Following the story of Dick and Angel as they buy an abandoned French chateau and with ingenuity, imagination and sheer hard graft, bring its 45 rooms and 12 acres of land back to life in order to restore it to its former 19th century glory. Like 10,000 Brits who move to France every year, they head off over the Channel. But this is no ordinary move. Escape to the Chateau follows the story of Dick and Angel as they buy an abandoned French chateau and with ingenuity, imagination and sheer hard graft, bring its 45 rooms and 12 acres of land back to life in order to restore it to its former 19th century glory. The scale of the task is enormous, as the chateau itself is surrounded by a moat and can fit nine new build British houses inside its footprint. With only a limited restoration budget, Dick, Angel, and family and friends rebuild the chateau.