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British engineer Dick Strawbridge and his wife Angel buy a rundown French chateau. The series shows them over the course of a year, as they restore the building that has stood empty for 40 years.

Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride covering 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Starting in south east Turkey going to through to Budapest. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th century.

Many Brits have moved to France to buy crumbling French chateaus to renovate into stunning homes. This series follows their progress and sees them try to use their homes as a business for events, etc.

Professor Alice Roberts explores ancient Egypt by train.

Footballer Mark Noble opens the doors to his home life at the end of his final season at West Ham United. He talks openly about his upbringing in West Ham's Canning Town, the pressures of being captain of the team he supported as a boy, and how he was overlooked by England. This film is a celebration of a unique footballer, one of Europe's finest penalty takers and, perhaps, one of the last ever one club players.

The first of three specials revisiting the epic transformation of a 45-bedroom French chateau from a ruin to a sumptuous family home.

This special edition of the show highlights Dick and Angel Strawbridge's creativity, with exquisitely designed rooms, stunning bathroom suites, and inspirational design tips.

A look back at how the Strawbridge family fell in love with rural life in France. With their children surrounded by nature and Dick turning the walled garden into a bountiful vegetable plot.

It is winter and time to return to the chateau. Dick and Angel build a new events kitchen with a half-tonne oven. There is a magical birthday party for young Dorothy.

It is spring at the chateau and Dick has an ambitious plan to put a boat in the moat. Angel tackles some ancient wallpaper while Dick wrestles with an old rake in the meadow.

It is the wedding season and Dick and Angel are at their busiest while also trying to deal with a circus tent, two giant aviaries and planting water lilies.

It is the end of the summer. Dick and Angel host an event at the chateau featuring a fleet of vintage Citroen vans. Dick and Angel work on a vehicle of their own, an ex-wedding bus they call 'Mademoiselle Daisy'.

Dick and his wife Angel return helping more Brits running chateau businesses in France. Fiona contends with sub-zero temperatures and Tim and Sasha try to increase low-season income.

Erin and JB set out to transform a ruined orangery into a top-class venue, tensions bubble as a new spa is delivered to Tim and Sasha's chateau, and Fiona celebrates her birthday.

Alice Roberts begins her Ottoman adventure in Adana, southern Turkey. She finds an historic mosque and meets some local experts. She takes a train across the Taurus Mountains to Konya, where she learns about whirling dervishes.

Alice Roberts is on a train to Ankara to visits the tomb of Ataturk who saw out the end of the Ottoman empire. In Bursa she visits the tomb of Osman, the empire's founder. Two cities and two leaders, 600 years apart.

Alice Roberts arrives in Istanbul by rail to learn about how the strategic Ottoman assault to wrestle the city from the Romans. She also learns about the Ottoman's genius architect Sinam, before taking the sleeper train to Sofia.

Alice Roberts is in Bulgaria's capital Sofia to learn how the empire was controlled from Istanbul. The city landscape today is almost entirely Soviet. After taking a train to Nis, Serbia she visits the shocking Skull Tower.

In her final train journey Alice Roberts arrives at the western front of the Ottoman Empire, Budapest to find out how it all ended. In Romania's Timisoara she goes on a search for Ottoman remnants, after everything was destroyed ...almost.

Dick and Angel find their fairytale French castle. Dick launches into fitting a monumental heating system while Angel discovers the chateau's vintage secrets.

With just £20,000 left in the coffers the refurb problems feel endless for Dick with time running out. But Angel is on a creative roll. And the family buy some chickens.