Do you know how sexy plumbing is?” asks Dick Strawbridge. “It’s not! But it’s so, so important,” he laughs. Actually, corrects his wife, Angel, “our thermal store is a sexy thing, it’s like the London Underground, but in copper. It’s really quite incredible.”
The Strawbridges and their bubbly banter need little introduction. Their smash-hit show, Escape to the Château, which has aired on Channel 4 for the past six years, has seen millions of viewers tune in to follow the couple as they set about restoring the 150-year-old Château de la Motte-Husson to its former glory.
