Fan of Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau fans were left saddened within seconds of the most recent episode starting. The fan-favourite Strawbridge family dropped a bombshell for some viewers - when they shared a touching farewell.
The latest show was the final ever instalment of the Channel 4 classic. For nine seasons the show has followed Dick Strawbridge and wife Angel Adoree - along with their children Arthur and Dorothy have been - as they traded life in Essex for a dilapidated 19th-century French chateau.
They touchingly said: "Only a few hours to go until our Christmas Extravaganza!!," Birmingham Mail reports. "Today is a special day here for us, apart from being the coldest, it’s the first day in 'as long as we can’t quite remember', that we are relaxing and winding down for Christmas.