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In 2018 a new series called Series/EscapeToTheChateauDIY began, which focused on other Brits were also in the chateau business or were about to start their own. While the show has Dick doing the voiceover, it sometimes bounces back to Dick and Angel working on new things or mentoring the newbies.

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In 2018 a new series called Series/EscapeToTheChateauDIY began, which focused on other Brits were also in the chateau business or were about to start their own. While the show has Dick doing the voiceover, it sometimes bounces back to Dick and Angel working on new things or mentoring the newbies.
newbies. However, Dick and Angel have now left the series which is now renamed ''Chateau DIY''



* BigFancyCastle: Well, ''"château"'' is French for Castle, and once Angel took care of the inside it was fancy.

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** In Series 8 Dick and Angel have now repaired the roof and had the front facade render replaced making this soon to be a memory.
* BigFancyCastle: Well, ''"château"'' is French for Castle, and once Angel took care of the inside it was fancy.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Dick was an engineer in the Army. He was also a regular on Series/ScrapheapChallenge and was a semi-finalist on Celebrity Masterchef. He masterminds most repairs and expansions, and does the cooking for their guests.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Dick was an engineer in the Army. He was also a regular on Series/ScrapheapChallenge and was a semi-finalist on Celebrity Masterchef. He masterminds most repairs and expansions, and does the cooking for their guests. As well he did a series called ''It's Not Easy Being Green'' about being self sufficient, he tries to reuse whatever they are able to keep and several of the spaces use Solar Panels and Wind Turbines to power them.



** Also Angel's Father Steve is a retired Jeweller which he was to be used with restoring the Windows but in the later series he made a second key from scraps of Silver and a new Weathervane.



* LanguageBarrier: When the series started Angel and Dick were weak on their French, Dick even spoke a mixture of French and English, however by the last series Dick and Angel both speak French much easier.



* PickyEater: Averted. Arthur and Dorothy love a good range of food and are willing to try new things, though snails and oysters weren't a great success.

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* PickyEater: Averted. Arthur and Dorothy love a good range of food and are willing to try new things, though through snails and oysters weren't a great success.


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** In Fact in the episode when they turned the stables in the Granny Flat they removed a window to the storage only for them to retrieve it minutes later for a picture frame


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** In later series, he has used the chateau's plans which they have framed in the Salon drawing the plans on the washable marker.

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