For families dreaming of fleeing the UK in search of sunshine during lockdown, theirs was the ultimate success story.
Having spent £280,000 on a dilapidated 45-room chateau in France, replete with moat but devoid of electricity and water, Dick Strawbridge and his wife Angel begin the gargantuan task of making it habitable.
A television crew charted every triumph and disaster as Chateau de la Motte Husson was painstakingly brought back to life.
The resultant documentary Channel 4 s Escape To The Chateau (ETTC) which first aired in 2016 and enraptured the nation in 32 episodes, over seven seasons, has become one of the station s most popular shows.