By the front.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Narrator] With only five
square meters to play with,
even folding the
seats back into a bed
will use up rather
a lot of room.
- [Dick] That's six feet
which is just not enough.
We have to go to there.
- [Angel] What, for a bed?
- [Dick] Yeah.
- That's the whole
of the van. (laughs)
- Don't be silly, look
at me sleeping here.
Right, now, two meters?
- It's 190.
- That's really this much
over my head, isn't it?
- [Angel] Yeah.
- [Narrator] Even
though the bed may be
a little on the cozy side,
Dick also wants to add a kitchen
that he can use
both inside and out.
- I don't want to
cook inside there.
- Where are you gonna cook then?
- Right, if we had
a unit here, yes?
If the unit here
could go out to here,
we can have an outside
cooking kit here, could we?
- Okay, and then,
if it was raining,
I guess we just cook inside.
- [Narrator] It's
now becoming clear
that an extension would
actually be quite useful.
- How big an awning do we need?
Shake that out.
That, look.
- Yeah.
- Okay, it just
gives us a feel for.
- Okay, at this shape.
- [Dick] Yes, okay.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Alright, go on.
(Angel laughs)
- If we sit, we want
it at about there.
- Yeah?
- [Dick] Okay.
- That's nice, yeah?
- Yeah.
- Is that too big?
- No, definitely not.
- Oh dear, I thought
it was massive.
- [Angel] Will look
much more attractive
when I've got a nice fabric.
- So you mean when we stop,
"Okay quickly, get under shade!"
Kadoosh up there,
pegs out there,
posts up there, pegs out there.
Good military, good military,
military stuff.
- [Angel] William, I love it.
(upbeat piano music)
- [Narrator] As Dick still
wants to fit everything,
including the kitchen sink
into their new campervan,
he's using it's new lino
floor as a size guide.
- When you look at that
it doesn't look very big.
Hmm.
That's the limit of my kitchen.
Yeah, let's say till there.
Kitchen!
And on this side,
we all have somewhere
to sit, you a cup of tea
somewhere on the move.
So that's going to be.
We've got the loo.
So that's all going to be bit.
This is the bench.
I can then turn
this all into bed.
Da-Da-Da-Ta.
It's a good bed.
(birds chirp)
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] It's early
morning at the chateau.
And in the dining room,
Angel's busy getting
breakfast ready.
- It's been a busy old morning.
- [Narrator] Nine Citroen
cars and their drivers
are in the middle of a
3,000-mile charity tour.
And Angel's keen they're
well looked after.
- A gentleman said,
"We're touring France
in our Citroens."
I mean, Dick loves vintage.
We got married in a 2CV.
Hey love.
- Eggs are ready?
Just have to be turned
on whenever they turn up?
- [Angel] Yeah lovely.
- What's the chance of
them actually getting here?
- They're on their way.
- All Citroen cars?
- I know. (laughs)
(birds chirp)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] But when
it comes to cars,
what Angel considers vintage
is somewhat debatable.
- What have we got here?
I was expecting something
a little bit different.
- Just lovely.
- You told me
there was going to be a lot
of vintage old Citroens.
- Well there is, it,
you know, there is.
- Honey, most of
the cars aren't old.
I've been older than these.
You said, "Vintage cars".
You didn't just tell me
they were old rally cars.
- [Angel] But vintage is
20 years, isn't it, so.
- Let's go say hello.
- Well done everybody.
Hello sir.
- [Man In Blue
Puffer Jacket] Hello.
- [Dick] Nice to meet ya.
- I'm James.
- Bruce, we just sat there.
Hello.
- Hello, how are you?
Hello everyone, hi, how are you?
- You came in there as if
you've been practicing it.
(drivers laugh)
Is that the norm?
You know that swimming thing
that's all synchronized?
Is that what it was?
- It was.
- Go tell me about the
route, how far is it?
- [Man In Blue
Jacket] Oh, how far?
Well, about 4,400
kilometers overall.
(Dick imitates trumpet)
- [Dick] Right you're
ready for some breakfast?
Right, come on in,
we've got the grills on.
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] And while they're
all enjoying a well-deserved
pit stop, Rosy the cat
closely inspects their
cars' aerodynamic design.
(light dreamy music)
- [Angel] Lovely bunch
of people, doing it,
doing a lovely thing.
- Yeah.
Right, come on.
No, you can't have one.
- [Angel] I want the pink one.
- [Narrator] Up in her workroom,
Angel's pondering how
to turn an off-beat bus
into homely campervan.
- We've worked so hard
this last four years,
that this bus is like a big
fat tree for the whole family.
I'm going with a green theme.
It's gonna be quite light,
some of it's gonna
be quite mint green
because I don't want to darken,
or make the space,
the small space,
feel much smaller.
Every centimeter
counts in that bus.
- [Narrator] But for Angel,
the campervan's much more
than just a traveling tent.
- When Dick and I
first started dating,
I remember going over
to Northern Ireland
to visit the Strawbridges
and Jenny, Dick's mum,
just got so many stories
about their adventures
in their car
with all the
children and the dog.
And I just love it.
If Arthur and Dorothy are
telling these types of stories
to their kids, in
many many years,
then we've all done
something right.
- [Narrator] The
family campervan
might not have any comforts yet,
but it does have a name
and even a designer motif.
- Well the kids aren't
gonna know about
"Driving Miss Daisy", but we do,
and it just has that feel.
So we're gonna call it.
Mademoiselle Daisy.
Therefore, we have to
have a daisy in here.
And it kinda makes
sense, doesn't it?
And I want it to be,
I want it to be quite simple,
it's not going to be too fussy,
it's not going to be
too, sort of pretty.
I'm gonna definitely do
some lovely wallpaper.
And it's gonna be golden,
like scent of the daisy.
You know I'm there, I'm
thinking all of this,
like you know, design stuff.
And Dick's thinking, "How
am I gonna get a toilet
"attached to the van?" (laughs)
(upbeat classical music)
- [Narrator] Now it
has a name, a look,
and its first family
camping trip scheduled,
there's nothing from
stopping Dick and Angel
from beginning Mademoiselle
Daisy's transformation.
- I don't even know what
the finish is gonna be,
'cause you're gonna start.
This is all going isn't it?
- I think as lovely as it is,
it's a bit too nautical.
Agreed?
- Too boatlike for you?
- Well it is, isn't it?
A lot of love's gone
into this boat though.
(Angel laughs)
- Boat, yeah.
(upbeat music)
- [Narrator] And as soon
as everything's removed,
it's time for Mademoiselle Daisy
to turn from a demure ride
into an adventurous explorer.
(power tools rotate)
(birds chirp)
But picking up a bus isn't
the only thing at the chateau
that needs some
prompt attention.
Earlier this year, an
experienced apiarist,
installed three
beehives in the garden.
(bees buzz)
Now he's not only hoping
they're full of honey,
but also that he can
persuade his family
to join him in his hobby.
- [Angel] Oh Dorothy,
you're a born beekeeper.
You have no idea
how cute you look.
But you look fantastic.
- [Narrator] And as far
as Angel's concerned,
Dick's already onto a
winner with the outfits.
- This is a fantastic
little ensemble.
Do I need a belt with this Dick?
- [Dick] No, you
don't get a belt.
You know what the important
thing is a bout beekeeping?
You do exactly as I tell you.
- [Narrator] Now his impressed
them all with the regalia,
it's time for Dick to
introduce his family
to the delights of beekeeping.
- [Dick] Walk in
here nice and quiet,
we don't wanna stir
up our bees, do we?
- I'm gonna use a
little bit of straw.
(blowtorch blows flame)
(light dreamy music)
What we're going to do is,
we're going to go and look
inside one of the hives.
(light dreamy music)
You see all the bees coming in?
They've all been out
collecting the nectar
and making honey, yeah?
What we're gonna do, is we're
gonna take the lid off first
and have a look.
Right, give me a little
puff of smoke here mommy.
That's lovely.
- [Narrator] The smoke's
used to calm the bees,
which is probably a good idea
as there could now be well over
40,000 living in each hive.
- [Dick] Look at all the bees.
Come see all these
other bits here.
You know what that is?
- What?
- [Dick] That's beeswax.
That's what we use to
make candles out of.
- [Narrator] Inside the hive
there are at least 10 frames
brimming with beeswax and honey.
- [Dick] You like that?
(light dreamy music)
When you look at
this, we'll say,
"Wow, that's all honey."
- [Narrator] Dick just needs
to very carefully remove them,
without causing too
much of a commotion.
- Just brush the bees
off it very very gently.
Come on girls, we don't
want you to be hurt.
We don't want you
to be disturbed.
Stay in your house
please ladies.
We're gonna put this
in here as well.
That's, and there we are.
There's a couple in there.
- [Narrator] Extracting honey
from the bees is one thing.
Hoping Angel would make
an enthusiastic beekeeper,
quite another.
- [Angel] Baby, just
to let you know,
I'm not really enjoying this.
A beekeeper.
I love you so much.
- Okay here, look.
- [Arthur] Smoke!
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Dick and Angel,
now the wedding season is over,
can for the first time
in months, finally relax
and enjoy the last
days of summer.
And here at the chateau,
relaxing not only
means converting
a 36-year-old wedding
bus into a campervan,
but also harvesting the
mellifluous byproduct
of their bees.
- We've got everything here.
Arthur, do you wanna
pass me the first super?
That stickiness is honey.
Right, capping time.
Watch.
- Oh-oh.
- [Arthur] Yum!
- [Angel] That
does look amazing.
- [Dick] If we don't
cut the edges off them,
the honey doesn't
come out, you see?
- [Angel] It's just
got a wax top on.
- [Dick] Yeah it's
capped, they cap it off.
- [Angel] They cap
it off, ah, I see.
- [Dick] This is where the bees
have sealed the
honey store a way
in wax.
- [Dorothy] My
favorite daily work.
- [Angel] Ah, that
sound is amazing.
- [Arthur] And they fought
with a very Scottish guy.
- That is, the upsetting puke.
- Next we have to do, is
we have to, yes darling?
- How, is it come from
the bum or the mouth?
- Mouth, honey is saliva.
It's what they do, is
the bees want nectar
and turn it into honey.
- Pew.
- Saliva.
- [Narrator] Now
that's been cleared up,
Dick's next challenge is to
extract the honey and for that,
he needs a centrifuge.
(mechanism squeaks)
- [Dick] Watch.
- Oh, fab!
- It spins it around,
when it spins it around,
do you know it just, it
flings the honey out.
(mechanism creaks)
Now you see what, the honey
goes against the edge,
and it will all dribbling down.
Arthur, you remember
all the honey we had?
Can you see through that?
- [Arthur] Yeah.
- That's because all the
honey's been spun out of it.
Right, now, Arthur,
- Oh wow.
- Oh wow.
- Look at that!
Honey heaven.
- So what's coming
out of the sift,
is absolutely crystal clear.
- [Narrator] If
all goes to plan,
Dick should get each year,
up to 20 kilos of honey
from his three hives.
- Are we gonna dip in?
Straight in.
Let it run off.
Twiddle your spoon,
twiddle your spoon.
- Twiddle your spoon,
like mummy.
- Twiddle your spoon.
- I'm going in.
- [Dick] You got it,
you gonna drink it?
- [Dorothy] Yummy.
- [Dick] Wow, but.
- Tastin' the garden.
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] Outside and
after hours of sanding
and a lick of undercoat,
Mademoiselle Daisy's
about to receive
a rejuvenating facelift,
courtesy of Angel.
- It looks nice.
I mean, I did say,
"Mint."
Oh no, that is lovely.
That is lovely.
That is lovely mint green.
It feels fresh, quite
fun for the family,
but to me, it feels
sort of quite 1920s,
it's got that green, you know,
that was used everywhere.
I like it.
Yeah, it's good.
And it's bright.
You need it bright for
being such a small space.
This would be a really quick job
if I didn't have such issues
with paintbrush marks,
and also gloopy bits,
putting the tiny groove bit.
- [Narrator] As the campervan's
going to be the first family
home out on adventures,
Angel's keen to ensure
it feels homely,
and that means having
some bespoke wallpaper
and fabric printed.
- This is the next
stage of the Daisy,
and I like it!
That is a good match.
I just want to check,
'cause I haven't seen
these two together yet.
I think that's gonna
look nice when it's done.
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] In his workshop,
Dick's busy creating a compact
kitchen for the campervan,
that he can use both
indoors and out.
But it's proving
to be rather more
complicated than expected.
- I have the back of our
adventure bus, alright?
And to the door.
And the door is right in
the middle, like that.
There's the door.
Goes that way.
That's where the bus drives.
Now I got space here
for my kitchen, you see?
Got a kitchen, that's a hob,
a little sink I've been doing.
But I don't want it to be
inside the adventurebus,
I want it to be outside
the adventurebus.
So what I have to do,
is be able to get this
through that door.
Have you looked at my problem?
It doesn't fit.
Right, all is not lost,
because what I'm going to do,
is I'm going to take my kitchen
and I'm gonna chop it in half.
(saw screeches)
And having chopped
my kitchen in half,
I'm going to hinge it,
so now, here I am.
Turning it through the door.
Oh no, it doesn't fit.
But fear not!
Dum-Ta-Da-Da, let's bend it,
oh look, it's going through.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's
going through the hole,
it's going through
the hole, watch this,
out it'll come all the
way through the door.
And what I'm gonna do is
swing it around to here.
So outside, I've got a kitchen.
I think it's gonna be
a little more difficult
than this bit. (laughs)
(birds chirp)
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] Up in her attic
room, Angel's fully focused
on getting Mademoiselle
Daisy looking decent
in time for their
first camping trip.
And that includes making
a new awning for her.
So I've managed to get
this waterproof canvas.
It reminds me of like
the old tick fabric.
Me and Dick said the ideal width
would be four by four meters.
But do I want the
stripes horizontal?
Do I want the
stripes horizontal?
I don't know why, I think
they're gonna look better
coming out and down.
- [Narrator] Deciding which
way the stripes should go
is one thing, making an
awning the size of a room?
Quite another.
- Or you know what
might actually work?
(sizzors zip through fabric)
Good good.
(light dreamy music)
God, there's a lot
of material here.
There's so much to do.
(sewing machine reverberates)
- [Narrator] But it's not
just the mountain of canvas
that Angel's got to tackle,
she also needs to ensure
it'll easily open.
- This goes on the van, Dick
just sort of screws that in.
And then, This goes on like so.
And all your fabric comes out,
and just pull it into place.
I mean, it's genius.
- [Narrator] As Angel has
never made an awning before,
results may be mixed.
- You know, sometimes
you just gotta go for it
and see what happens.
(upbeat music)
Right.
(light dreamy music)
(birds chirp)
- [Narrator] Even though
Dick and Angel can make
a lot of the campervan's
new furnishings themselves,
others they have to buy.
- Guess what's in here?
- [Arthur] Chair?
- You're such smarty pants.
Right, missus, come on.
- Whoa, look at this little,
gotta get rid of all of this.
- Every shipment's like
a Christmas present.
- Oh, what is it, what is it?
I reckon you could probably
pull this back, kids.
(Dorothy shouts)
- Mommy!
- This is.
- Hmm.
- Yeah.
(Dick and Angel laugh)
It's pretty ugly.
Darling come.
- [Angel] These are
an ugly set of chairs
that's gonna go in our van.
- Let's have a look.
- Yeah.
- I fall, I fall.
- It's functional.
- Suppossed to be pretty.
- They will be, but it's
gonna be mommy's job
to make them attractive, okay?
So don't be underwhelmed.
- [Narrator] The new seats
may not be the prettiest,
but they are quite talented
in their own little way.
- Does this one swivel?
- Yeah.
- And go down.
- Yeah.
- Great.
- [Dick] So now, so
now this is the base.
- Oh.
Kids, this is your bed.
- It's not, it's our bed.
- Oh, is that our bed?
- There you go, well done.
- When we're driving in the car,
mommy and daddy in
front. (mimics train)
And then when you stop,
the chair swivels round.
So at night time, it
goes down into a bed.
Oh, that's amazing!
- We searched for a
very very long time
to get seats for this thing,
'cause we have to have
integrated seat belts
for the children
seated at the back.
Forwards and backwards.
It's the basis for a bed.
- [Narrator] Now
Dick's established
the seats'
extraordinary abilities,
it's Angel's job to
make them look good.
And to do that, she's
arranged for her daisy pattern
to be printed onto fabric.
- [Angel] I need you to tell me,
if everyone likes this fabric.
- [Arthur] Oh that's
really pretty.
- What's happening?
It's shiny!
- It's kush velvet. (laughs)
You don't like it.
When the sun's come
up, I can't see,
I'm going blind, bedazzled.
- Oh it's lovely.
- You've got the functionality,
I've got the kush velvet.
- Yeah, okay, that's
some, that's not really,
that sort of sums
us up, doesn't it?
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] While Angel
prettifies the seats,
Dick's decided to start work
on his indoor-outdoor
folding kitchen.
(upbeat dreamy music)
- Make it tighter.
(upbeat dreamy music)
Sorta making sense to me,
which is always a good start.
(upbeat dreamy music)
This is the problem.
Yes.
Can you see?
- [Narrator] Soon though,
Dick's mental deliberations
are interrupted by an
announcement of huge import.
- [Arthur] Dad!
- Yes?
- Mouse is visiting us tonight.
- What you lost a tooth?
- I lost a tooth.
- You lost a tooth!
You been kissing the girls?
- [Arthur] No, dad!
- [Dick] Lemme see, smile.
Where is it?
Did you lose it before or
after your school photo?
- Before.
- [Dick] Wow.
In France there
is no tooth fairy,
but instead un petite
souris, a little tooth mouse,
who, if you're lucky, will
leave a coin under your pillow.
- [Dick] How much is it worth?
- [Arthur] I don't know.
- I think you could get
two euros last time.
- 20.
(Dick laughs)
- I think the mouse fairy's
not gonna go for 20.
Go and look after it 'cause if
you lose it, you get nothing.
Well done, well done, gummy.
- Thank you.
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] The chateau
De la Motte Husson
is surrounded by 12 acres and
a 12,000 square meter moat.
And now there are no
weddings to organize,
Dick and chateau helper Consan
finally have chance to get
on top of a few things.
- [Dick] Okey dokey.
- [Narrator] Like cutting
back the self-seeded alders.
- I wanna see how much we
can get this cleared out.
- So if you wanna just, see if
you can just get that hooked.
And then.
- [Chateau helper] And
that wasn't here last year.
- What?
- All of that.
- It wasn't here
earlier on this year.
- [Chateau helper] No.
Well you've got goza in here.
- What's that?
- They're red berries and
you have white raspberries.
No, no, blackberries.
- Blackberries, yeah.
Mures.
- Mures.
(weed hacker roars)
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] On the
other side of the water,
Angel's fully focused on
finishing the family campervan.
- Oh, Mademoiselle Daisy.
This is so me.
I know Dick's gonna
come in and go,
"Argh, you got pillows?"
And we've not packed any
cooking stuff or toilet paper.
Tealights, starts to feel
like home, doesn't it?
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] What was once
a whimsical wedding bus,
has been transformed
into Mademoiselle Daisy,
the Strawbridge
family campervan.
Decorated by Angel throughout,
with its personal
wallpaper and cushions.
(light dreamy music)
- Au toilette.
Have to admit, I, (laughs)
was not convinced
that two Mademoiselle
Daisy fabrics
would go together.
But it somehow does.
When you've got a
small space like this,
you kinda want it to
feel spacious, yet cozy.
I love
kush velvet.
Oh gosh, I never though I'd
actually say that so much,
but I can't stop stoking it.
- [Narrator] To Angel,
it's a suitably stylish way
to go out on an adventure.
- [Dick] It's an awful lot
prettier than I thought.
- Really, do you like the color?
- I do.
Was just sorta
thinking plain colors,
but Mademoiselle Daisy
couldn't be too plain.
Let's get ready
for our expedition.
Well done.
- Well done.
What're you gonna do
with all those cushions?
(Angel laughs)
- [Narrator] Before
they head off though,
Dick's keen to show Angel
his origami-style
kitchen and sink unit.
- Unclip the back for me.
- [Angel] Okay.
- Now we do this,
we push it back in,
it comes around the
corner like this.
Comes out.
Then we swing it
around the corner,
put it into position like that.
We have to a little
bit of cooking,
we do it up there like
that, look at that.
- Oh, amazing.
- Plus, this.
- Oh look at that.
Oh, is it like a burner?
- And sink.
- And a sink.
I just think it's amazin'.
- [Narrator] As far
as Dick's concerned,
Mademoiselle Daisy's ready
for her first
family camping trip.
- Left a millimeter.
- [Dick] Really?
- Yep.
- [Narrator] Well, almost.
- Right.
- Right away from me,
and towards me, did your.
- It needs to come
down on the, your side.
It's not straight on the bottom.
Just down a tiny wee bit more.
- Right?
- Bingo.
- [Dick] Drill!
- [Narrator] Even though
Dick's worked hard
to keep things inside the
campervan to the minimum,
Arthur and Dorothy have
a rather different idea.
- Look, hold on, van's
gonna be a bit tight,
but I think we're
gonna be able to do it.
All important things.
(light dreamy music)
You need to cover your monkey.
- [Narrator] And when one
does go out on an adventure,
it's important to look the part,
or, at the very least, fit
in with the surroundings.
- [Angel] Right, let's make sure
you don't look like a pirate.
Ah-ha.
- I can't see anything.
(light dreamy music)
- Ha ha ha ha ha.
- Well I think you look
very very very
Mademoiselle Daisy.
Mademoiselle Daisy.
Okay, daddy's gonna
take that one.
- This is the first
of many expeditions.
- I know.
- In you come.
- There we go.
- [Dick] Right, let's
get you on the road.
(campervan engine starts)
- [Angel] Woo!
- [Narrator] For Mademoiselle
Daisy's maiden voyage,
first a trip through the
local village is called for.
Before arriving at an idyllic
and rather recognizable
camping spot.
- [Angel] Well this
looks quite special.
- [Dick] We're here.
- [Narrator] As it's
the family's first
overnight camping trip,
Dick and Angel have decided
to keep things close to home.
- Undo your seat belts!
- Oh Arthur and Dorothy,
I think we should change
your seat into a sofa.
- Yes!
- Sofa's going forward
a bit, that'll do.
And your sofa's going to be,
oh my goodness!
- Oh my goodness me.
- Come around, come
around, come around,
come around, come around.
- Oh yeah.
- Welcome to the sitting room.
- [Arthur] Yes!
(light dreamy music)
- Wow, it's an ancient castle
that a prince and
a princess live in.
- Oh, it's us.
(Dick laughs)
- We have to set up camp.
As a youngster we had a
caravan with an awning.
Not a.
- Did you?
- Yeah and I used to sleep in
the awning with my brothers.
And the girls slept
in the caravan.
Quite big.
One each, bring me one!
- [Angel] Thank you.
- Good.
You got it?
That will do it.
Put it there.
Go get us a bag.
(upbeat dreamy music)
We're gonna make a fire.
- [Arthur] Yeah!
- [Narrator] Now the awning's
up, and the sun's gone down,
it's dinner time and
a chance for Dick
to road-test his clever kitchen.
- [Angel] Lovely.
- It is amazing.
(upbeat piano music)
- [Dick] We can cook!
(upbeat piano music)
- [Arthur] Camping is great!
- [Dick] Right, the
burgers are ready.
- [Arthur] Look at my teeth.
- Dorothy, there's your, oops,
put it on your bottom one there.
Bon appetite.
- [Arthur] Banana pottimeny.
- [Narrator] And for desert,
the family retie
to the campfire,
where Dick's decided to
teach Arthur and Dorothy
one of life's essential skills.
- [Dick] You take
your marshmallow
and you stick it on your stick.
(upbeat piano music)
Honey you got one?
- [Angel] Yep.
- Yeah, you roast,
get it in there.
Rotate it around,
rotate it around.
(upbeat classical music)
How good is that, Arthur?
- [Angel] Oh for starters.
- [Dick] How good is that?
- Oh that is heaven, isn't it?
- [Narrator] Arthur though
soon spots something
even more exciting than
melted marshmallows.
- Oh dad, look at that moon!
- Wow, mate.
- Mom, look at that moon!
- That moon is truly,
Dorothy, come here, come here,
Dorothy, look!
(Angel gasps)
- [Arthur] Wow!
- [Angel] That is
amazing, actually.
- That is phenomenal.
If we weren't out with
Mademoiselle Daisy,
you wouldn't see
things like that.
And when you're
having an adventure,
then you get to see it.
That's what adventures are for.
That's amazing. See this
cloud goes across it,
it's like a wolf moon, Arthur.
(everybody howls)
Right, let's be having you.
You're gonna get
on with the bed?
- [Narrator] Marshmallows
eaten, and moons admired,
it's time for bed.
- [Angel] Right, there
you go, sleeping bags.
- [Dick] Take your sleeping
bag up with you darling.
- [Arthur] This one?
- [Dick] That's yours, take
it all the way up there.
Put your feet in the bag.
- [Angel] Feet like
that, we're watching!
- [Dick] Oh, this is so snuggly.
All the way under,
right, I'm coming in.
- [Arthur] And it's
all lots of space.
- Woo! (laughs)
- [Dick] We're all in.
(Angel laughs)
- [Dick] Everybody, night night.
- [Angel] Night night.
- [Dick] I love you darling.
- [Dorothy] Mommy,
I need to pee.
- [Angel] Alright,
what we need to do.
- [Dick] You need to pee pee?
(family laugh)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Next time,
Dick and Angel take
on the tack room.
- That's so manly
Mr. Strawbridge.
- [Narrator] There are
big toys for big boys.
- Always wondered how
these things go up
when I was a little boy.
Here it comes.
(Arthur knocks on door)
- [Narrator] And frightening
fun for little ones.
- [Angel] Arthur, come
and get the gloves.
(Dick roars)
(children scream)
(upbeat dreamy music)
(dramatic music)
- [Narrator] In the heart
of the French countryside,
a magnificent chateau, still
uncared for and abandoned.
(light dreamy music)
Then five years ago,
everything changed.
- [Child] Wow.
- [M1] Look at that.
- [Narrator] When an
intrepid British couple...
- Turn, turn, turn, turn.
Wow.
- [Narrator] Unlocked
its front door.
- Isn't this gorgeous?
- [Narrator] Fell in
love with its grandeur,
and embarked on an adventure.
- 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
four sumptuous guest suites
for their wedding
and events business.
But despite their hard work,
their dream 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 the
beginning of a brand new year.
- Welcome aboard Mateys.
- There's 25 tons
of stone to move.
- [Narrator] And with
business busier than ever.
- [Dick] Oops.
- [Narrator] There
are new challenges.
(hammer thuds against wall)
- Woo!
That was fun!
- [Narrator] Ensuring the
chateau's perfect for guests.
- Hello!
- [Narrator] As well as
crating a family home
filled with love.
(cork pops)
- [Angel] Woo!
- [Narrator] It's time to
find out what happens next.
- Our first adventure.
- [Children] First adventure!
- [Narrator] In this 21st
century French fairytale.
(light dreamy music)
(upbeat string music)
It's the end of the summer
and at the chateau, it's the
last wedding of the year.
(upbeat string music)
- [Marriage Officiator]
I John Buckan Morgan.
- I John Buckan Morgan.
- [Marriage Officiator]
Take you Gemma Louise Gray,
to be my wife.
- [Narrator] Over
the past five months,
Dick and Angel and their team
have hosted seventeen
celebrations.
(people cheering)
Served over 20,000 canopes
and glasses of bubbly.
(people cheering)
And cooked over 10,000
different dishes.
And though each wedding involves
weeks of planning
and preparation,
Angel wouldn't have
it any other way.
- I'm the wedding junkie.
I love them, I live
and breathe them.
If I was a millionaire,
I'm still gonna do weddings
because I love them.
- I pronounce you
husband and wife
and John, you may
now kiss your bride.
(people cheering)
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan!
(people applauding)
(light string music)
- [Narrator] Later that
evening, while everyone,
including Dorothy and Arthur,
enjoy the last
dance of the year,
Dick and Angel take the
opportunity to thank their team
for all their hard work.
- You've made our
lives this year.
- It's been a great
season for it,
and, do you wanna
know something?
Every single person who's
come to visit has been happy.
So well done.
- [Angel] Yeah.
- Cheers, you're brave as
hell, you freakin' helped yeah.
(group laughs)
(upbeat string music)
(birds chirp)
(grass rustles)
- [Narrator] The weddings
may be over for another year,
but Dick and Angel aren't
about to sit back and relax.
A few weeks ago, Dick found
something he'd been searching
high and low for, a second
hand Asquith Mascot.
- [Angel] Wow.
- It's ridiculous isn't it?
- [Angel] It is amazing.
- [Narrator] Now, Dick and
Angel have ambitious plans
to completely
transform the 1980s bus
into a fully
equipped camper van.
- [Dorothy] Wow!
- [Narrator] But before
any renovation work's done,
they all want to take
it out for a picnic.
- [Arthur] Dad, look
a treasure I kept!
- [Dick] Great!
- Yes dad, good work, family!
(Angel laughs)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] To
celebrate the occasion,
Angel's decided to make a
rather stylish picnic blanket.
- I'm gonna make a very
very quick headscarf rug.
Now, I've been collectin'
headscarves forever.
When I used to trade vintage,
I used to buy
headscarves by the kilo.
There was just something nice
about something that's homemade.
It feels special.
- [Narrator] And
as the campervan's
fulfilling one of their
family's biggest dreams,
Angel's keen to ensure that
everything is just right.
- Dick's been talking about
having the campervan. (laughs)
Since we met really.
We've always gone on a picnic,
and it's just something so
charming about sittin' outside.
We love it, it doesn't matter
how many picnics we have,
the kids, they just
never ever tire of them.
Today I'm just gonna
do the quickest.
'Cause Dick wants to
make Scotch eggs and go.
So, I'm up for that.
I love a Scotch egg.
(upbeat music)
- [Narrator] Down
in the kitchen,
picnic preparation
is well underway.
And while Arthur's in
charge of the Scotch eggs.
- I have to mush it in
with the sausage meat.
- [Narrator] Dorothy's learning
how to become queen
of the quiche.
- This has to be blind-baked.
Now watch Dorothy, see the fork?
Dumpy, dumpy,
dumpy, dumpy, dumpy.
That should stop
this getting bubbles.
And there, that's
perfect, nice and light,
nice and light.
- [Dorothy] It's now quite nice.
- [Narrator] Learning
to cook is one thing,
an extra pile of
laundry, quite another.
- [Angel] There we
go you look amazing.
- That's why I'm
wearing an apron.
- [Dorothy] Should
I use you fortly.
Then is it dirty.
- When can we go on the picnic?
- [Angel] Oh this picnic
is gonna taste so good,
because we've put
so much love in it.
- [Narrator] And Angel knows
a lot about cooking with love,
because nine years ago,
she once created a
culinary love letter
out of a pea salmon quiche.
- When your mummy
made it for me,
I think she individually
arranged every pea,
to make it beautiful.
- Every pea?
- I did the peas
in a heart shape.
- [Narrator] Today though,
Angel's romantic gestures
are getting a bit
of a soggy bottom.
- I did it in a heart.
- Okay sorry, I didn't realize,
I thought it was just a mess.
- I was gonna hold.
You just broke my heart.
- I didn't, I just reshaped it.
An made it more robust.
(Angel laughs)
- [Narrator] Also,
rather hearty,
are Arthur's
homemade Scotch eggs.
- [Dick] Time to bring
the sausage around it.
- [Angel] Oh my god, this
is gonna be in my heaven.
- [Dick] What?
- Scotch eggs.
- Now that is
a picnic, in a bowl!
(upbeat music)
Lovely.
They're huge.
- [Narrator] And once
the quiches are baked,
- Look!
- Whoa!
- [Narrator] And the
supersized Scotch eggs cooked,
- Five very large, very
lovely looking Scotch eggs.
- [Narrator] It's time to go.
- Oh that's lovely.
- Shall we get it packed
up and hit the road?
- Whoop whoop!
(upbeat music)
- [Dick] We've got
food, we've got drink,
we've got car keys, haven't we?
Jump in you two.
Hope it starts.
Choke.
(Angel snorts and laughs)
- Okay.
- Let go, let go, let go.
(door slams)
(Arthur laughs)
- [Dick] Right,
we're ready to go.
- I'm scared!
- Yeah!
First trip!
Right, ladies and gentlemen,
our first adventure.
(horn blows)
(horn blows)
We're on the road!
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] And just
three miles away,
by the banks of
the river Mayenne,
a suitable picnic spot is found.
- [Dick] I think we're
going to stop here.
- [Angel] Yeah, gorgeous.
(doors close)
- Hello!
Ecluse de corcu, 1862.
Do you know when this was built?
Six years before our chateau.
Do we like driving
the bus, by the way?
- I loved it.
(light dreamy music)
Guess what these are?
What fabric do they look like?
What do I put in my hair?
- [Arthur] Headscarf.
- Headscarf blanket!
Okay, help me out with
this one, Dorothy.
Beautiful Dorothy, there we go.
Alright, lovely.
- After you my dear.
I'll set it down there.
- [Angel] Oh, hello.
- Right.
- Dorothy, piece of quiche.
Try that Arthur, piece for you.
(hooter blows)
Bonjour!
He's actually quite civilized.
- [Narrator] And as soon
Dick's turned their bus
into a luxury campervan,
their outing should become
even more sophisticated.
- Hold on, so we need a sink,
- No sink.
- A cooker, a bed.
- [Narrator] For now though,
they're happy to toast
their future adventures
with lashings and lashings
of non-alcoholic champagne.
- Our first adventure.
- [Children] First adventure!
- Don't I love you lot.
(light dreamy music)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Summer at
the chateau is almost over
and now the weddings have
finished for the year,
- Come on Arthur,
over here mate.
- [Narrator] It's time for Dick
to start converting
his 36-year-old bus
into the family campervan.
- Right, so the
doors open, hoorah!
- [Narrator] The first thing
to go are its back seats.
- But before you go any further,
I need to go under.
See what we've got.
Aah-ha.
There are.
- [Arthur] Na na.
- [Dorothy] Millions
of thingies.
- [Dick] Arthur, pass
me a mole wrench please.
- [Narrator] Once the
bottoms of the seats
have been unscrewed, they
should just lift out.
- Now let's see
if we can undo it.
Here we go.
- Ah, yeah!
Yeah!
- [Dick] More space.
- [Dorothy] Then we
both can do the splits.
- [Dick] Yeah, probably could.
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Now all of the
seats have been ripped out,
Dick and Angel can properly
assess what's what.
- Babes,
- What?
- It's tiny!
- [Narrator] And as far
as Angel's concerned,
size does matter.
- Not tiny.
- Well it is tiny.
- It's not big.
(Angel laughs)
- These shoes are freeze.
- [Angel] It's quite small.
- There's plenty big
enough, okay, come on.
- We need to have an extension.
- [Dick] Have to manage your
expectations about this bus.
- [Narrator] To more accurately
gauge the available space,
or lack of it,
four garden chairs
are brought in.
(Angel laughs)
- [Angel] These are quite comfy.
- Well.
(Angel laughs)
I think the chairs
here have to swivel.
By the front.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Narrator] With only five
square meters to play with,
even folding the
seats back into a bed
will use up rather
a lot of room.
- [Dick] That's six feet
which is just not enough.
We have to go to there.
- [Angel] What, for a bed?
- [Dick] Yeah.
- That's the whole
of the van. (laughs)
- Don't be silly, look
at me sleeping here.
Right, now, two meters?
- It's 190.
- That's really this much
over my head, isn't it?
- [Angel] Yeah.
- [Narrator] Even
though the bed may be
a little on the cozy side,
Dick also wants to add a kitchen
that he can use
both inside and out.
- I don't want to
cook inside there.
- Where are you gonna cook then?
- Right, if we had
a unit here, yes?
If the unit here
could go out to here,
we can have an outside
cooking kit here, could we?
- Okay, and then,
if it was raining,
I guess we just cook inside.
- [Narrator] It's
now becoming clear
that an extension would
actually be quite useful.
- How big an awning do we need?
Shake that out.
That, look.
- Yeah.
- Okay, it just
gives us a feel for.
- Okay, at this shape.
- [Dick] Yes, okay.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Alright, go on.
(Angel laughs)
- If we sit, we want
it at about there.
- Yeah?
- [Dick] Okay.
- That's nice, yeah?
- Yeah.
- Is that too big?
- No, definitely not.
- Oh dear, I thought
it was massive.
- [Angel] Will look
much more attractive
when I've got a nice fabric.
- So you mean when we stop,
"Okay quickly, get under shade!"
Kadoosh up there,
pegs out there,
posts up there, pegs out there.
Good military, good military,
military stuff.
- [Angel] William, I love it.
(upbeat piano music)
- [Narrator] As Dick still
wants to fit everything,
including the kitchen sink
into their new campervan,
he's using it's new lino
floor as a size guide.
- When you look at that
it doesn't look very big.
Hmm.
That's the limit of my kitchen.
Yeah, let's say till there.
Kitchen!
And on this side,
we all have somewhere
to sit, you a cup of tea
somewhere on the move.
So that's going to be.
We've got the loo.
So that's all going to be bit.
This is the bench.
I can then turn
this all into bed.
Da-Da-Da-Ta.
It's a good bed.
(birds chirp)
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] It's early
morning at the chateau.
And in the dining room,
Angel's busy getting
breakfast ready.
- It's been a busy old morning.
- [Narrator] Nine Citroen
cars and their drivers
are in the middle of a
3,000-mile charity tour.
And Angel's keen they're
well looked after.
- A gentleman said,
"We're touring France
in our Citroens."
I mean, Dick loves vintage.
We got married in a 2CV.
Hey love.
- Eggs are ready?
Just have to be turned
on whenever they turn up?
- [Angel] Yeah lovely.
- What's the chance of
them actually getting here?
- They're on their way.
- All Citroen cars?
- I know. (laughs)
(birds chirp)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] But when
it comes to cars,
what Angel considers vintage
is somewhat debatable.
- What have we got here?
I was expecting something
a little bit different.
- Just lovely.
- You told me
there was going to be a lot
of vintage old Citroens.
- Well there is, it,
you know, there is.
- Honey, most of
the cars aren't old.
I've been older than these.
You said, "Vintage cars".
You didn't just tell me
they were old rally cars.
- [Angel] But vintage is
20 years, isn't it, so.
- Let's go say hello.
- Well done everybody.
Hello sir.
- [Man In Blue
Puffer Jacket] Hello.
- [Dick] Nice to meet ya.
- I'm James.
- Bruce, we just sat there.
Hello.
- Hello, how are you?
Hello everyone, hi, how are you?
- You came in there as if
you've been practicing it.
(drivers laugh)
Is that the norm?
You know that swimming thing
that's all synchronized?
Is that what it was?
- It was.
- Go tell me about the
route, how far is it?
- [Man In Blue
Jacket] Oh, how far?
Well, about 4,400
kilometers overall.
(Dick imitates trumpet)
- [Dick] Right you're
ready for some breakfast?
Right, come on in,
we've got the grills on.
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] And while they're
all enjoying a well-deserved
pit stop, Rosy the cat
closely inspects their
cars' aerodynamic design.
(light dreamy music)
- [Angel] Lovely bunch
of people, doing it,
doing a lovely thing.
- Yeah.
Right, come on.
No, you can't have one.
- [Angel] I want the pink one.
- [Narrator] Up in her workroom,
Angel's pondering how
to turn an off-beat bus
into homely campervan.
- We've worked so hard
this last four years,
that this bus is like a big
fat tree for the whole family.
I'm going with a green theme.
It's gonna be quite light,
some of it's gonna
be quite mint green
because I don't want to darken,
or make the space,
the small space,
feel much smaller.
Every centimeter
counts in that bus.
- [Narrator] But for Angel,
the campervan's much more
than just a traveling tent.
- When Dick and I
first started dating,
I remember going over
to Northern Ireland
to visit the Strawbridges
and Jenny, Dick's mum,
just got so many stories
about their adventures
in their car
with all the
children and the dog.
And I just love it.
If Arthur and Dorothy are
telling these types of stories
to their kids, in
many many years,
then we've all done
something right.
- [Narrator] The
family campervan
might not have any comforts yet,
but it does have a name
and even a designer motif.
- Well the kids aren't
gonna know about
"Driving Miss Daisy", but we do,
and it just has that feel.
So we're gonna call it.
Mademoiselle Daisy.
Therefore, we have to
have a daisy in here.
And it kinda makes
sense, doesn't it?
And I want it to be,
I want it to be quite simple,
it's not going to be too fussy,
it's not going to be
too, sort of pretty.
I'm gonna definitely do
some lovely wallpaper.
And it's gonna be golden,
like scent of the daisy.
You know I'm there, I'm
thinking all of this,
like you know, design stuff.
And Dick's thinking, "How
am I gonna get a toilet
"attached to the van?" (laughs)
(upbeat classical music)
- [Narrator] Now it
has a name, a look,
and its first family
camping trip scheduled,
there's nothing from
stopping Dick and Angel
from beginning Mademoiselle
Daisy's transformation.
- I don't even know what
the finish is gonna be,
'cause you're gonna start.
This is all going isn't it?
- I think as lovely as it is,
it's a bit too nautical.
Agreed?
- Too boatlike for you?
- Well it is, isn't it?
A lot of love's gone
into this boat though.
(Angel laughs)
- Boat, yeah.
(upbeat music)
- [Narrator] And as soon
as everything's removed,
it's time for Mademoiselle Daisy
to turn from a demure ride
into an adventurous explorer.
(power tools rotate)
(birds chirp)
But picking up a bus isn't
the only thing at the chateau
that needs some
prompt attention.
Earlier this year, an
experienced apiarist,
installed three
beehives in the garden.
(bees buzz)
Now he's not only hoping
they're full of honey,
but also that he can
persuade his family
to join him in his hobby.
- [Angel] Oh Dorothy,
you're a born beekeeper.
You have no idea
how cute you look.
But you look fantastic.
- [Narrator] And as far
as Angel's concerned,
Dick's already onto a
winner with the outfits.
- This is a fantastic
little ensemble.
Do I need a belt with this Dick?
- [Dick] No, you
don't get a belt.
You know what the important
thing is a bout beekeeping?
You do exactly as I tell you.
- [Narrator] Now his impressed
them all with the regalia,
it's time for Dick to
introduce his family
to the delights of beekeeping.
- [Dick] Walk in
here nice and quiet,
we don't wanna stir
up our bees, do we?
- I'm gonna use a
little bit of straw.
(blowtorch blows flame)
(light dreamy music)
What we're going to do is,
we're going to go and look
inside one of the hives.
(light dreamy music)
You see all the bees coming in?
They've all been out
collecting the nectar
and making honey, yeah?
What we're gonna do, is we're
gonna take the lid off first
and have a look.
Right, give me a little
puff of smoke here mommy.
That's lovely.
- [Narrator] The smoke's
used to calm the bees,
which is probably a good idea
as there could now be well over
40,000 living in each hive.
- [Dick] Look at all the bees.
Come see all these
other bits here.
You know what that is?
- What?
- [Dick] That's beeswax.
That's what we use to
make candles out of.
- [Narrator] Inside the hive
there are at least 10 frames
brimming with beeswax and honey.
- [Dick] You like that?
(light dreamy music)
When you look at
this, we'll say,
"Wow, that's all honey."
- [Narrator] Dick just needs
to very carefully remove them,
without causing too
much of a commotion.
- Just brush the bees
off it very very gently.
Come on girls, we don't
want you to be hurt.
We don't want you
to be disturbed.
Stay in your house
please ladies.
We're gonna put this
in here as well.
That's, and there we are.
There's a couple in there.
- [Narrator] Extracting honey
from the bees is one thing.
Hoping Angel would make
an enthusiastic beekeeper,
quite another.
- [Angel] Baby, just
to let you know,
I'm not really enjoying this.
A beekeeper.
I love you so much.
- Okay here, look.
- [Arthur] Smoke!
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Dick and Angel,
now the wedding season is over,
can for the first time
in months, finally relax
and enjoy the last
days of summer.
And here at the chateau,
relaxing not only
means converting
a 36-year-old wedding
bus into a campervan,
but also harvesting the
mellifluous byproduct
of their bees.
- We've got everything here.
Arthur, do you wanna
pass me the first super?
That stickiness is honey.
Right, capping time.
Watch.
- Oh-oh.
- [Arthur] Yum!
- [Angel] That
does look amazing.
- [Dick] If we don't
cut the edges off them,
the honey doesn't
come out, you see?
- [Angel] It's just
got a wax top on.
- [Dick] Yeah it's
capped, they cap it off.
- [Angel] They cap
it off, ah, I see.
- [Dick] This is where the bees
have sealed the
honey store a way
in wax.
- [Dorothy] My
favorite daily work.
- [Angel] Ah, that
sound is amazing.
- [Arthur] And they fought
with a very Scottish guy.
- That is, the upsetting puke.
- Next we have to do, is
we have to, yes darling?
- How, is it come from
the bum or the mouth?
- Mouth, honey is saliva.
It's what they do, is
the bees want nectar
and turn it into honey.
- Pew.
- Saliva.
- [Narrator] Now
that's been cleared up,
Dick's next challenge is to
extract the honey and for that,
he needs a centrifuge.
(mechanism squeaks)
- [Dick] Watch.
- Oh, fab!
- It spins it around,
when it spins it around,
do you know it just, it
flings the honey out.
(mechanism creaks)
Now you see what, the honey
goes against the edge,
and it will all dribbling down.
Arthur, you remember
all the honey we had?
Can you see through that?
- [Arthur] Yeah.
- That's because all the
honey's been spun out of it.
Right, now, Arthur,
- Oh wow.
- Oh wow.
- Look at that!
Honey heaven.
- So what's coming
out of the sift,
is absolutely crystal clear.
- [Narrator] If
all goes to plan,
Dick should get each year,
up to 20 kilos of honey
from his three hives.
- Are we gonna dip in?
Straight in.
Let it run off.
Twiddle your spoon,
twiddle your spoon.
- Twiddle your spoon,
like mummy.
- Twiddle your spoon.
- I'm going in.
- [Dick] You got it,
you gonna drink it?
- [Dorothy] Yummy.
- [Dick] Wow, but.
- Tastin' the garden.
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] Outside and
after hours of sanding
and a lick of undercoat,
Mademoiselle Daisy's
about to receive
a rejuvenating facelift,
courtesy of Angel.
- It looks nice.
I mean, I did say,
"Mint."
Oh no, that is lovely.
That is lovely.
That is lovely mint green.
It feels fresh, quite
fun for the family,
but to me, it feels
sort of quite 1920s,
it's got that green, you know,
that was used everywhere.
I like it.
Yeah, it's good.
And it's bright.
You need it bright for
being such a small space.
This would be a really quick job
if I didn't have such issues
with paintbrush marks,
and also gloopy bits,
putting the tiny groove bit.
- [Narrator] As the campervan's
going to be the first family
home out on adventures,
Angel's keen to ensure
it feels homely,
and that means having
some bespoke wallpaper
and fabric printed.
- This is the next
stage of the Daisy,
and I like it!
That is a good match.
I just want to check,
'cause I haven't seen
these two together yet.
I think that's gonna
look nice when it's done.
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] In his workshop,
Dick's busy creating a compact
kitchen for the campervan,
that he can use both
indoors and out.
But it's proving
to be rather more
complicated than expected.
- I have the back of our
adventure bus, alright?
And to the door.
And the door is right in
the middle, like that.
There's the door.
Goes that way.
That's where the bus drives.
Now I got space here
for my kitchen, you see?
Got a kitchen, that's a hob,
a little sink I've been doing.
But I don't want it to be
inside the adventurebus,
I want it to be outside
the adventurebus.
So what I have to do,
is be able to get this
through that door.
Have you looked at my problem?
It doesn't fit.
Right, all is not lost,
because what I'm going to do,
is I'm going to take my kitchen
and I'm gonna chop it in half.
(saw screeches)
And having chopped
my kitchen in half,
I'm going to hinge it,
so now, here I am.
Turning it through the door.
Oh no, it doesn't fit.
But fear not!
Dum-Ta-Da-Da, let's bend it,
oh look, it's going through.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's
going through the hole,
it's going through
the hole, watch this,
out it'll come all the
way through the door.
And what I'm gonna do is
swing it around to here.
So outside, I've got a kitchen.
I think it's gonna be
a little more difficult
than this bit. (laughs)
(birds chirp)
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] Up in her attic
room, Angel's fully focused
on getting Mademoiselle
Daisy looking decent
in time for their
first camping trip.
And that includes making
a new awning for her.
So I've managed to get
this waterproof canvas.
It reminds me of like
the old tick fabric.
Me and Dick said the ideal width
would be four by four meters.
But do I want the
stripes horizontal?
Do I want the
stripes horizontal?
I don't know why, I think
they're gonna look better
coming out and down.
- [Narrator] Deciding which
way the stripes should go
is one thing, making an
awning the size of a room?
Quite another.
- Or you know what
might actually work?
(sizzors zip through fabric)
Good good.
(light dreamy music)
God, there's a lot
of material here.
There's so much to do.
(sewing machine reverberates)
- [Narrator] But it's not
just the mountain of canvas
that Angel's got to tackle,
she also needs to ensure
it'll easily open.
- This goes on the van, Dick
just sort of screws that in.
And then, This goes on like so.
And all your fabric comes out,
and just pull it into place.
I mean, it's genius.
- [Narrator] As Angel has
never made an awning before,
results may be mixed.
- You know, sometimes
you just gotta go for it
and see what happens.
(upbeat music)
Right.
(light dreamy music)
(birds chirp)
- [Narrator] Even though
Dick and Angel can make
a lot of the campervan's
new furnishings themselves,
others they have to buy.
- Guess what's in here?
- [Arthur] Chair?
- You're such smarty pants.
Right, missus, come on.
- Whoa, look at this little,
gotta get rid of all of this.
- Every shipment's like
a Christmas present.
- Oh, what is it, what is it?
I reckon you could probably
pull this back, kids.
(Dorothy shouts)
- Mommy!
- This is.
- Hmm.
- Yeah.
(Dick and Angel laugh)
It's pretty ugly.
Darling come.
- [Angel] These are
an ugly set of chairs
that's gonna go in our van.
- Let's have a look.
- Yeah.
- I fall, I fall.
- It's functional.
- Suppossed to be pretty.
- They will be, but it's
gonna be mommy's job
to make them attractive, okay?
So don't be underwhelmed.
- [Narrator] The new seats
may not be the prettiest,
but they are quite talented
in their own little way.
- Does this one swivel?
- Yeah.
- And go down.
- Yeah.
- Great.
- [Dick] So now, so
now this is the base.
- Oh.
Kids, this is your bed.
- It's not, it's our bed.
- Oh, is that our bed?
- There you go, well done.
- When we're driving in the car,
mommy and daddy in
front. (mimics train)
And then when you stop,
the chair swivels round.
So at night time, it
goes down into a bed.
Oh, that's amazing!
- We searched for a
very very long time
to get seats for this thing,
'cause we have to have
integrated seat belts
for the children
seated at the back.
Forwards and backwards.
It's the basis for a bed.
- [Narrator] Now
Dick's established
the seats'
extraordinary abilities,
it's Angel's job to
make them look good.
And to do that, she's
arranged for her daisy pattern
to be printed onto fabric.
- [Angel] I need you to tell me,
if everyone likes this fabric.
- [Arthur] Oh that's
really pretty.
- What's happening?
It's shiny!
- It's kush velvet. (laughs)
You don't like it.
When the sun's come
up, I can't see,
I'm going blind, bedazzled.
- Oh it's lovely.
- You've got the functionality,
I've got the kush velvet.
- Yeah, okay, that's
some, that's not really,
that sort of sums
us up, doesn't it?
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] While Angel
prettifies the seats,
Dick's decided to start work
on his indoor-outdoor
folding kitchen.
(upbeat dreamy music)
- Make it tighter.
(upbeat dreamy music)
Sorta making sense to me,
which is always a good start.
(upbeat dreamy music)
This is the problem.
Yes.
Can you see?
- [Narrator] Soon though,
Dick's mental deliberations
are interrupted by an
announcement of huge import.
- [Arthur] Dad!
- Yes?
- Mouse is visiting us tonight.
- What you lost a tooth?
- I lost a tooth.
- You lost a tooth!
You been kissing the girls?
- [Arthur] No, dad!
- [Dick] Lemme see, smile.
Where is it?
Did you lose it before or
after your school photo?
- Before.
- [Dick] Wow.
In France there
is no tooth fairy,
but instead un petite
souris, a little tooth mouse,
who, if you're lucky, will
leave a coin under your pillow.
- [Dick] How much is it worth?
- [Arthur] I don't know.
- I think you could get
two euros last time.
- 20.
(Dick laughs)
- I think the mouse fairy's
not gonna go for 20.
Go and look after it 'cause if
you lose it, you get nothing.
Well done, well done, gummy.
- Thank you.
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] The chateau
De la Motte Husson
is surrounded by 12 acres and
a 12,000 square meter moat.
And now there are no
weddings to organize,
Dick and chateau helper Consan
finally have chance to get
on top of a few things.
- [Dick] Okey dokey.
- [Narrator] Like cutting
back the self-seeded alders.
- I wanna see how much we
can get this cleared out.
- So if you wanna just, see if
you can just get that hooked.
And then.
- [Chateau helper] And
that wasn't here last year.
- What?
- All of that.
- It wasn't here
earlier on this year.
- [Chateau helper] No.
Well you've got goza in here.
- What's that?
- They're red berries and
you have white raspberries.
No, no, blackberries.
- Blackberries, yeah.
Mures.
- Mures.
(weed hacker roars)
(upbeat dreamy music)
- [Narrator] On the
other side of the water,
Angel's fully focused on
finishing the family campervan.
- Oh, Mademoiselle Daisy.
This is so me.
I know Dick's gonna
come in and go,
"Argh, you got pillows?"
And we've not packed any
cooking stuff or toilet paper.
Tealights, starts to feel
like home, doesn't it?
(light dreamy music)
- [Narrator] What was once
a whimsical wedding bus,
has been transformed
into Mademoiselle Daisy,
the Strawbridge
family campervan.
Decorated by Angel throughout,
with its personal
wallpaper and cushions.
(light dreamy music)
- Au toilette.
Have to admit, I, (laughs)
was not convinced
that two Mademoiselle
Daisy fabrics
would go together.
But it somehow does.
When you've got a
small space like this,
you kinda want it to
feel spacious, yet cozy.
I love
kush velvet.
Oh gosh, I never though I'd
actually say that so much,
but I can't stop stoking it.
- [Narrator] To Angel,
it's a suitably stylish way
to go out on an adventure.
- [Dick] It's an awful lot
prettier than I thought.
- Really, do you like the color?
- I do.
Was just sorta
thinking plain colors,
but Mademoiselle Daisy
couldn't be too plain.
Let's get ready
for our expedition.
Well done.
- Well done.
What're you gonna do
with all those cushions?
(Angel laughs)
- [Narrator] Before
they head off though,
Dick's keen to show Angel
his origami-style
kitchen and sink unit.
- Unclip the back for me.
- [Angel] Okay.
- Now we do this,
we push it back in,
it comes around the
corner like this.
Comes out.
Then we swing it
around the corner,
put it into position like that.
We have to a little
bit of cooking,
we do it up there like
that, look at that.
- Oh, amazing.
- Plus, this.
- Oh look at that.
Oh, is it like a burner?
- And sink.
- And a sink.
I just think it's amazin'.
- [Narrator] As far
as Dick's concerned,
Mademoiselle Daisy's ready
for her first
family camping trip.
- Left a millimeter.
- [Dick] Really?
- Yep.
- [Narrator] Well, almost.
- Right.
- Right away from me,
and towards me, did your.
- It needs to come
down on the, your side.
It's not straight on the bottom.
Just down a tiny wee bit more.
- Right?
- Bingo.
- [Dick] Drill!
- [Narrator] Even though
Dick's worked hard
to keep things inside the
campervan to the minimum,
Arthur and Dorothy have
a rather different idea.
- Look, hold on, van's
gonna be a bit tight,
but I think we're
gonna be able to do it.
All important things.
(light dreamy music)
You need to cover your monkey.
- [Narrator] And when one
does go out on an adventure,
it's important to look the part,
or, at the very least, fit
in with the surroundings.
- [Angel] Right, let's make sure
you don't look like a pirate.
Ah-ha.
- I can't see anything.
(light dreamy music)
- Ha ha ha ha ha.
- Well I think you look
very very very
Mademoiselle Daisy.
Mademoiselle Daisy.
Okay, daddy's gonna
take that one.
- This is the first
of many expeditions.
- I know.
- In you come.
- There we go.
- [Dick] Right, let's
get you on the road.
(campervan engine starts)
- [Angel] Woo!
- [Narrator] For Mademoiselle
Daisy's maiden voyage,
first a trip through the
local village is called for.
Before arriving at an idyllic
and rather recognizable
camping spot.
- [Angel] Well this
looks quite special.
- [Dick] We're here.
- [Narrator] As it's
the family's first
overnight camping trip,
Dick and Angel have decided
to keep things close to home.
- Undo your seat belts!
- Oh Arthur and Dorothy,
I think we should change
your seat into a sofa.
- Yes!
- Sofa's going forward
a bit, that'll do.
And your sofa's going to be,
oh my goodness!
- Oh my goodness me.
- Come around, come
around, come around,
come around, come around.
- Oh yeah.
- Welcome to the sitting room.
- [Arthur] Yes!
(light dreamy music)
- Wow, it's an ancient castle
that a prince and
a princess live in.
- Oh, it's us.
(Dick laughs)
- We have to set up camp.
As a youngster we had a
caravan with an awning.
Not a.
- Did you?
- Yeah and I used to sleep in
the awning with my brothers.
And the girls slept
in the caravan.
Quite big.
One each, bring me one!
- [Angel] Thank you.
- Good.
You got it?
That will do it.
Put it there.
Go get us a bag.
(upbeat dreamy music)
We're gonna make a fire.
- [Arthur] Yeah!
- [Narrator] Now the awning's
up, and the sun's gone down,
it's dinner time and
a chance for Dick
to road-test his clever kitchen.
- [Angel] Lovely.
- It is amazing.
(upbeat piano music)
- [Dick] We can cook!
(upbeat piano music)
- [Arthur] Camping is great!
- [Dick] Right, the
burgers are ready.
- [Arthur] Look at my teeth.
- Dorothy, there's your, oops,
put it on your bottom one there.
Bon appetite.
- [Arthur] Banana pottimeny.
- [Narrator] And for desert,
the family retie
to the campfire,
where Dick's decided to
teach Arthur and Dorothy
one of life's essential skills.
- [Dick] You take
your marshmallow
and you stick it on your stick.
(upbeat piano music)
Honey you got one?
- [Angel] Yep.
- Yeah, you roast,
get it in there.
Rotate it around,
rotate it around.
(upbeat classical music)
How good is that, Arthur?
- [Angel] Oh for starters.
- [Dick] How good is that?
- Oh that is heaven, isn't it?
- [Narrator] Arthur though
soon spots something
even more exciting than
melted marshmallows.
- Oh dad, look at that moon!
- Wow, mate.
- Mom, look at that moon!
- That moon is truly,
Dorothy, come here, come here,
Dorothy, look!
(Angel gasps)
- [Arthur] Wow!
- [Angel] That is
amazing, actually.
- That is phenomenal.
If we weren't out with
Mademoiselle Daisy,
you wouldn't see
things like that.
And when you're
having an adventure,
then you get to see it.
That's what adventures are for.
That's amazing. See this
cloud goes across it,
it's like a wolf moon, Arthur.
(everybody howls)
Right, let's be having you.
You're gonna get
on with the bed?
- [Narrator] Marshmallows
eaten, and moons admired,
it's time for bed.
- [Angel] Right, there
you go, sleeping bags.
- [Dick] Take your sleeping
bag up with you darling.
- [Arthur] This one?
- [Dick] That's yours, take
it all the way up there.
Put your feet in the bag.
- [Angel] Feet like
that, we're watching!
- [Dick] Oh, this is so snuggly.
All the way under,
right, I'm coming in.
- [Arthur] And it's
all lots of space.
- Woo! (laughs)
- [Dick] We're all in.
(Angel laughs)
- [Dick] Everybody, night night.
- [Angel] Night night.
- [Dick] I love you darling.
- [Dorothy] Mommy,
I need to pee.
- [Angel] Alright,
what we need to do.
- [Dick] You need to pee pee?
(family laugh)
(upbeat string music)
- [Narrator] Next time,
Dick and Angel take
on the tack room.
- That's so manly
Mr. Strawbridge.
- [Narrator] There are
big toys for big boys.
- Always wondered how
these things go up
when I was a little boy.
Here it comes.
(Arthur knocks on door)
- [Narrator] And frightening
fun for little ones.
- [Angel] Arthur, come
and get the gloves.
(Dick roars)
(children scream)
(upbeat dreamy music)
(dramatic music)