The Great Italian Escape

[PAS 55]

Looks like a good bit of tv:



The Great Italian Escape

Channel:
Channel 4
Air date:
Thu, Sep 04 2008 - 20:30
Description:
Documentary series following the lives of Richard and Sarah Turnbull, who have emigrated from the UK to Tuscany. The Turnbulls live in a picturesque but rundown farmhouse set in five acres of olive groves in the idyllic hills of Pescia, east of Pisa. Richard and Sarah reveal the harsh truth of running their own holiday lets business while helping another family prepare to open the doors of their lovingly-restored farmhouse
Type:
Documentary
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[Sally Donaldson]

Looking forward to that Pas 55 - Thanks again.

[AllanMason]

I was very interested to see that this couple is going to pop up yet again on Channel 4. They appeared in the No Going Back series in (if memory serves) 2003 and then again in a follow-up programme a year or so later.

They have a website promoting various services (including property sales) and Sarah has written a book titled "Tuscan Living: From the Yorkshire Moors to the Tuscan Hills" (using her maiden surname of Fraser). My late wife and I stayed with them on their farm/building site for a week in April 2004.

While I am grateful to them and the programme-makers for the role they played in me being where I am today, the opinons I formed after spending some time with them are not ones I can share here. Still, I would find it interesting to see how they've been doing and I'm sorry I'll miss the programme.

[Sally Donaldson]

Thank you for the link Allan. I am impressed by the very comprehensive properties for sales descriptions and accompanying photos.

[M&C]

I seem to remember they had no grasp of the language, no financial reserves and no real idea of what they wanted, but an interesting program all the same. We saw it just before our first visit 3 years ago. Seemed everything was about Italy on telly then - Francesco's Italy -Top to Toe was also on. These 2 programs certainly fired us up if nothing else.

[herealready]

She has certainly been busy since moving to Italy, as she only had 1 child in the 1st programme, then got pregnant shortly after arriving, now there are 4 of them. Glad moving to Italy did'nt have that affect on me!

[juliancoll]

Originally Posted by AllanMason

While I am grateful to them and the programme-makers for the role they played in me being where I am today, the opinons I formed after spending some time with them are not ones I can share here.

Go on Allan - live dangerously - spill the beans! We're all dying to know.

[Lorraine]

Originally Posted by herealready

She has certainly been busy since moving to Italy, as she only had 1 child in the 1st programme, then got pregnant shortly after arriving, now there are 4 of them. Glad moving to Italy did'nt have that affect on me!

Now don't be greedy, you had enough when you arrived

[villa sibillini]

We have just had the tv crew from freeform productions filming in and around San Ginesio, and staying with us and at Shambala. Not sure when it will be screened, or whether the chosen couple decided to buy here or back in the UK - no doubt the area will look good.

[Noble]

I posted about this couple, their update etc when the new series was being made a little while ago because Channel 4 is apparently, still keen to make these types of prgrammes and estate agents are falling over themselves to get people who are already settled here having "done their project" to tell all with pictures!!! Anyone wanting to appear in the Daily Express PM me!!!!