‘It's a living museum!'

Dick and Angel Strawbridge on the next chapter in their French chateau’s history

- Elaine Reilly

The coronavirus pandemic has meant that Dick and Angel Strawbridge’s 45room French chateau, a popular wedding and events venue, has temporarily closed its doors to guests.

But the irrepressible couple, along with their kids, Arthur, seven, and six-year-old Dorothy, have still been super-busy behind the scenes, as fans are discovering in the latest series of Escape to the Chateau, which continues on C4 this week.

Here, Dick, 61, and Angel, 42 – whose weekday afternoon spinoff Escape to the Chateau: DIY also returns for a new series this week – take time out from filming to tell TV Times how their 19th-century home continues to fascinate them...

What has it been like having a film crew back at the chateau?