British TV series or programme
A Place in the Sun
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Directed by
| Various
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Presented by
| Various (see below)
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Original language
| English
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No.
of series
| 12 (
A Place in the Sun
)
4 (
By the Sea
)
13 (
Home or Away?
)
7 (
Winter Sun
) (
Home or USA
)
6 (
Summer Sun
)
41 (total)
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No.
of episodes
| 477 (
A Place in the Sun
)
309 (
Home or Away
)
82 (
Summer Sun
)
179 (to date) (
Winter Sun
)
1047 (total)
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Producer
| Various
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Running time
| 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
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Production company
| Freeform Productions
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Network
| Channel 4
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Release
| 11 September 2000
(
2000-09-11
)
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present
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A Place in the Sun: By the Sea
A Place in the Sun: Home or Away?
A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
A Place in the Sun: Home or USA?
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A Place in the Sun
is a British
Channel 4
lifestyle television series about attempting to find a "perfect property" on the market in the United Kingdom, overseas, and "abroad". It most often focuses on areas in
southern Europe
, but in recent years, it has also featured a number of places in other areas of the world such as
Florida
and
the Caribbean
.
Format
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Generally, every episode on the programme shows a British couple wishing to buy a property in a sunny foreign country are shown three to five properties within their budget found by the show's researchers.
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The presenter gives the couple useful local information relating to buying, running and maintaining a property in this particular location. After viewing each property the couple are asked for their opinions. At the end of the show they are asked if they have a favourite property and we're finally told if they went on to buy the property or another in the region. It was a response to the growth in
Britons
buying property abroad.
In the last few years, it has shown destinations as diverse as
Australia
,
Bulgaria
,
Canada
, the
Caribbean
,
Croatia
,
Romania
,
Slovenia
,
South Africa
, and even
Cape Verde
.
Presenters
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A Place In The Sun: Home or Away? /
Winter
Sun / Home Or USA?
A Place In The Sun:
Summer
Sun / By The Sea
Spin-offs
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Spin-offs include the website featuring news, features, advice and the opportunity to search 30,000 overseas properties for sale and for holiday rental, a magazine, which is now the most popular magazine advising on buying overseas property, and live exhibitions per year in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin and previously in Glasgow, called
A Place in the Sun Live
, since 2005. The most recent
A Place in the Sun Live
overseas property exhibition took place at
Olympia Exhibition Centre
London between 2?4 June 2023.
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There have also been a number of spin-off television programmes, including:
- A Place in
France
(2002)
- A Place in
Greece
(2004) and
A Place in Greece: Year 2
(2005)
- A Place in
Spain
(2004) and
A Place in Spain: Year 2
(2005)
- A Place in
Slovakia
(2005) with its sequel
Chaos at the Chateau
in 2007.
- A Place in Spain: Costa Chaos
(2007). Unrelated to the previous
A Place in
Spain
series.
- A Place in the sun: What happened next
(2024-) following the couples and families whose lives have changed since 2007-2023.
Sister shows
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- A Place in the Sun: By The Sea
(2005?2011) which looks at buying property in coastal areas of the UK, presented by
Seetha Hallett
.
- A Place in the Sun: Home or Away?
(2004?2019) in which people view properties both in the UK and in a foreign country, presented by
Jasmine Harman
(2004?19),
Jonnie Irwin
(2004?19),
Laura Hamilton
(2012?19),
Sara Damergi
(2013?15),
Adrian Simpson
(2015),
Scarlette Douglas
(2017) and
Ben Hillman
(2017?19).
- A Million Pound Place in the Sun
(2007?2009) in this special programme, prospective buyers find luxury homes, exploring some of the most desirable locations on the European market. presented by
Amanda Lamb
- A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun
(2012?2017) presented by
Sara Damergi
(2012?15),
Laura Hamilton
(2015?2017), Scarlette Douglas (2015?17),
Jasmine Harman
(2015?17),
Ben Hillman
(2015?17) and
Danni Menzies
(2016-17).
- A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
(2012?2018) presented by
Jasmine Harman
(2012?18),
Jonnie Irwin
(2012?18),
Laura Hamilton
(2012?18),
Sara Damergi
(2014?15),
Adrian Simpson
(2014),
Scarlette Douglas
(2015?18),
Ben Hillman
(2015?18) and
Danni Menzies
(2016?18).
- A Place in the Sun: Home or USA
(2003?2014) presented by
Sara Damergi
,
Jasmine Harman
,
Jonnie Irwin
,
Laura Hamilton
,
Zilpah Hartley
and
Seetha Hallett
.
References
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