Escape To The Chateau stars Dick and Angel Strawbridge have escaped France to do their Christmas shopping in London.
With Angel’s bright red hair and Dick’s bushy beard and handlebar moustache, they were easily recognisable as they wandered the streets of Mayfair.
Dick, 63, wore a navy blue jumper and maroon trousers under a long coat and plaid scarf.
Spree: Escape To The Chateau stars Dick and Angel Strawbridge have escaped France to do their Christmas shopping in London
He added a flat cap on his head and walked hand-in-hand with wife Angel, 44, who wrapped up in a green coat.
She added eye-catching yellow trousers and a black scarf, while carrying a shopping bag with ‘The Chateau’ written on it.
Dick and Angel bought 47-room Chateau-de-la-Motte, in the Loire Valley for £280,000 in 2015, after selling their two-bedroom flat in East London for £400,000.
![Standing out: With Angel's bright red hair and Dick's bushy beard and handlebar moustache, they were easily recognisable as they wandered the streets of Mayfair](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567985-11536565-image-a-2_1671005890936.jpg)
Standing out: With Angel’s bright red hair and Dick’s bushy beard and handlebar moustache, they were easily recognisable as they wandered the streets of Mayfair
![Cosy: Dick, 63, wore a navy blue jumper and maroon trousers under a long coat and plaid scarf](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567949-11536565-image-a-29_1671007383960.jpg)
Cosy: Dick, 63, wore a navy blue jumper and maroon trousers under a long coat and plaid scarf
Their adventures restoring the castle on the Channel 4 show have attracted audiences of up to three million.
It was recently confirmed that Channel 4’s ninth season of Escape to the Chateau will be its last after six years of filming.
Dick and wife Angel, who met in 2010 and have two children together, confirmed that they ‘have cherished every second… the good, the bad and the ugly’.
![Promotion: They were seen carrying a shopping bag with 'The Chateau' written on it](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567955-11536565-image-a-15_1671005983310.jpg)
Promotion: They were seen carrying a shopping bag with ‘The Chateau’ written on it
![Smitten: He added a flat cap on his head and walked hand-in-hand with wife Angel, who wrapped up in a green coat](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567991-11536565-image-a-31_1671007426737.jpg)
Smitten: He added a flat cap on his head and walked hand-in-hand with wife Angel, who wrapped up in a green coat
![Stylish: She added eye-catching yellow trousers and a black scarf around her neck](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567961-11536565-image-a-32_1671007446167.jpg)
Stylish: She added eye-catching yellow trousers and a black scarf around her neck
![Sprawling: Dick, 63, and Angel, 44, bought 47-room Chateau-de-la-Motte, in the Loire Valley for £280,000 in 2015, after selling their two-bedroom flat in East London for £400,000](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/62974057-11536565-Dick_63_and_Angel_44_bought_47_room_Chateau_de_la_Motte_in_the_L-m-20_1671006054836.jpg)
Sprawling: Dick, 63, and Angel, 44, bought 47-room Chateau-de-la-Motte, in the Loire Valley for £280,000 in 2015, after selling their two-bedroom flat in East London for £400,000
![Popular: Their adventures restoring the castle on the Channel 4 show have attracted audiences of up to three million](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567965-11536565-image-a-3_1671005893112.jpg)
Popular: Their adventures restoring the castle on the Channel 4 show have attracted audiences of up to three million
![Loved it: Dick and wife Angel, who met in 2010 and have two children together, confirmed that they 'have cherished every second... the good, the bad and the ugly'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567945-11536565-image-a-4_1671005904793.jpg)
Loved it: Dick and wife Angel, who met in 2010 and have two children together, confirmed that they ‘have cherished every second… the good, the bad and the ugly’
And the couple have experienced many highs and lows over the years as they renovated a run-down chateau.
The venue now hosts fairytale weddings in the Pays de la Loire region – and in 2019, it was valued at £2million.
After searching for the chateau for four years, the pair bought the sprawling 19th century building in 2015 after swapping their two-bed home in east London.
![Ups and downs: And the couple have experienced many highs and lows over the years as they renovated a run-down chateau](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567947-11536565-image-a-5_1671005907853.jpg)
Ups and downs: And the couple have experienced many highs and lows over the years as they renovated a run-down chateau
![Impressive: The venue now hosts fairytale weddings in the Pays de la Loire region - and in 2019, it was valued at £2million](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567957-11536565-image-a-6_1671005910627.jpg)
Impressive: The venue now hosts fairytale weddings in the Pays de la Loire region – and in 2019, it was valued at £2million
The series is full of arguments and tiffs over stressful renovations, precious moments with their children Arthur, nine, and Dorothy, eight and creating happy memories with newlyweds.
The chateau has since been valued at £2million but the couple also cash in through TV rights from Channel 4 for the series and its day-time spin off.
Dick and Angel also host fairytale weddings receiving up to £38,000 per wedding. The average price, however, comes out at around £19,000.
![Purchase: After searching for the chateau for four years, the pair bought the sprawling 19th century building in 2015 after swapping their two-bed home in east London](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567951-11536565-image-a-7_1671005919669.jpg)
Purchase: After searching for the chateau for four years, the pair bought the sprawling 19th century building in 2015 after swapping their two-bed home in east London
![Hit: The series is full of arguments and tiffs over stressful renovations, precious moments with their children Arthur, nine, and Dorothy, eight and creating happy memories with newlyweds](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567971-11536565-image-a-8_1671005922440.jpg)
Hit: The series is full of arguments and tiffs over stressful renovations, precious moments with their children Arthur, nine, and Dorothy, eight and creating happy memories with newlyweds
![Doing well: The chateau has since been valued at £2million but the couple also cash in through TV rights from Channel 4 for the series and its day-time spin off](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567977-11536565-image-a-9_1671005925587.jpg)
Doing well: The chateau has since been valued at £2million but the couple also cash in through TV rights from Channel 4 for the series and its day-time spin off
Last year, it was reported that sources close to Spark Media, the independent production company that filmed the first four series of ETTC, had accused Dick and Angel of bullying.
Dick was accused of pushing one crew member around a room, and threatening to throw another ‘out the f*****g window’ while brandishing a hammer. Both were also said to have sworn at TV staff.
Meanwhile, the show apparently haemorrhaged producer directors (PDs) during the first four series: three out of six left prematurely following rows — an exodus ‘unheard of’ in television, it’s claimed.
![Raking it in: Dick and Angel also host fairytale weddings receiving up to £38,000 per wedding. The average price, however, comes out at around £19,000](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567983-11536565-image-a-10_1671005928501.jpg)
Raking it in: Dick and Angel also host fairytale weddings receiving up to £38,000 per wedding. The average price, however, comes out at around £19,000
![Accusations: Last year, it was reported that sources close to Spark Media, the independent production company that filmed the first four series of ETTC, had accused Dick and Angel of bullying](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567989-11536565-image-a-11_1671005932708.jpg)
Accusations: Last year, it was reported that sources close to Spark Media, the independent production company that filmed the first four series of ETTC, had accused Dick and Angel of bullying
Dick and Angel — deeply dismayed by the accusations — wasted no time in categorically denying them. In detailed testimony via their representative, the couple have emphasised not only the warm atmosphere among the team that currently makes their show, but also their long-held, high professional standards, which they say has helped bring their chateau fantasy to successful fruition.
And no one can deny that theirs is the original entrepreneurial dream come true, powered largely by the determined Dick, who has decades of experience in television.
With such high standards, the Strawbridges say, of course, comes high pressure — yet, still, their representative stressed that production members associated with the couple over many years found ‘working with our clients at the chateau is a lovely experience.’
![Awful: Dick was accused of pushing one crew member around a room, and threatening to throw another 'out the f*****g window' while brandishing a hammer. Both were also said to have sworn at TV staff](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567981-11536565-image-a-13_1671005937839.jpg)
Awful: Dick was accused of pushing one crew member around a room, and threatening to throw another ‘out the f*****g window’ while brandishing a hammer. Both were also said to have sworn at TV staff
They also made accusations of their own of outrageous behaviour among the Spark’s production team.
Meanwhile, Channel 4 has denied all knowledge of the row, saying in a statement: ‘Channel 4 does not tolerate bullying or abusive behaviour in any of its productions.
‘Channel 4 was not aware of any of the alleged behaviour by Dick and Angel as described in these claims, which we understand relate to a period well before the current producers started making the series.’
The series was coined in 2014 after an executive at Spark Media heard that Angel and Dick, a former army officer who has appeared as an engineering expert on TV shows such as Channel 4’s Scrapheap Challenge, were leaving their two- bedroom flat in Southend, Essex, for a new life in France.
![Mass exodus: Meanwhile, the show apparently haemorrhaged producer directors (PDs) during the first four series: three out of six left prematurely following rows ¿ an exodus 'unheard of' in television, it's claimed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567963-11536565-image-a-14_1671005942341.jpg)
Mass exodus: Meanwhile, the show apparently haemorrhaged producer directors (PDs) during the first four series: three out of six left prematurely following rows — an exodus ‘unheard of’ in television, it’s claimed
![Denial: Dick and Angel ¿ deeply dismayed by the accusations ¿ wasted no time in categorically denying them](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/14/08/65567975-11536565-image-a-21_1671006221667.jpg)
Denial: Dick and Angel — deeply dismayed by the accusations — wasted no time in categorically denying them
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