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In the heart of the French
countryside, a magnificent chateau
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stood uncared-for and abandoned.
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Then six years ago,
everything changed...
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Wow. Look at that!
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...when an intrepid
British couple...
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Turn, turn, turn.
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Wow. ..unlocked its front door...
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Everything is gorgeous. ..fell in
love with its grandeur
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and embarked
on an adventure.
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It's so incredibly important
to bring it back to life.
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Since they moved in,
engineer Dick Strawbridge...
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...and his wife, designer Angel,
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have transformed
almost all 45 rooms,
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including four sumptuous guest
suites for their wedding
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and events business.
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But despite the hard work,
their dream often
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resembled a nightmare.
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You should not be able to see
the sky out of your roof.
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Behind every
romantic story is the reality.
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This year, life at the chateau
has been rather different.
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I'm on Heron Island!
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With no weddings and events to
host...
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We need a roof garden up here.
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O level mathematics from 1975.
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...they can tackle
bigger projects than ever.
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This I'm thinking is a big
swimming pool.
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I've got a headache.
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And there are lots of surprises
in store...
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SCREAMING
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Let's have a little look.
Let's see if it will open.
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...as the chateau
reveals more secrets.
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I love it. It's so me!
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It's time to find out what happens
next
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in this 21st century
French fairy tale.
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I think this is a good reason
to buy a horse.
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The seasons are changing.
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And autumn is beginning
to make its presence felt
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at the chateau.
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With 12 acres of land to explore...
The adventure starts.
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...Dick and Angel are keen to show
Dorothy and Arthur
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the colourful changes happening
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right on their own doorstep.
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There's a lot of conkers falling
down now.
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And there are few things
more autumnal than a forest floor
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covered in conkers.
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It's amazing!
I've never seen one like that.
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Look at that!
They're all odd shapes,
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because they've all been
grown together.
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This is a sweet chestnut, Arthur.
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Come here a minute...
second. It's a tickle job.
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Look at me!
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HE LAUGHS
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You cannot walk with conkers
in your pocket, like that.
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If you'd let me know,
I'd have brought my handbag!
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Just further up the path,
there's another seasonal sight...
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...and it's a Strawbridge
family favourite.
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Oh! Yeah.
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You can just see the blue
of how many there are there.
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Oh! They're ready
because they're big.
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We never used to collect sloes
until after the first frost,
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but if we leave those for much
longer, there won't be any
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because the birds will
have them away.
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This year's sloe gin.
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I think we have to get sloe
gin on the go. I think so.
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It may be the beginning
of autumn, but Dick's keen to keep
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the summer clays going for
just a little bit longer.
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I think I need an ice cream
after that adventure.
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Who wants an ice cream?
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When Dick and Angel first moved
into the chateau five years ago,
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their to-do list was interminable.
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Asbestos, lead paint,
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ZOO-plus pages of reasons
not to buy a house.
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And the sheer scale of work
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has meant some of their original
dreams are still waiting
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to be realized.
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I've got my notebook as requested.
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But this year, with more time
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on their hands, two rooms
can finally receive
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some extra attention.
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The family salon and its adjoining
turret, a space Angel
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has had designs on since
the very first moment she saw it.
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I'm thinking that everything is
around shelves and we just sit
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here with our books.
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How high? To the ceiling.
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The original plans
were five years ago
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so all bets are off.
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Tell me what part of this I don't
remember properly.
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From here going all the way around,
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there'll be bookshelves, window gap,
bookshelves, hold on...
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If we take this as an example,
one, two, three, four, five, six,
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seven, eight, nine, maybe come down
to the bottom making a tenth one.
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And then there's about sort of...
Call it three. That's 30.
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That's 120 of those bookshelves
that size.
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That's quite a lot of bookshelving.
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The turret room sits within
the chateau's pepperpot tower
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with its distinctive curved walls.
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The shelves that circle the room
will have to curve too.
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The most interesting thing is going
to be finding all the books
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and seeing how many we've got.
I can't wait, honestly.
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OK. Plans.
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Moving through to the salon,
Angel has high hopes.
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When we first came, this ceiling
was really, really worn.
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And the rose, it was kind of grey
and worn and I loved it.
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But when the ceiling got painted,
it stuck out like a sore thumb.
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And honestly, it was like the day
or two before our wedding.
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And we ended up saying,
"Let's get it painted
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"and then we'll deal
with it later."
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I'm homing in to what has to be
done. just that ceiling? No.
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So the ceiling, I'm going to do
it in the lustre
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that's on the walls.
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A lustred ceiling? Lustred ceiling
is going to give it
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a little bit of texture.
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And I'm going to fill it, the rose.
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I'm happy that I can deal
with the ceiling.
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Dick may think he's
got off lightly, but Angel
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is about to illuminate him.
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The light's never been right
and I have found a design
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that I like and it's...
it's just beads.
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Again, don't worry about it
until I'm a step ahead,
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but it's a big chandelier.
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Do you know what? This pain behind
my left eye that comes up
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when you sort of say things like,
"don't worry about that yet."
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I will need your help with the
wiring. I will need your help.
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Yeah, but hold on. I'm just going to
say the thing that annoys me most
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about this light is the lack
of light.
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If you're making a light
feature, you have to think
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about the light getting out.
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I will, I'll think about that.
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That sounds so much
"There, there, Dick."
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I've always felt you patting
me on my bald patch there.
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Having just about convinced Dick
of her vision for a new light
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to enhance the salon, Angel
and Sasha set to work clearing
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the room in readiness
for Operation Ceiling Rose.
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I'm going to put
this on the sofa.
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So that's alL..not get comfy.
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Right, there we go.
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Oh, my goodness me,
you are making me dizzy.
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Your voice echoes.
I know to do this.
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ECHOING: Look up!
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Once the room's new acoustics
have been tested by Arthur
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and Dorothy, Angel can get
on with decorating
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with her all-time favourite lustre
paint.
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This paint,
I love it.
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Just brings whatever it is,
if it's a dilapidated wall
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or if it's a colour
I don't quite like, I put
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this on it and it's magical.
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Before applying even a lick of
paint
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to the ceiling,
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there's the rather necessary
prep to do and for Angel,
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it's something of a passion.
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I actually genuinely love
cleaning.
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I'd make a brilliant cleaner.
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Just satisfying, isn't it?
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All right.
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But before committing to an entirely
lustred ceiling,
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Angel does a test patch.
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It is how I pictured it sort
of being quite dappled because,
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you know, the light hits it so many
different places. I think
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I'm just going to go for it
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and then work out
if it's the right thing to do.
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That's kind of the way
that I always roll.
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Also on a roll is Dick.
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With an abundance of sloe berries
on their doorstep, Dick
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is on a mission to harvest
them in time.
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The things you have to do
for your sloe gin, eh?
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However, there's one thing standing
in his way.
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Bramble bushes.
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Getting a bit scratched up.
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Never mind.
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Despite the prickly conditions,
Dick battles on,
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determined nothing
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will come between him and his gin.
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The salon ceiling has now
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been painted in glorious lustre
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and all it needs is Dick's nod
of approval.
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Have you changed the ceiling?
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You taking the mickey?
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No, no.
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What do you mean, have I changed it?
Have I painted it?
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That's the new colour?
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Yeah. OK.
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I didn't realise. You're happy.
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Yeah, I'm happy.
I found some brilliant filler
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that I think we've got to
potentially try
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and fill some of the
edges in.
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First things first, we get
rid of the light.
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I have no idea how I attached that.
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I've forgotten completely.
I know how you attached it.
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H ow?
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With a grumpy face.
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That's a fake laugh,
isn't it?
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Got to turn the power off.
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If I can remember which
bloody switch it is.
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Salon.
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Are the lights off, Angela?
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Angela?
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No.
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Lights off? Yeah,
they're off now, baby.
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Nothing like a bit of
communication.
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Lights are off. Lights off.
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Dick can now safely examine
the wiring and to do that, he needs
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to use his head.
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Right, missus...
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We're off.
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All right, so we're going to have a
light bulb hanging from there,
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aren't we? It's better than
no light, isn't it? Yeah.
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Now it's up to Angel to turn
the electricity back on.
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There's only one switch down.
That's the one. Turn it up.
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All right.
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Using the same clear communication
method as before.
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You have to shout quite loud.
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OK, I'm turning on!
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Is it on?
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No. Really?
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Yay!
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Thank you!
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I think that was on.
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Good.
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Not sure why we need
a chandelier at all.
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Look at that - thing of beauty.
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Never get away with it.
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As the leaves start to turn
on the trees, the chateau is gearing
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up to turn heads with Angel's plans
for an eye-catching chandelier
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in the salon.
Was this the one you wanted? Yes.
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60cm in diameter.
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This rusty metal ring has given
her a lightbulb moment.
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That is... Call it six, seven by...
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So it's twice as long. So that means
it's going to be 1.2m!
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That's huge. It is.
But it needs to be.
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The issue is is that if we find
the light fitting,
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they have to be connected to this,
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otherwise, I just get a straight
line. And they have to curved.
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Angel's been inspired by
the 19th century Empire style
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made fashionable by Napoleon's
first wife, Josephine.
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We're talking 19th century
here, yeah?
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Well, it became popular with
the first empire - French Empire -
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that's why people always...
Napoleon? Yeah. Josephine.
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This is the exact shape.
This is the Empire shape.
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To illustrate her vision,
Angel has a miniature example.
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Can I suggest we take off
all the crystals?
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These are really good
for Christmas trees.
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Remember our first Christmas,
when we had no money?
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We had to use the crystals
from an old chandelier.
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It was lovely. You came up with
that idea -
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your creative side, darling.
Yeah, I let it out for a minute.
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I must have had a bottle of port.
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I'm finding
the component parts.
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Now crystal-free, the structure
of this mini-chandelier will form
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the top of their new light.
250
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How come we've ended up with an
extra dingle-dangle?
251
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I like that. Don't take that away
just yet.
252
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That's broken. Have you just broken
it? It wasn't broken before.
253
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I can fix that one.
254
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You give me this. Yeah.
255
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We'lljust do a very simple
world-famous knot.
256
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This is going to be the distance
below that that you want.
257
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Yeah. Measure the vertical
separation, please,
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between those two circles.
OK, don't move it!
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I feel like you've just moved
it there, a little bit.
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But if Angel wants her dream light
realised, she'll need to channel
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her inner empress
to keep Dick on side.
262
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OK. I can see that face.
263
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Yeah. This is where I become
Josephine.
264
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Jezebel! Jezebel, Jezebel,
get thee behind me!
265
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Right, OK.
He's after an Empire light.
266
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And every show-stopping light
needs a solid stage to perform from.
267
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My mission is to have a look at the
rose and see what state it's in.
268
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I am really nervous,
because I'm not an expert.
269
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Definitely, I feel like that is such
an artisan type of job.
270
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But I know that there are a couple
of really big cracks
271
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and there are some really big
gaps that scare me.
272
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Oh, gosh. It doesn't look
in brilliant order.
273
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I don't want to, but I think
there is some filling
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that I can't not address.
275
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I've never done this before.
276
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I mean, how do you practise? How do
you practise, like, a rose
277
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on a ceiling that's 150 years old?
278
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Angel, though, does have one skill
279
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that might just give
her an advantage.
280
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I guess I'm not terrible at sort
of, like, you know,
281
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icing cakes.
282
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But this has turned into a really
big job.
283
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But, actually, this Christmas,
it's going to be magical in here.
284
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SHE LAUGHS
285
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Restoring the ceiling rose
is one thing -
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creating a new chandelier,
quite another.
287
00:16:17,870 --> 00:16:22,280
And to do that, Angel has had to
enter forbidden territory -
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Dick's new workshop. But neither
glass nor crystals in sight,
289
00:16:27,180 --> 00:16:30,000
because Angels design is made
from wood.
290
00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:37,430
If you think how many of these
little beads are going to take
291
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to actually make the chandelier,
292
00:16:40,110 --> 00:16:42,510
it's going to be...it's going
to be thousands.
293
00:16:44,590 --> 00:16:49,510
All Angel needs is quite a bit
of time and a lot of patience.
294
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This is going to be a time-consuming
job. I know that.
295
00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:57,080
But what I love is that the light
is part of the chateau.
296
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And, you know, my friends and
family sort of say, like,
297
00:16:59,870 --> 00:17:02,920
"l like your light." It's a lovely
story to tell.
298
00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:17,160
Once Dick has reclaimed residency
of his man cave, the focus turns
299
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from woodwork to metalwork. Angela
always makes things really easy
300
00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:22,280
when it comes to lights.
301
00:17:22,310 --> 00:17:27,080
So I've got to suspend my crown
above my bottom in three places.
302
00:17:27,110 --> 00:17:30,080
So I'm sort of getting my head
around this.
303
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I'm just getting the flaky bits off,
that's all.
304
00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:40,920
Because Angela wants this look.
305
00:17:40,950 --> 00:17:44,880
The chandelier
is a lot of history.
306
00:17:47,190 --> 00:17:50,560
This part of it must be
a an old barrel ring.
307
00:17:50,590 --> 00:17:55,000
A cooper - what, 100 years-plus
ago? - will have made this to hold
308
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in the specially shaped bits
of wood from the barrels.
309
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I don't know where she came up with
the idea from
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and, quite honestly,
it's, um...
311
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My problem is beads are not known
for letting light out.
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Some trigonometry.
313
00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:11,850
Bit of trigonometry. When was
the last time I did that?
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Tan 60 degrees
315
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equals opposite over adjacent.
316
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This is 200.
317
00:18:19,910 --> 00:18:24,960
So if I multiply 200 by the tan
of 60, which is 1.7032,
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that's going to be a 346.
319
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That gives me 120 degrees there.
320
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,280
O Level mathematics from 1975.
321
00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,390
I have here...
322
00:18:46,550 --> 00:18:50,440
This is the equivalent
of this being here,
323
00:18:50,470 --> 00:18:51,570
this being here.
324
00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:56,080
What I have to do is get my piece
of metal
325
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to go from this point to this point
326
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with a nice curve on it.
327
00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,120
That's the first element done.
328
00:19:19,150 --> 00:19:21,830
To be fair, I don't think you're
going to see much of any of this,
329
00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:25,240
except for the bit sticking out
the top, when she's finished.
330
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We shall see.
331
00:19:27,110 --> 00:19:28,800
Lights - that's what I need next.
332
00:19:33,150 --> 00:19:38,040
As Angel's elegant vision starts
to come to life, in the salon,
333
00:19:38,070 --> 00:19:42,010
she checks up
on her ceiling-rose handiwork.
334
00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,520
Thatis".
SHE LAUGHS
335
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That is solid.
336
00:19:45,830 --> 00:19:48,120
I am so, so, so chuffed with that.
337
00:19:48,150 --> 00:19:53,160
Right. I'm two steps away
from having this rose finished.
338
00:19:53,190 --> 00:19:57,010
A quick sanding and undercoat,
Angel's ready to paint,
339
00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,320
and no prizes
for guessing which colour.
340
00:19:59,350 --> 00:20:00,520
I love this so much.
341
00:20:00,550 --> 00:20:03,880
I just... I just want to paint
everything in it.
342
00:20:03,910 --> 00:20:08,570
It's got a bit of bling,
but it's...but it's subtle.
343
00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,730
I think that's quite like me.
SHE CHUCKLES
344
00:20:14,230 --> 00:20:17,040
This...this is gorgeous.
345
00:20:17,070 --> 00:20:19,450
The little grapes sort of coming
down and,
346
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,730
oh, just the little flowers.
347
00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,010
It's truly, truly stunning.
348
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,320
Just putting lustre over things,
349
00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:28,880
it does bring out detail,
because the light reflects
350
00:20:28,910 --> 00:20:30,880
on it in a different way
to...
351
00:20:30,910 --> 00:20:34,650
Obviously, light reflects
over matt.
352
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:35,960
And I'm liking it.
353
00:20:35,990 --> 00:20:38,650
I want to see that detail.
354
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,890
But I don't want to have it shoved
in my face.
355
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,170
It's not just the rejuvenated
ceiling rose and bespoke chandelier
356
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,480
on Dick and Angel's to-do list.
357
00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:53,010
I need to understand
what goes where.
358
00:20:54,350 --> 00:20:58,200
There's also the transformation
of the pepper-pot tower
359
00:20:58,230 --> 00:21:00,650
into a vast floor-to-ceiling,
curved library.
360
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,200
I bought her a book on training
puppies, she never looked at it.
361
00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:06,450
No, I'm going to when... She's not
a puppy any more!
362
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,760
Right.
And that means just one thing -
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00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:12,400
shelves, and lots of them.
364
00:21:12,430 --> 00:21:14,840
OK, so where do we start
the book shelf?
365
00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:16,450
How does it go around? Hmm.
366
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,040
That's interesting, because
I'd always thought
367
00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:23,680
it would come to the door.
Can I walk in through?
368
00:21:23,710 --> 00:21:27,760
The doorway starts to feel...
I think you have to go back.
369
00:21:27,790 --> 00:21:30,290
Yeah, I agree, as well, but not
too much.
370
00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,970
Like, sort of, my hand's width,
yeah?
371
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,200
There? Yeah. OK, about there?
372
00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:37,690
Yeah. OK.
373
00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:43,840
Over the years, Dick and Angel
have collected hundreds of books.
374
00:21:43,870 --> 00:21:45,760
Books, books, books,
books.
375
00:21:45,790 --> 00:21:48,090
But before they can
display them,
376
00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:50,400
they first need to find them.
377
00:21:50,430 --> 00:21:52,940
I'd forgotten clean about these.
ANGEL GASPS
378
00:21:52,970 --> 00:21:55,170
Right, upstairs, my room.
379
00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,250
Oh, look! Ha-ha! Only you could
have a book on camouflage.
380
00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:10,690
So, in here... Children's,
children's. One, two, three.
381
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,370
That's an awful lot of books.
382
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,170
All right.
I haven't seen some of these. Huh?
383
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,810
Well, you bought me a lot of these,
so... Oh, maybe I have.
384
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,840
Look, do you remember this?
The Modern Baker. Honestly,
385
00:22:23,870 --> 00:22:26,200
I think that was our second
Christmas.
386
00:22:26,230 --> 00:22:28,660
And this one, The Complete
Hostess Guide.
387
00:22:28,690 --> 00:22:30,200
I mean, with the best cover ever.
388
00:22:31,410 --> 00:22:32,940
Look.
389
00:22:32,970 --> 00:22:36,300
Soon, Dick and Angel forget
the job
390
00:22:36,330 --> 00:22:38,660
and are lost in precious
memories.
391
00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:41,410
Yep, look at that one. Oh.
I didn't know you had this.
392
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,530
Shelley. Well, you bought me that.
393
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,300
I just need to kiss you.
394
00:22:46,330 --> 00:22:50,050
I did... I didn't... Because I've
got my version downstairs.
395
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,660
What is this? The Modern Cook.
396
00:22:53,930 --> 00:22:55,670
That is beautiful.
397
00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:02,080
There is history in there.
Yeah.
398
00:23:02,110 --> 00:23:06,640
But this kind of peace
at the chateau never lasts for long.
399
00:23:06,670 --> 00:23:11,030
I'm looking at this and I think
sorting the books is going
400
00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:13,390
to be as big a task as actually
just doing the shelves. No.
401
00:23:13,420 --> 00:23:16,310
You've got the biggest task, babe.
No, no, don't... Wait, wait.
402
00:23:16,330 --> 00:23:19,590
I want them sorted... Don't
underestimate the shelf-making task.
403
00:23:19,620 --> 00:23:21,870
I want sorting to be taken
equally seriously.
404
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,890
Let's go, let's go.
Straight to the gate.
405
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,890
It may only be the beginning
of autumn,
406
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,280
but the Strawbridge family is
already thinking ahead to Christmas
407
00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:44,610
and are on a forage
for sloe berries.
408
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,890
For Dick's home-made sloe gin.
409
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,170
There's loads around the corner.
410
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,610
However, Dick's earlier endeavours
411
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,690
to clear the bramble bushes
may have been fruitless.
412
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,120
I think the birds have already
started to eat them.
413
00:23:57,140 --> 00:23:59,560
There's no sloes on there, is there?
414
00:23:59,590 --> 00:24:01,360
Is this the right bush?
415
00:24:01,390 --> 00:24:03,640
Oh. Oh, I'm feeling pain.
416
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:07,530
Do you see one? There's one.
417
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,360
Oh, I've found another one!
There's two.
418
00:24:09,390 --> 00:24:11,640
There's a second one.
There's a second one over here.
419
00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:14,720
Drink responsibly.
420
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,360
Sadly two sloe berries
421
00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,890
do not a festive liqueur make.
422
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,170
Luckily, things might be looking up.
423
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,560
Look at all these.
424
00:24:24,590 --> 00:24:26,890
But they can't reach those.
425
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,410
Oh, well, we'll have
to get a ladder.
426
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,410
Thankfully, there's someone on hand
to engineer a solution.
427
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,130
Gives us your stick.
428
00:24:35,150 --> 00:24:36,130
Pick up the bamboo.
429
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,080
We're now taking this up.
430
00:24:41,590 --> 00:24:42,720
Oh!
431
00:24:42,750 --> 00:24:45,080
I had this sort of image ofjust
coming along
432
00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:47,720
and just picking gefltlY-
433
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,970
But...
434
00:24:52,220 --> 00:24:53,530
Oh.
435
00:24:55,950 --> 00:24:58,280
OK, look, have
a little look around.
436
00:24:58,310 --> 00:25:00,210
These are the ones that Daddy's
just shook off.
437
00:25:00,230 --> 00:25:03,460
With half a kilo of berries needed
per bottle,
438
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,250
the family can't stop picking
quite yet.
439
00:25:06,270 --> 00:25:10,250
These are probably the plumpest
sloes I've ever seen.
440
00:25:10,270 --> 00:25:12,570
So that's the first bunch done,
yeah? Yeah.
441
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,000
Good. OK.
442
00:25:14,020 --> 00:25:17,130
The joke of this is that we have
talked about this sloe
443
00:25:17,150 --> 00:25:19,820
and slow gin for such a long time
444
00:25:19,850 --> 00:25:22,610
that we, I think we feel
that we can't fail on this,
445
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,460
so we are going to have sloe gin
this Christmas.
446
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,330
Our sloe gin. Our sloe gin.
447
00:25:28,350 --> 00:25:31,130
Thank you. Well done, team.
448
00:25:31,150 --> 00:25:34,000
If we had those on the bottom
without any brambles,
449
00:25:34,020 --> 00:25:35,290
it would be easy.
450
00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:38,570
Back at the chateau...
451
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,970
Come in, dog, lie down.
452
00:25:43,130 --> 00:25:46,330
...Dick's keen to get on with a bit
of kitchen alchemy...
453
00:25:47,570 --> 00:25:48,970
Sloes!
454
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,410
...while the fleshy berries are
still fresh and juicy.
455
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,720
I like making my sloe gin
in this sort of thing,
456
00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:57,130
but we have a slight issue
457
00:25:57,150 --> 00:25:59,410
with the Chateau de la Motte sloes.
458
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,260
Look at that.
459
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,850
Yes.
460
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:04,850
So we're going for a fat bottle.
461
00:26:11,210 --> 00:26:12,770
We're pricking these
462
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,180
so that the actualjuices
from the sloes
463
00:26:17,210 --> 00:26:19,540
are more accessible and go
into the gin more,
464
00:26:19,570 --> 00:26:21,850
so you get more flavour
coming through.
465
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,540
In we go.
466
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,930
Now I need a little cut-off funnel,
some sugar.
467
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,440
It's obviously very important that
you get exactly the right amount
468
00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:35,130
of sugar in here.
469
00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:38,370
And this year's sloe
gin will be a sweet affair.
470
00:26:40,850 --> 00:26:42,290
Look at that.
471
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:43,900
Ba-dum!
472
00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:47,930
Now nice and simple - gin.
473
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,450
It's one of the stressful recipes.
474
00:26:54,570 --> 00:26:56,770
Glug, glug, glug, glug, 9W9!
475
00:26:59,850 --> 00:27:02,340
Lid on.
476
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:05,420
And every day, I'm going to
477
00:27:05,450 --> 00:27:07,770
turn it upside down
478
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,980
so there will be no sugar.
479
00:27:11,010 --> 00:27:13,260
It'll all be dissolved in the gin.
480
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:14,900
And that will mature
481
00:27:14,930 --> 00:27:17,850
over the months to Christmas
482
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,850
and then it'll be the most amazing
colour and very, very tasty.
483
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,260
There we go, a bottle of sloe gin.
484
00:27:34,730 --> 00:27:38,010
As the nights draw in,
the push is on for Angel
485
00:27:38,030 --> 00:27:39,780
to finish her chandelier.
486
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,500
All she needs to do -
487
00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:47,340
attach around 3,000
wooden beads.
488
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,010
I have got lots of these lovely
little balls
489
00:27:50,030 --> 00:27:52,650
that I sprayed a little bit white
490
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,260
and it took forever.
491
00:27:56,530 --> 00:27:57,650
So I bought some.
492
00:27:59,230 --> 00:28:03,090
There's this sort of balance of it
still being handmade,
493
00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:05,980
but actually, I needed to, you know,
feed the kids
494
00:28:06,010 --> 00:28:07,980
do washing, like...
SHE CHUCKLES
495
00:28:08,010 --> 00:28:09,500
...go to bed,
496
00:28:09,530 --> 00:28:13,060
so Dick set me up this little
sort of contraption.
497
00:28:13,090 --> 00:28:15,140
So I'm going to use fishing line
498
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,730
because I think that that is going
to be, honestly,
499
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,090
you just can't break this, so that's
a very, very good start.
500
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,620
Right, let's get a few on.
501
00:28:33,530 --> 00:28:35,730
Two more and see where I'm at.
502
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,450
That one looks like it's sort
of the right angle.
503
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,450
The dangle angle, but I don't know
until I've done it all.
504
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,700
Or I've done a section anyway,
so let's get on with it.
505
00:29:13,610 --> 00:29:17,270
Angel's dream to transform
the fairy tale turret room
506
00:29:17,290 --> 00:29:19,170
into a library large enough
507
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,450
to hold all the chateau's books
508
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,060
is a giant task,
509
00:29:23,090 --> 00:29:25,940
but the magic is already happening.
510
00:29:25,970 --> 00:29:28,990
I leave her for two minutes
and she wallpapers.
511
00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:31,860
At least I found out now
that the backdrop for the bookcases
512
00:29:31,890 --> 00:29:33,580
is going to be wallpaper.
513
00:29:33,610 --> 00:29:37,220
But wallpaper is the last
thing on Dick's mind.
514
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,220
I have to produce
515
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,810
the curved shelves
516
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,350
and the two walls
are completely different.
517
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,660
Dick may have put up countless
shelves over the years,
518
00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:55,100
but a 150-year-old pepper-pot tower
519
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,630
comes with its own
unique challenges.
520
00:29:58,660 --> 00:30:01,940
That's got a quite nice
sweeping curve to it,
521
00:30:01,970 --> 00:30:05,270
but when I come over here,
that's got a bit of a curve
522
00:30:05,290 --> 00:30:07,660
and then it's, for some reason,
it's been flattened.
523
00:30:07,690 --> 00:30:11,070
Inside the shelves will have
the same curve to them,
524
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,940
so that there's symmetry in that.
525
00:30:13,970 --> 00:30:15,910
With a building of this vintage,
526
00:30:15,940 --> 00:30:18,460
there's no flat-pack alternative
527
00:30:18,490 --> 00:30:20,820
to help with this curved conundrum.
528
00:30:20,850 --> 00:30:22,020
"SEVEN.
529
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:26,740
As long as I keep this as near
as dammit
530
00:30:26,770 --> 00:30:28,660
to right angles, we've cracked it.
531
00:30:31,610 --> 00:30:33,280
OK, that's all I need.
532
00:30:36,550 --> 00:30:40,560
Dick's job now is to accurately
transfer his sums
533
00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:44,000
into something resembling a shelf.
534
00:30:44,020 --> 00:30:48,330
This is a roughly curved
piece of card.
535
00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:52,050
I now need to turn it into
a template.
536
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,130
And that is the curve of my wall.
537
00:31:03,150 --> 00:31:04,130
Let's cut that out.
538
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,850
I'm going to quite a lot of hassle
doing this
539
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,360
because I know I've got
540
00:31:11,390 --> 00:31:14,280
ten shelves on each side.
541
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,000
It's a lot of shelves.
542
00:31:17,020 --> 00:31:20,130
Get this right once and I've got
a template.
543
00:31:20,150 --> 00:31:22,440
That's the shape of my shelves.
544
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:35,640
Angel's chandelier
is also taking shape.
545
00:31:35,670 --> 00:31:37,050
Oh, gosh, it's quite heavy.
546
00:31:39,710 --> 00:31:40,840
Right.
547
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,610
Now I can really envision it.
548
00:31:45,630 --> 00:31:48,410
And there are absolutely
some finishing touches
549
00:31:48,430 --> 00:31:51,170
that are going to make this sing,
and Dick's got to do the lights,
550
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,090
but, you know,
I've got the bottom to do.
551
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,210
While beading her
empire-shaped chandelier,
552
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,260
Angel's run into a rather
delicate problem.
553
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:03,740
My dangle's too...
554
00:32:05,150 --> 00:32:07,620
...too plump.
555
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,970
I'm going to take off four.
556
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,460
Let's see.
557
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,090
Try my dangle there.
Felt a bit too saggy.
558
00:32:15,870 --> 00:32:18,820
I guess I'll keep carrying on until
I love it to bits.
559
00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:30,590
In the workshop, Dick's moved
from paper to wood,
560
00:32:30,610 --> 00:32:33,700
and he's determined not to waste
an inch of oak.
561
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,460
40 at the first one,
slide them up.
562
00:32:38,150 --> 00:32:41,740
Then five and six
563
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,660
give me a second one.
Seven and eight...
564
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,740
will give me
565
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,130
a third one.
566
00:32:50,150 --> 00:32:53,090
That means they have
to be joined together.
567
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,950
Of course.
568
00:32:54,970 --> 00:32:58,090
All he needs to do now is
to try and create
569
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,900
20 perfectly-curved shelves
out of it.
570
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,740
It's a biscuit jointer.
571
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,030
I'm joining using biscuits.
572
00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:12,490
And after several clays of glueing,
573
00:33:12,510 --> 00:33:16,140
hammering, clamping...
574
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,620
I'm working against the clock.
575
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,030
...and precision cutting...
576
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,260
...success is within sight.
577
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:29,620
There you go.
578
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,210
One nicely-curved on the inside
579
00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:35,570
wall wonky on the outside.
580
00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:37,170
That's one done. Right.
581
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,030
Having made enough shelving to hold
thousands of books...
582
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,850
Production line's now going.
I'm going to say it here.
583
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,100
...and 90 brackets to support them...
584
00:33:56,690 --> 00:34:00,620
...it's time to put Dick's
mathematical skills to the test.
585
00:34:03,850 --> 00:34:07,220
Straight bits of wood on round
walls.
586
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:14,420
Right.
587
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,340
Time to measure the next one.
588
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,140
Yes, beautiful?
589
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,100
LS it?
590
00:34:29,410 --> 00:34:30,850
You can barely eat a sausage?
591
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:34,750
Oh, I can whip that out for you,
if you want?
592
00:34:34,770 --> 00:34:37,550
SHE GIGGLES
593
00:34:37,570 --> 00:34:39,220
OK, you won't be doing that, then.
594
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,390
While Dorothy might be expecting
a visit from the Tooth Fairy,
595
00:34:46,410 --> 00:34:49,750
or as it's known in France,
the Tooth Mouse,
596
00:34:49,770 --> 00:34:53,100
there's no magic solution
to Dick's mammoth task.
597
00:34:54,410 --> 00:34:55,630
Three shelves up.
598
00:34:55,650 --> 00:34:58,050
There all aligned. That's good.
599
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,850
And they're actually aligned and
vertical. Can you see the little bubble?
600
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,180
That's not bad, is it?
601
00:35:03,210 --> 00:35:06,550
Just 15 more
and 75 wall mounts to go.
602
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,490
It's a process.
603
00:35:15,010 --> 00:35:16,930
It's actually quite high up here.
604
00:35:19,690 --> 00:35:23,130
The books that are never
read go to the top.
605
00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:43,910
Dick has been busy with the shelves
in the library,
606
00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:45,940
but there's no letting up.
607
00:35:45,970 --> 00:35:49,940
Angel's chandelier is finished
and in need of light.
608
00:35:49,970 --> 00:35:53,020
It's looking quite good, actually.
Sh! Don't tell her.
609
00:35:53,050 --> 00:35:57,430
Having said that, wood
stops light getting through.
610
00:35:57,460 --> 00:36:00,710
I was told to get little
candle lights.
611
00:36:02,430 --> 00:36:06,020
Somehow, it always happens. Went
upstairs, put the children to bed,
612
00:36:06,050 --> 00:36:08,480
and I'm working on lights.
613
00:36:11,740 --> 00:36:13,760
The thing I like most about this is
614
00:36:13,790 --> 00:36:15,710
you have to slow down and do it
and,
615
00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:18,230
at the end of the day,
616
00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,550
there will be light.
617
00:36:20,580 --> 00:36:23,560
There's no putting
off the inevitable.
618
00:36:23,590 --> 00:36:25,480
Going in.
619
00:36:25,510 --> 00:36:29,020
If I knock a bead off here,
I'm going to be in the poop.
620
00:36:32,050 --> 00:36:34,350
There you go.
621
00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:36,310
Ah!
622
00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:37,870
Come on.
623
00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:41,510
Ah, it looks like it could have been
put there on purpose.
624
00:36:41,540 --> 00:36:42,990
Good. Next one.
625
00:36:52,380 --> 00:36:57,350
The day has finally arrived to hang
Angel's beaded labour of love.
626
00:36:59,670 --> 00:37:03,200
It's not exactly light, but it's not
frightfully heavy.
627
00:37:03,230 --> 00:37:04,590
ANGEL CHUCKLES
628
00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:07,230
Right, set, we are. Yeah, I'm good.
629
00:37:09,700 --> 00:37:11,480
Yeah?
630
00:37:14,740 --> 00:37:17,000
Right, I have it.
631
00:37:17,030 --> 00:37:18,950
It has to be right there.
632
00:37:18,980 --> 00:37:21,280
Right. I'm scared to go down.
633
00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:24,560
Why? just in case I don't like it!
ANGEL LAUGHS
634
00:37:24,590 --> 00:37:26,870
That would be pretty terrible.
635
00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:31,230
Oh, dearie me. After all the hard
work, the final verdict
636
00:37:31,260 --> 00:37:33,840
is literally hanging in the balance.
637
00:37:33,870 --> 00:37:34,920
Well?
638
00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:38,430
Oh, I love it.
639
00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:40,230
That's the right answer.
640
00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:42,110
Do you know what? It just suits
this room.
641
00:37:42,140 --> 00:37:43,590
I just knew it would.
642
00:37:43,620 --> 00:37:46,230
But let me say what it looks
like from over here.
643
00:37:46,260 --> 00:37:48,660
It looks good, babes. Good.
It does actually look good.
644
00:37:48,690 --> 00:37:51,000
Right, we need to turn the lights
on, see if it works. OK.
645
00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:52,640
Shall I run down? You run down.
646
00:37:59,950 --> 00:38:01,510
# Da da-da-daaa! #
647
00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:04,560
Before we touch the switch on, do
you know what I'm looking at?
648
00:38:04,590 --> 00:38:07,480
Six bulbs working.
You're looking at how it looks.
649
00:38:07,510 --> 00:38:10,440
You ready? Here we go.
650
00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:12,440
Oh!
651
00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:14,000
Turn it off.
652
00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:15,840
It's beautiful!
653
00:38:15,870 --> 00:38:18,670
Just four of the six bulbs
are working.
654
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:21,590
Undeterred, Dick turns detective.
655
00:38:21,620 --> 00:38:23,560
Just thinking it might be
a light bulb.
656
00:38:23,590 --> 00:38:25,920
Yeah. I just got them from the box.
657
00:38:27,830 --> 00:38:29,870
Turn it on.
658
00:38:29,900 --> 00:38:32,440
Hurray! Because I knew it wasn't my
electrical circuits.
659
00:38:32,470 --> 00:38:33,920
Right, we're done.
660
00:38:33,950 --> 00:38:38,480
Dick may think the work is finished,
but Angel has other ideas.
661
00:38:38,510 --> 00:38:42,310
Now, this is up, actually, I'm not
sure about the colour of the band,
662
00:38:42,340 --> 00:38:45,230
but, do you know what?
It's just tweaks now.
663
00:38:45,260 --> 00:38:48,160
I'm well happy.
But it stays up now?
664
00:38:48,190 --> 00:38:49,670
It stays up.
665
00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:52,080
It stays up. That's a result.
666
00:38:52,110 --> 00:38:55,390
And the chandelier didn't fall off.
Yet!
667
00:38:55,420 --> 00:38:57,030
I'm done.
668
00:39:02,980 --> 00:39:05,240
I love it. Not bad, is it?
669
00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:16,670
Angel's chandelier wasn't the only
project on the to-do list.
670
00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:19,850
The turret library is almost
complete,
671
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,280
but not before some
serious heavy lifting.
672
00:39:23,310 --> 00:39:26,750
This is a light one.
Oh! Oh, my goodness me!
673
00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:28,520
This is heavy.
674
00:39:28,550 --> 00:39:31,600
It's not even that many.
HE LAUGHS
675
00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:34,080
Are your shelves going to seriously
hold this?
676
00:39:34,110 --> 00:39:36,640
We're going to find out, aren't we?
677
00:39:36,670 --> 00:39:40,520
I want a whole pile of books
on dogs, so Petal can find them.
678
00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:44,930
Here we go, we've got Mrs Beaton
and the Household Encyclopaedia.
679
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,830
I love this one -
Dick's Angel.
680
00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:49,440
Dicks' Angels and DIY.
681
00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:52,390
This is quite a special book -
Dick's Angel. Yeah.
682
00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:56,110
I just... And, also, the taxidermy
ones are a bit ugly.
683
00:39:56,140 --> 00:39:57,960
So I put three
books in and you put
684
00:39:57,990 --> 00:39:59,800
them in completely different order.
685
00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:06,040
Look at the children, look at the
children. You are kidding me!
686
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:08,470
Did you actually manage
to seriously do that?
687
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,440
It's a full box of books.
Goodness me.
688
00:40:11,470 --> 00:40:14,600
However, there may have been
an ulterior motive
689
00:40:14,630 --> 00:40:18,400
to bag the best spot for their own
section in the library.
690
00:40:18,430 --> 00:40:19,930
That's OK. OK.
691
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,160
Good Housekeeping.
692
00:40:23,390 --> 00:40:26,120
Dictionaries.
Little book can go up there
693
00:40:26,150 --> 00:40:27,600
with the little pretty books.
694
00:40:27,630 --> 00:40:31,600
My wine book... Oh, yeah. ..has been
hidden for the five or six years
695
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:33,400
we've been here, upstairs.
696
00:40:36,430 --> 00:40:37,930
There we are.
697
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,600
Dick and Angel's book collection
may be enormous,
698
00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:46,650
but it's soon cut down to size by
the sheer amount of shelving.
699
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,290
We've hardly got any books. Darling,
we have got... We need more.
700
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,400
What have you got? Happily,
Dorothy and Arthur
701
00:40:53,430 --> 00:40:56,010
can help with that.
Who's this for?
702
00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:01,800
Mummy has wrapped this book so,
so carefully, haven't you?
703
00:41:01,830 --> 00:41:05,800
This is a special book.
This is a special book.
704
00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:07,840
Wow, wow, wow.
705
00:41:07,870 --> 00:41:11,090
Francatelli! It's a first
edition. No way.
706
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,570
English version.
707
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,930
This... This man... Look,
look, look.
708
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,930
See that man? Very handsome,
that he is,
709
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,730
he was Queen Victoria's chef.
710
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,090
And this is his book.
711
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,570
And do you know when he was writing?
712
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,520
Seven years before the chateau
was built.
713
00:41:26,550 --> 00:41:29,240
So what had happened, the people who
would have been eating here
714
00:41:29,270 --> 00:41:31,930
would probably be looking at some of
the recipes that the Queen
715
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,240
of England was eating, and
Francatelli was the man doing
716
00:41:34,270 --> 00:41:36,480
it for Queen Victoria.
717
00:41:38,990 --> 00:41:41,570
Who loves our library?
718
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,930
Wow. But you're
much more interested
719
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,320
in your cardboard
robot hands, aren't you?
720
00:41:47,350 --> 00:41:51,730
That's beautiful. Can't wait to sit
down and read it.
721
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,290
Thank you. Thank you,
thank you.
722
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:55,810
Wow.
723
00:41:57,350 --> 00:42:00,600
With Dick's new book joining
the library, it's time to get
724
00:42:00,630 --> 00:42:02,930
the salon back in order.
725
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,450
Right, ready to pick
it up? Yeah. Two, three. Up.
726
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,680
Oh! Oh-oh!
727
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,450
You're supposed to help carry it!
DOG BARKS
728
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,570
That is totally your fault.
That's totally my fault. Right!
729
00:42:20,590 --> 00:42:22,010
Oh, that's nice.
730
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,040
See, I hadn't seen it there
before. I hadn't quite decided.
731
00:42:25,070 --> 00:42:28,120
That's because... The
scaffolding's been in there!
732
00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:29,930
That looks nice there,
doesn't it? It does.
733
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,890
Yeah? Good. We like that. OK.
734
00:42:43,790 --> 00:42:46,200
As the hub of the family home,
735
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:50,560
the salon was an Angel
favourite - with one exception.
736
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:56,400
But, now, Angel's
Empire-shaped chandelier
737
00:42:56,430 --> 00:42:59,450
has thrown a whole new light
on the room.
738
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:10,480
The lustre-painted rose
shines with original details.
739
00:43:13,330 --> 00:43:17,660
And between Dick's clever lighting
and Angel's design,
740
00:43:17,690 --> 00:43:19,890
the room is now complete.
741
00:43:22,690 --> 00:43:27,560
What was once a near-derelict
turret and a distant dream...
742
00:43:27,590 --> 00:43:31,890
I'm thinking that everything
is around shelves.
743
00:43:36,230 --> 00:43:39,410
...is now finally filled
with books...
744
00:43:43,870 --> 00:43:47,170
to become the chateau's
cherished library.
745
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,250
And Angel couldn't be happier.
746
00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:00,890
I love this room so, so much.
747
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,300
This is family, and I've got
the chandelier!
748
00:44:06,330 --> 00:44:09,300
I absolutely love,
love the shape,
749
00:44:09,330 --> 00:44:11,970
and it's got a story, you know.
I love all of that.
750
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,810
It's got the crown from my vintage
patisserie days.
751
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,210
It's got wood from Dick's workshop
752
00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:20,210
and it's got a belly band
from a barrel that was used
753
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:22,130
at the chateau a long time ago.
754
00:44:25,050 --> 00:44:26,740
And I love it, so...
755
00:44:28,050 --> 00:44:32,490
And Dick has also found something
he can get passionate about,
756
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:36,850
if not quite as romantic.
Eggs a la tripe.
757
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,890
Eggs cooked like tripe. Oh!
758
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,850
I've never even thought of that!
759
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,570
Baby, you look so,
so, so happy.
760
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,380
Darling, I'm going to work
my way through these now.
761
00:44:48,410 --> 00:44:50,900
You may never get any more work
from me.
762
00:44:50,930 --> 00:44:55,290
Looking around here,
there's a lot of shelf.
763
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:56,930
There's a
lot of shelves up there.
764
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,820
The very first year we were here,
five years ago, now... Six?
765
00:45:03,850 --> 00:45:09,180
Goodness. ..the library was a vision
that we had when I said there's no
766
00:45:09,210 --> 00:45:11,570
way I was going to be able to do
it until I had some time.
767
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,850
And I couldn't think of an excuse,
this time.
768
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,330
Do you know? All that's missing is
the kids.
769
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,820
It's nice and quiet -
leave them outside!
770
00:45:23,210 --> 00:45:27,050
Right, you two. We're going to play
a game. Go on, go and grab the game.
771
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,620
I'll go and grab the game. And, of
course, it wouldn't be the chateau
772
00:45:30,650 --> 00:45:34,540
without using up every
scrap of leftover materials.
773
00:45:35,770 --> 00:45:38,490
Brilliant kindling.
Lots of surface area.
774
00:45:41,650 --> 00:45:45,130
So, Dorothy, you're going to start
first.
775
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,770
And, ever resourceful, Dick has
even made a family game
776
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:54,460
from the wood, which all adds
up to a perfect family evening
777
00:45:54,490 --> 00:45:58,770
at the chateau. Mammy, what
number do you need? 10.
778
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,490
Mammy beat the children.
779
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:05,620
Come on, I want a rematch. Arthur,
your turn to start, this time.
780
00:46:12,010 --> 00:46:15,570
Next time, it's sink or swim
for the Strawbridges.
781
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:19,420
This, I'm thinking, is a big
swimming pool.
782
00:46:19,450 --> 00:46:21,700
I've got a headache.
783
00:46:21,730 --> 00:46:24,010
The battle of the bonsais begins.
784
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,740
I'm not being competitive,
by the way.
785
00:46:25,770 --> 00:46:28,100
You're the competitive one
in our family.
786
00:46:28,130 --> 00:46:31,540
And things don't quite measure up. I
don't think the children are getting
787
00:46:31,570 --> 00:46:34,850
any bigger.
We're just getting smaller.
788
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:36,850
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