Château DIY (formerly known as Escape to the Château DIY until 2020) is a Channel 4 formatted documentary television series which follows the stories of various families who are renovating châteaux in France, or looking at ones to purchase. The original series Escape to the Château DIY was narrated by Dick Strawbridge who, along with his wife Angel Adoree, provided help and advice to some of these owners until 2020. The programme was spawned from the associated series Escape to the Chateau.
In 2021, the programme was rebranded as Château DIY with new narrator Adjoa Andoh. Chateau DIY has run for 5 series, with further series planned. The brand has been extended with Christmas specials that aired starting in 2021. A spin-off series titled Chateau DIY: Living the Dream, focusing on one chateau per episode, was commissioned in 2023 for More4. Another spin-off series, Chateau DIY: Win The Dream, featuring competing contestant aiming to run their own chateau, started airing on Channel 4 in January 2026.
Escape to the Château DIY
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 4 commenced on 23 March 2020 and was scheduled to run to 30 episodes. Covid-19 interrupted filming and editing, so only 20 episodes were broadcast up to 17 April 2020.
Series 5
Series 5 commenced on 30 November 2020.
Château DIY
In December 2020, Channel 4 ordered 60 new episodes from Spark Media Partners for broadcast in 2021 and 2022. The programme was renamed Château DIY following the decision by the Strawbridges to withdraw from the DIY offshoot and retain the brand Escape to the Château.
Series 1
Series 1 of Château DIY, presented by Adjoa Andoh, with 30 episodes, began airing on 27 September 2021 on Channel 4.
Christmas 2021
Four Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 20 December 2021.
Series 2
Series 2 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 30 May 2022. Fifteen episodes were broadcast.
Series 3
Series 3 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 22 August 2022. Thirty episodes were broadcast.
Christmas 2022
Five Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 19 December 2022.
Christmas 2023
Five Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 18 December 2023.
Series 4
Series 4 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 21 January 2024, with thirty episodes broadcast.
Christmas 2024 series
Five Christmas-themed episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 commencing on 16 December 2024.
Series 5
Series 5 of Chateau DIY began airing on Channel 4 on 31 March 2025, with thirty episodes broadcast.
Christmas 2025
Featured châteaux and owners
- Abbaye de la Bussière (Clive & Tanith Cummings)
- Château Caillac (Angela & Stephen Hall)
- Château Chomet (Debbie and Dave)
- Château de Bois Giraud (Tanya Field, Marian Parker & Katharine Parker)
- Château de Bourneau (Erin Choa & Jean-Baptiste Gois)
- Château de Brametourte (Paul & Alison)
- Chateau de Bruges (Graham Hutson and family)
- Château de Brives (George & Sarah Haslett)
- Château de Cadres (Debbie Cherry, Paul, Aaron, Harriet & Hannah)
- Chateau de Cézérac (Jon and Carmen Parker)
- Château de Dohem (Wendy & Marcus)
- Château de Gère (Trish)
- Château de Jalesnes (Jonathan Cooke & Michael Halpin)
- Château de Joli Bois (Ben & Vanessa Leech)
- Château de la Basmaignée (Gwendoline & Billy Petherick)
- Château de la Boutiniére (Alison & Zion)
- Château de La Fare (Philip & Janet Barnard-Brown)
- Château de la Grillère (Tim and Sharon)
- Château de la Motte-Husson (Dick Strawbridge & Angel Adoree)
- Château de La Ruche (Tim & Rebecca Jones)
- Château de La Vigne (May & Guy)
- Château de Lalacelle (Terry Short and Ashley Waters)
- Château de Lalande (Stephanie Jarvis)
- Château de Lassalle (Christina & Sassan Aminzadeh)
- Château de Lomenie (Ashley Adams & Johnny Darko)
- Château de Montvason (Emma & Paul Golledge)
- Château de Pican (Jane and Rory)
- Château de Rosières (Amy & Marc)
- Château de Saugé and Moulin du Couesnon (Donna & Paul)
- Château de Seguenville (Becky & Mark)
- Château de Saint-Ferriol (Sophie Duncan and James McDonald)
- Château de Thuriés (Jayne & Steve Simmonds)
- Château des Lys (Tim & Margreeth Alexander)
- Château des Vieilles Vignes (Nick and Nicole)
- Château d'Humières / Château de Lucheux (Nicole Albert & Stephan Botte)
- Château du Bailleul (Philip & Angelina Baillie-Smith)
- Château du Doux, Limousin (Abbie, Ross, Karen & Clive Young)
- Château du Masgelier (Fiona Jones)
- Château du Puits es Pratx (Tim and Sasha)
- Château Flore (Ithaca & Alexandre de Boncourt)
- Château Gioux (Debbie Bell & Nigel Lawson)
- Château Le Fleur (Anna & Philipp Mayrhofer)
- Château La Briance (Matt & Helen)
- Château La Grande Maison (Ben & Billie Mitchell)
- Château La Perriere (Paul & Karen Horne)
- Château Lagorce (Edward & Anna Holmes)
- Château Larribau (Julia & Paul)
- Château Les Bernards (Simon & Debbie)
- Château Madame (Steve Mack)
- Château Mareuil (Belinda & Lee Prince)
- Château Mas du Pradié (Julia Fulford-Kirby)
- Château Monteil / Domaine de la Barde (Tim & Krys Birch)
- Domaine de la Salle (Mariam & Jono)
- Chateau Trois Cloches (Chris Smith & Jolyon Latchmore)
- Grande Maison La Pinelle (Bart and Sarah)
- Le Vieux Château (Brian & Donna McDougall)
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Adaptation
In October 2024, it was announced an Australian version of the series will be commissioned by Nine Network in 2025. The five episode series will be produced by Spark Media Partners for the 9Network in association with Cineflix Rights.
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