All language subtitles for Escape to the Chateau DIY S04E08.540p.HDTV.x264-GTi.English

and along with my wife Angel
and our two children...

Welcome aboard, mateys.

..we're now five years
into restoring

this once abandoned chateau.

That is beautiful.

It's brought its challenges...

SHE SHOUTS

..and some amazing rewards.

Thank you for my flower garden,
Mr Strawbridge.

And across France,

there are dozens of other Brits who
are on their own chateau adventure.

Yay!

We'll meet some old friends...

Smile. I am.

..and new faces.

These rooms really haven't been
touched in 60 years.

And we'll reveal
more about our own chateau life.

It is SO much better in real life.

There will be highs...

Yay!

..and lows...

Oh, no.

God. What a disaster.

..as these plucky Brits...

Time is money.

..transform these once unloved
buildings into incredible homes...

I just cannot believe how much work
you've put in for us.

..as well as businesses...

..and get to live the dream as
custodians of their very own castle.

Cheers, everybody.

Today...

Oh, Maman!

..a chateau owner hosts
a very special wedding...

I think it will be there. OK.
THEY LAUGH

..although the bride has fears
over the flowers...

I just hope it doesn't tickle
the horse's behind,

because then I could go at
a frisk gallop.

One couple are in a shaky
situation...

This looks really wobbly,
Nige. Is it?

Why don't you go up and test it?
I'll... No, I'll let you do that.

..but end up having a smashing time.

And it's a race against the clock
for another couple...

It's quick, isn't it? Blimey.

..as they try not to put
a foot wrong.

No. OK. OK, OK.

He's not happy with his team
of English people, but...

SHE LAUGHS

Throughout France, numerous
Brits are enjoying chateau life

and for many of us, that means
running all kinds of events.

But there's nothing
quite like hosting a wedding,

and making someone's special day
extra-special.

Take the magnificent 16th-century
Chateau de Lalande,

sitting in 60 acres of land
and with its own chapel.

The 40-room chateau is run
as a B&B and events venue,

and has been home to Stephanie
for the last 13 years.

I forget how much we have done,

and the most important part is that
every single year is more fun

than the last and it's the process
that's the great thing.

Situated 53 miles from Limoges,
in central France,

Stephanie has been
gearing up to host

her first wedding at the chateau.

And it's going to be extra-special,

as it's for her mum Isabelle
and fiance Percy,

so every detail has to be perfect.

Oh, gosh, I hope it stops.

She's managed to restore
an old carriage,

which had been
abandoned for decades.

She's also adorned a specially built
pergola on the terrace

with over 80 metres of lace...

Lots of borders, that's fantastic.

We should use
the borders as borders.

I hope it doesn't look
like a washing line.

..and she arranged for the chapel
to be decorated with foliage.

How lovely.

But I don't know
if there is a bit of a pagan twinge?

Well, I like that.
I see you as slightly pagan.

Yeah, but the priest is not.

The big day has finally arrived.

Although Isabelle and Percy
legally tied the knot

a couple of months ago,
they'll now share their nuptials

with 30 of their
nearest and dearest.

Oh, Maman!
Oh, tres magnifique.

You look beautiful.
Tres magnifique.

I'm very proud. Thank you.
But you need flowers. Yes, I do.

Oh, beautiful! Wow.

Live-in helper Marie has arranged
all the flowers for the day,

including the bridal bouquet.

So I can leave it to dry,
but whatever you like.

Marie, it's beautiful.
I think it will be there.

THEY LAUGH

And then
we have the flowers for the hair.

SHE LAUGHS

Do you have my hairpins?
Oh, there they are.

Oh, it is beautiful,
but am I not too old for it?

Absolutely NOT, Mummy. No.
Oh, my God, you look amazing.

You look absolutely beautiful.
Thank you. Absolutely beautiful.

There's no such thing
as too old for lovely things.

No. Shall I take out
my hearing aid, then?

No.

No, they're also
extremely necessary.

Outside, the horse has arrived

to pull the beautifully restored
carriage

for Isabelle's short journey
to the chapel.

Marie has also worked
her floral magic on that.

The carriage looks beautiful,
did you see it?

I saw a little bit last night
of what she'd done. Oh.

I just hope it doesn't tickle
the horse's behind.

Nobody wants to tickle.

Haunches, because then
I could go at a...frisk gallop.

I think it's very good. Yes.

I don't recognise me.

Don't you think a little
bit of drama, like that?

Oh, darling, isn't that like, um,
what's her name? Cruella de Vil?

Yes! Yes! No, Mummy,
it looks superb.

Yeah, you need drama.
Of course you do.

Mummy, you're the bride.

Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.

You look anything
BUT Cruella de Vil.

And I look forward to the
wedding itself.

37 miles south is the stately
Chateau Gioux,

which sits in five acres of land
on the edge of the Millevaches Park.

It has four bedrooms and two salons,
and was bought recently for £280,000

by Yorkshire couple Debbie and
Nigel, who've just opened as a B&B.

We've got lots of exciting
times to come, I think.

I think the whole
package will be exciting. Mm.

We've got the room and the space,
and we've got our own business. Mm.

All the elements are there to make
it something really special,

aren't they?
Otherwise we wouldn't have done it.

Located 30 miles east of Limoges,
Debbie, who used to run a farm shop,

and Nigel, a former bar manager,
have done up three bedrooms...

Ah, wow. What do you think?
Hey, that looks fantastic.

..and welcomed their first guests.

This is Vassiviere room.

Wow. God, that's amazing.
You like it? Yeah.

Very happy here for the night.
Yeah? Yep.

Now they have their sights set
on a new project,

the run-down conservatory
at the back of the chateau.

This is an extension that was
built to the chateau,

I guess just after the war, really.
Yeah.

When it was
turned into a nursing home.

At the moment, it's just been
an area where we've dumped things.

Yeah. But we want to try make
it into a nice area,

a nice, comfortable sitting area.
Mm.

And Debbie already has
a clear vision for it.

I'd like it to be a very,
very pale Mediterranean blue

and some paintings of flowers,
wisteria on the walls,

lots of tropical plants, flowers.

Just a really green,
lovely green space.

An oasis. An oasis.
An oasis of calm.

Sounds idyllic, but looking
at the state of the room,

you've certainly got a lot of
hard graft on your hands.

Right, shall we get cracking, then?

The ceiling has to be
prepared for decorating,

the walls and rusty window frames
painted, and broken glass replaced.

Right, where do you want to start?

Where do YOU want to start?
More to the point.

Start in this corner, here? Yeah.

This looks really wobbly,
Nige. Is it?

Why don't you go up and test it?

I'll... No, I'll let you do that.
I'm not good on heights.

If it's a wobbly surface like that,
then I'll just be hopeless.

Right, here goes.

Ooh. Oh.

How about that?

SHE GASPS

Is it coming off quite well?

Yeah, not too bad,
come and have a go. No.

I don't want to have a go.

As long as I get the loose,
flaky stuff off,

that's all really I need off,
isn't it? Yeah.

While Nigel gets on with
the ceiling,

Debbie's keeping her
feet on the ground

and scraping years of old paint
off the window frames and sills.

If you asked me to do this at home
in the UK, I'd think,

"Oh, no, what a boring job."

But when you start to see
the impact you're having,

then it's...makes it all worthwhile.

Yeah, that'll do for now.

We've made some progress.

We've, uh, we've got a start
in here, haven't we?

Good start on the ceiling.

There's quite a bit of work
left to do yet.

Got to finish scraping the ceiling.

And then you've got to finish
all this...

Thanks. ..metalwork.

Well, you've made a good start,

but the hardest part is still
to come,

to get this extension up to scratch.

Coming up...

..one chateau owner
gets into some DIY demolition.

Doesn't it look better without
a false ceiling?

It really does make it
look like a real kind of cathedral.

At Lalande...

I'm off.

..the wheels are in motion
for the big arrival.

Mummy was made for a carriage,
wasn't she?

And at Debbie and Nigel's...

Rub it hard, squeeze it,
get all the air out.

..they learn the meaning of
handiwork.

This is like going back to
playschool, isn't it?

That's very good. In fact, I think
you're doing a better snake than me.

The majestic 19th-century
Chateau de Brives

sits in 30 acres of land...

..with five outbuildings
and 25 rooms.

It's been home to antique dealers
Sarah and George

and their children,
Tatiana and Alexi, for nine years.

We definitely realised
on the very first day

that this was the house we wanted.
Yeah. That we would love, yeah.

That this was going to be our home.
Certainly.

Located 58 miles from Bordeaux,
to make the chateau pay its way,

Sarah and George are turning
their home into a wedding venue...

So this will be the bride's
dressing room, in here.

..and have worked hard
promoting the business

to try and get a booking THIS year.

With these fantastic photos,

with the effort
that everyone's put in,

I'm sure we will find a couple
who would love to get married here.

Those efforts seem to have paid off,
with their first ever wedding

booking for over 80 guests
happening at the end of the summer.

We are absolutely thrilled to be
having our first wedding. Yes.

I can't tell you. It's the icing
on the cake, isn't it? It is.

But we're still nervous. Yeah.
Well, I'm certainly nervous.

Yeah, and I think as we get
nearer to the date,

we'll get even more nervous.
We definitely are nervous.

Being our first one. Yeah.

I'm not surprised they're nervous.
While they may have a booking,

they don't actually
have a reception venue yet.

So they need to transform
their 19th century coach house

into an event space, rather
than the dumping ground it is now.

George ropes in daughter
Tatiana to help.

I'm going to go up here,
start banging on these.

Then, as they come down,
you clear up, I'll stop.

I'll tell you
when one's going to fall, OK?

To make a feature of the roof,

George is removing the joists
which held a landing.

Right, this is going to swing.

It didn't swing as much
as I thought it would.

Bit over-exaggerated.

Doesn't it look better without
a false ceiling?

It really does make it
look like a real kind of cathedral.

That's good. OK.

So you'll get the last bits of that,
right? Well done.

Success!

Well, it just looks so much bigger.

Once these two beams here that are
hanging under the big beam

are taken off, you look up,
it's just, yeah.

Really, really pleased.

Next on the to-do list is to
knock through a bricked-up doorway

to create an entrance
into what will become

a special bar for the wedding.

So you, you, you get there.

And what I'm going to do, Tati,
is to hack off this,

which is the old plaster,
to reveal the stone underneath.

Are you all right? Yeah.

Oh, that's, that's come off nicely.

And that panel there is the door
that's been blocked up.

There's the lintel over the top
and a large piece of oak.

That goes down behind these
two long planks of wood,

so that will go through to where
we're going to have the bar.

A good afternoon's effort,

but you've got your work cut out
as all the stone walls

need to be exposed and repointed,
to be wedding ready.

115 miles away, at Chateau Gioux,

Debbie and Nigel have spent the last
two weeks stripping the ceiling

and painting walls and window
frames in their neglected sunroom.

Now they're faced with the job
of replacing the broken windows.

It's challenging, because I've never
put any glass in before,

and I don't have all the tools
that I need to be able to do it.

I haven't got a putty knife,

I'm limited on the amount of putty
I've got,

so it's going to be
quite a challenging operation.

So in other words, you're not really
prepared, are you, Nige?

HE TUTS
No. No.

Oh, dear. This doesn't bode well.

Here we go.

Anybody outside? No. No.

Everything's clear?
Everybody's clear.

There we go.

That was quite clean, wasn't it?
Yep.

So far, so good.

But you still need to take out
all the old putty

and put the new glass in.

When it comes out easily,
it's satisfying.

When it doesn't, it's a...
It's difficult.

Debbie has a project of her own
too, also a first for her.

Because we want to have this
as a garden room,

my idea was to have
a meadow on the walls.

So try make it look
a little bit more like

the garden is coming into the house.

I've never painted a mural
in my life before,

so it could be really interesting.

It could be that we need to
get the blue paint out

and paint over it again,

but we'll just give it a try
and see what happens.

That's the spirit!

Angel used our garden
as inspiration

when she created her
tower of curiosities...

..with help from her artist friends.

There was a very basic brief.

The brief was
it's a Botanical Suite Tower.

We want to incorporate something
from the garden.

It certainly impressed my mum,
who was staying with us.

Oh, my word.

Well, I say... Look at that too.

That's beautiful, Angela.

Now it's Debbie's turn.

I'm thinking first, I'm going
for the brown, sort of grassy look.

But it's really difficult,
because it's such a bobbly wall.

My idea is to try and get
sort of halfway up the wall,

so the idea is it's
more of a meadow, a meadow scene.

It's a bit abstract, isn't it?
Abstract, yeah.

SHE LAUGHS

As Debbie cracks on,
Nigel prepares the putty.

The window is fine, it's cleared,

this is the part
that I'm not sure about.

Not sure how much putty to put in,
how to put it in, how to glaze it.

So I'm going to make it up
as I go along.

A thin bead of putty will hold
the glass in place

and give an airtight finish.

So we need it in long strips.

Debbie downs her paintbrush to lend
a hand with putty preparation.

OK. It says rub it hard, squeeze it,
get all the air out.

That's it. And then roll it out
as a snake. OK.

I bet mine is better than yours.
I'm sure it will be.

I'll do this a bit like that.
SHE LAUGHS

OK. This is like going back to
playschool, isn't it?

Yours is very good. In fact, I think
you're doing a better snake than me.

It's a bit fat in the middle.
It is, yeah.

Sausages made,
it's time to put it in place.

Right, so if you can get a thin bead
all the way along there.

Along this bottom edge? Yes.

Perfect, yeah,
that's exactly what we needed.

SHE LAUGHS
I can't stop it falling off.

Don't get it dirty,
we haven't got much putty.

If it was up to me glazing windows,

then we wouldn't be getting
very far,

so I'm leaving that to Nigel.
I'll do the snakes.

It's not an easy job, isn't this.

Especially
when it's your first time.

I think we're
just about ready for the glass.

With glass costing 80 quid a sheet,
Nigel can't afford to make mistakes.

Does it fit? God knows. Yes.

Can you see how,
when you push the glass...? Yeah.

You squeeze it
so there's a good airtight finish.

That looks so much better already,
doesn't it? Yeah.

Then just finish around the outside
and after a lick of paint,

it'll be waterproof.

It's not one of my favourite jobs,
isn't this.

Something I'm not very good at
and it takes a lot of patience,

and I've not got a lot of patience.

I'm happy with that.
It looks good, Nige. Thank you.

Not bad, Nigel,
especially for a first time.

Now, Debbie can get back
to her own job.

I think it's, OK, yeah.
I think it's not bad.

I think proper artists might have
something to say about it, but...

Right, how are we doing?

What do you think, Nige?
I think that looks fantastic.

The sun room,
as we used to call it,

is looking now quite summery
and garden-y,

so I think we should maybe call it
the garden room. Do you think so?

Yeah, it's got plants in it.
Henceforth to be known as

the garden room. Henceforth
the garden room.

So it's now the garden room.

All it needs are a few finishing
touches and I'm sure it'll bloom.

37 miles north,
at Chateau de Lalande,

it's half an hour until the
wedding ceremony is due to start.

Stephanie's mother Isabelle will
make her way to the chapel

in the newly restored carriage.

It looks lovely.

And look at Gerry, where are you?

Oh, yes, look at this. Look at that.
Well, I was thinking...

Gerry arrives to see Isabelle off.

..if they need somebody to
ride the horse.

You look lovely. Thank you.
You look lovely.

And so do you, darling,
you look lovely. Thanks.

Now for the bride to be escorted
to the chapel,

but careful not to mistake
the horse's groom

for YOUR groom, Isabelle.

Congratulations!
THEY LAUGH

Goodbye, goodbye!

I'll tell Percy! Goodbye!
THEY LAUGH

I'm off.

To make the most of
the short journey,

they go the long way round
down a local lane,

while Stephanie nips across the lawn
to greet the priest,

who'll be doing the blessing.

Mummy was made for a carriage,
wasn't she?

SHE LAUGHS

She seems to have got quite close
to the man doing the carriage.

Yes, she does, doesn't she?
Have to watch that.

APPLAUSE

We made it safely.

If you and Percy wait together
whilst we all go in.

The big moment has finally arrived,

Isabelle and Percy's vows
in front of family and friends

from all over the world.

ALL: # Amazing Grace

# How sweet the sound

# That saved a wretch

# Like me.

La force de l'amour.

Chaque jour.

Je crois en l'energie creatrice.

Thank you very much.

A good day to all of us,
the priest wishes us.

Woo-hoo! Yeah!

Bring them on! Keep walking along!
SHE LAUGHS

Congratulations to the happy bride
and groom.

Let the festivities
back at the chateau begin.

Coming up...

Got my new comb.
Oh, you've got your new comb, yeah.

..Debbie and Nigel's garden room
is about to blossom.

I think that might look nice
mounted on the wall.

I think that might detract
from the paintings, I don't know.

What do you think? We don't want to
detract from your paintings.

At Chateau de Brives...

I'm really nervous.

Here it comes. Oh, my gosh.

..it's all hands on deck.

Got quite a lot of lumps in my side.

I think I've got a bit
more work to do.

And at Stephanie's...

We need a knife, we need a spatula.

Stephanie. Where is my daughter?
Where is the organiser?

..there's a hitch cutting the cake.

Oh, my goodness, not this one.

We took the blood off it first.

Over in south-west France,

after two months of hard graft,

the walls in Sarah
and George's coach house

have been exposed and re-pointed.

However, there's no rest
for the chateau owners,

as, today, they have
to create a new floor.

Well, we're off to lay the concrete.

Cement lorry coming in half an hour.

Get things ready and then
all go, all afternoon.

Bonjour.

Local builder Frederic,
his wife Isabelle,

and Sarah and George have laid
the reinforcing steel mesh.

Now, they'll have to work as a team

to spread the 10,000 litres
of concrete.

Now, we're just waiting
for the cement lorry,

which should be here
in ten minutes,

and then it's all hands to the deck.

Oh!

He said it's going to be "physique".

Physique. Oh, gosh,
I'm quite scared.

Yeah!

It comes in a big chute,
and then we have to spade it

into the wheelbarrows.
Into the wheelbarrows. Yeah.

It doesn't get into the
wheelbarrows? Oh, my God, no.

I'm going to be dead at the end.

It's going to be really quick.

Right, OK, so we're ready?

We're ready.

Just in time for lorry number one.

As well as working against the clock
to lay the concrete before it sets,

lorry number two is due
in 90 minutes.

Sarah and George really
will need to get stuck in.

How exciting.

HE SPEAKS FRENCH

C'est pas mal.

Have you seen my grass?

I'm really nervous.

I'm just worried
I'm not going to be quick enough.

Here it comes. Oh, my gosh.

Ugh.

Looks like someone being sick.

I've only got this, Georgie.

What? Like a baby's rake.
No, darling, that won't work.

Oh, God, I thought that
might not go down very well.

What can I do?

Should I do it with a shovel?

OK.

Each cubic metre of concrete
weighs over two tonnes.

I can tell you,
it's back-breaking work,

especially under time pressure.

Ugh.

It's quick, isn't it? Blimey.

OK, OK.

Right.

Mine doesn't look quite as
good as everybody else's.

After 30 minutes of raking,
the concrete is starting to stiffen,

making it harder to level...

I think they're doing really well,

I've got quite a lot
of lumps in mine, on my side.

I think I've got a bit
more work to do.

How are you doing, Georgie?

..and it's vital that the patches,

which are now even,
aren't disturbed.

No.

OK. OK, OK.

He's not happy with his team
of English people, but...

He's all right.

To be fair, he is responsible
for getting it all even

before the concrete starts to set.

Keep going now.

No.

Oh, la-la.

Frederic's working
against the clock,

with the help of his
automatic laser level,

but there's a problem.

Oh.

Quoi?

Oui. Oui, oui. OK.

I think the machine
is really important,

cos that's what gives you the
height the concrete has to be at,

and without that, you'd be
on your hands and knees,

measuring every ten seconds.

Disaster averted.

But there's no excuse
for a break, you two.

That second lorry load of
concrete is on its way.

115 miles away, in Central France,

Debbie and Nigel are close to
finishing their garden room.

Having ploughed all their money
into buying the property,

they need to count
the pennies when renovating.

We've got financial constraints,

in terms of we can't do
everything immediately.

Chateau on a shoestring.

Chateau on a shoestring, yeah.

Now it just needs
a few finishing touches,

and a good way to save money,
as Angel and I know, is to up-cycle.

This is a day bed that
we had...was left, actually,

by the previous people.

It was in one of the bedrooms.

Where do you want it,
in that corner?

So we thought the perfect place.
I think in that corner, Nige.

Righty-ho.

Right.

Right, those need to go on the...

On the day bed.

Very nice.

Got me new comb. Oh, you've
got your new comb, yeah.

I think... Where, in the window?
I think, just...yeah.

All manner of things can be used to
add some rustic charm to a room.

I think that might look nice
mounted on the wall.

I think that might detract
from the paintings, I don't know.

What do you think? Oh, I don't want
it to detract from your paintings.

I think we'll just
leave it there for now.

Leave it there for now
until we decide. Yeah.

That...

OK.

Great, as long as there's
enough room for people to sit.

Yeah, that looks good like that.

What are we going to do about
this rust? It's part of it.

I know you like everything
pristine and glossed white,

but I don't, I think it's fine.

Looks perfect. Just
adds to the character?

Adds to the character,
yeah, it does.

I'd like to paint it. No.

OK, dear.

Not a problem.

I just do as I'm told.

And this little thing, which you
said was a fly. It isn't a fly.

It's definitely a fly.

Fly don't have antennae
like that at the front.

That's not a bee,
it's a fly. It's a bee.

The fly-bee.

As a beekeeper,
I don't recognise it.

I think it's a really, really
nice room. Nice sitting area.

It is, yes. Time for a cup of tea.

Shall we sit in here,
with a cup of tea?

I think that's a good plan.
I'll go and put the kettle on.

All right.

From being a redundant room
full of rubbish,

it's turned into a nice little
extension to our garden, I think.

Couldn't have put it
better myself, Debbie.

Everything that we do in
the chateau, we enjoy.

Everything we do
makes the place better.

It makes it better and it
seems to bring it back to life.

Tea, there you go. Lovely.

And it's lovely just
looking out, isn't it?

Looking out over the estate.

The paddock. The paddock.

There's nothing quite like
a well-earned cup of tea

when you've ticked off
another job on the list.

37 miles north at Stephanie's,

after the ceremony in
the private chapel,

it's time to start celebrating her
mother Isabelle's marriage to Percy

with a champagne reception.

Ah, cheers, all. Cheers. Cheers.

It was my most anxious moment,
the chapel moment,

because it does mean
something to me.

Did you finally feel like a bride?

Yes, I did. I did.

Yeah, but the point is...
Job done, then.

Did you feel like a groom?
I'm not sure.

I had tears in my eyes.
Did you? But you didn't notice.

No, I didn't see that.

Today's idyllic.

I can't believe how perfect it is,
after all this stress.

My mother always, always
says, "I don't want a fuss,

"I do not want a fuss,
I am very humble, very simple."

And then the minute there's a party,
she's just the star of the show.

Look at her, she's reclining
on a carpet, in the courtyard,

under a parasol,
with Percy feeding her titbits.

SHE LAUGHS

A bride's prerogative, I suppose.

And no wedding reception is complete
without one age-old tradition.

We've decided to cut the cake.

My incredibly dodgy, floppy,

first-ever-attempt-at-a-wedding-cake
cake.

And we thought that we should do
it in front of the carriage,

because it's been a big
part of the day.

It's lovely. Isn't it pretty?

It's looking great, but Stephanie
seems to have overlooked something.

We need a knife, we need a spatula.

Stephanie, where is my daughter?

Where is the organiser?
Where are the plates?

Oh, my goodness, not this one.

We took the blood off...

Are you sure you did? OK.

Darling, you'd better come here.
Look.

Don't you dare.

Ladies and gentlemen...

The cutting of the cake.

CHEERING

Done.

You have to feed each other.

Do we? Open your mouth, darling.

THEY LAUGH

It's all yours.

Make the most of it.

What a beautiful day,

but it's not over yet.

With a six-course dinner
to prepare for 30 guests,

Stephanie's still got
her work cut out.

Coming up...

..Sarah and George
make a fatal error.

He wants a wheelbarrow full of
concrete and we've used it.

And at Stephanie's, there's
one more surprise for the bride.

Oh, how wonderful.

Stephanie!

Thank you very much. This is lovely.

I love you, darling.

In South West France...

..Sarah and George have been
working against the clock

to lay the floor in
their coach house.

It's far harder work than I thought.
Really hard work.

But we've done six metres cubed,
we've got four to go.

The second lorry load
of concrete has now arrived

and there's no let-up in
the pressure to spread it evenly.

SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Oui, oui, merci.

I'll leave it for a sec.

Trop?

SARAH LAUGHS

Yeah.

Oui? OK.

There's more concrete than
the height of this door,

so we've got to shovel this out.

Because otherwise the doors
won't close.

Luckily, the excess concrete
can be put to good use

as there are a few gaping potholes
in the chateau's driveway.

Oh, God. I've left a blob. Look,
that's no good. I'll get told off.

Whoops.

Tell him we've got to get
lots more out. Really? Yeah.

We could get rid of the...
But we need lots, darling.

Yeah, the big one, down there.

Yeah, but he can't continue
until we get rid of it.

OK. That's what we're saying.

Now, it's a race against drying
concrete to remove the excess.

Oh, no.
SARAH LAUGHS

That's one way to get
rid of it, Sarah.

In an effort to get the concrete
out as fast as possible,

everyone grabs a
wheelbarrow and runs.

Wey-hey.

I've just dropped that big
wheelbarrow up there.

So, you've got one great big
pizza in the drive now.

Oh, lovely. Yeah.

As Frederic's been so
busy smoothing the floor,

he's not noticed
something's missing.

FREDERIC:

SARAH:

Oui.

He wants a wheelbarrow
full of concrete.

What shall I do?

He thought there was too much,

but he left it there just in
case and now he needs it.

And we've used it.

Do you want me to...? I
can go and get...

I can go and scoop my lovely new
drive off, if you want.

You ask him, darling.

Judging by the expression
on Frederic's face,

I think you know the answer, Sarah.

Ooh!

What are you doing, darling?

Taking coal to Newcastle?

I need to scoop it all off.

BOTH LAUGH

Back in the barn, Frederic still
doesn't have enough concrete.

I think I'm going to go
and get my pizza.

Well done, Georgio.

Right, there's my big pizza.

SARAH:

Et bravo, George.

Finally, Frederic is smiling.

So, did you smooth it
back down again, or not?

Where you dug out?

Excuse me? Yeah, you obviously have.

We've got too much now.

With the last bits
smooth and levelled,

Sarah and George's coach house
transformation

has come on leaps and bounds.

It's a great space.

It was much quicker than
I thought, actually. Yes.

I don't know what the time...I've
no idea what the time is.

No, you worked very hard, darling.

There was a time earlier on
that I was thinking

I was going to have to sit down.

It was very physical.
It was hard work.

Your wedding barn is
well on the way,

and once that floor is
dry and polished,

I reckon it will look incredible for
the wedding in three months' time.

125 miles away, in Central France,

Stephanie's busy preparing
a six-course dinner

for Isabelle and Percy's
evening banquet.

We're actually doing really well

and the first three
courses are nearly done.

And now, we're just
starting to put the fourth,

the main course, together,

which will be in the oven
whilst we're eating the rest.

Outside on the terrace, some of
the wedding guests are helping

to add the final touches to
Stephanie's lace-covered pergola.

We'd better work out
how many we've got

so we have an equal
number on each strand.

Right, I'll make the
couscous last minute.

So, I'm not going to do
that just yet.

Um.

OK, got it, go. You sure?

Yeah, yeah, go.

Right.

OK.

I'm going to go then
and check on my mother and...

..I'm going to go
and show her the table.

In just three days, Stephanie's
turned the 30-metre terrace

into a setting for a
wondrous wedding banquet.

The specially-built pergola has been
draped in over 80 metres of lace

and decorated with
foliage from the grounds,

flowers, chandeliers
and fairy lights.

Isabelle and Percy have
a surprise in store

as they haven't seen
the fully-adorned terrace.

Oh, how wonderful.

Stephanie.

Oh, it is so beautiful.

Smart. Very nice. It is lovely.

I love it, darling.

Good.

I think Stephanie has
achieved the impossible.

I think it's quite amazing.

A real transformation.

Now time for everyone to
dine in true chateau style.

CORK POPS

Do sit down.

Cheers, everybody.

ALL: Cheers!
GUEST: To Isabelle and Percy.

Thank you all.

And to all of you,
thank you for being here.

Cheers and bon appetit.

As dusk descends, the
chateau takes on a magical look.

Oh. "Isabelle et Percy".

Yes.

In chateau style,

a wedding tradition started
in the 19th century...

And it's down in one piece.

Oh, wow!

..a croquembouche,
made by a local bakery.

Thank you.

Well done, darling, well done.

I'll just taste this one,
just to make sure it's OK, Percy.

I'd like to thank everybody
who's here tonight.

To Stephanie,

I originally thought
I would do this in French,

but I'll just say, merci beaucoup.

GUESTS LAUGH

And you really made this a very
special day for me and for Isabelle.

Thank you so very much. Thank you.

GUESTS CLAP

Thank you very much for saying yes.

Thank you for being a good friend

and a very special person
for the last six years to me.

Thank you very much.

And... Thank you, darling. ...I
will try to make you very happy.

Thank you. ALL: Aw!

GUEST ROLLS TONGUE IN CELEBRATION

A more beautiful bride
there has never been. Ah.

It's been brilliant, much
more than what I anticipated

and very ecstatically happy.

And...oh...

Yes, and my day has been
absolutely wonderful too.

Highlights of today -

seeing my mother in the carriage,

seeing the chapel being used,

seeing the terrace like this and
hearing Percy's beautiful speech.

I loved today.
I think it was a great success.

It was so beautiful.

I would love to see more happy
people getting married here.

Well, what a glorious day.

Stephanie has done
Isabelle and Percy proud

and all her hard work has paid off.

Cheers. GUESTS: Cheers.

Next time...

This is probably, yeah,
my worst nightmare.

It's panic stations at
Debbie and Nigel's...

I'll leave you to do this.

Yeah, I was going to say,
you just get out the way.

..Sarah and George try to
woo a wedding couple...

And then there's a little
courtyard outside,

I know you wanted a gin bar.

SARAH LAUGHS

..and Stephanie plans
a Renaissance revival.

I would like a four-poster in here,
but I don't think I can afford one.

But standards start to slip.

This is disastrous.

It's only disastrous because
you've got a defeatist attitude.

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