A Place in the Sun (TV series)
| A Place in the Sun | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Various |
| Presented by | Various (see below) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series |
6 (A Place in the Sun) 4 (by the Sea) 7 (Home or Away?) 1 (Winter Sun) 1 (Summer Sun) 19 (total) |
| No. of episodes |
77 (A Place in the Sun) 189 (Home or Away?) 20 (to date) (Winter Sun) 286 (total) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Various |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Freeform Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | 11 September 2000 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
A Place 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 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
A Place in the Sun is a British Channel 4 lifestyle programme about buying property abroad. It most often focuses on places in southern Europe, but in recent years has also featured a number of places in other areas of the world.
Format
Generally, each episode of the programme shows a British couple wishing to buy a property in a sunny foreign country are shown three or four places found by the show's researchers. 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 Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Canada, Australia, South Africa, the Caribbean and even Cape Verde.
Presenters
A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? / Winter Sun
- Jasmine Harman (2004–)
- Jonnie Irwin (2004–)
- Laura Hamilton (2012–)
- Sara Damergi (2012–)
- Luke Doonan (2012–)
- Adrian Simpson (2014–)
A Place in the Sun
- Amanda Lamb (2001–2006)
- Simone Bienne (2006)
- Victoria Hollingsworth (2004)
- Bella Crane (2003)
- Fay Davies (2000)
- Zilpah Hartley (2000)
Spin-offs
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 two live exhibitions per year in London and Birmingham, called A Place in the Sun Live, since 2005. The next A Place in the Sun Live overseas property exhibition takes place at National Exhibition Centre Birmingham between 3–5 October 2014.[1]
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.
Sister-shows
- A Place by the Sea (2006–2011) which looks at buying property in coastal areas of the UK, presented by Seetha Hallett.
- A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? (2004–present) in which people view properties both in the UK and in a foreign country, presented by Jasmine Harman, Jonnie Irwin and Laura Hamilton.
- A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (2012–present) presented by Sara Damergi.
- A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (2012–present) presented by Jasmine Harman, Jonnie Irwin, Laura Hamilton and Luke Doonan.