A Place in the Sun (British TV series)

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A Place in the Sun
Directed byVarious
Presented by Various (see below)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series12 (A Place in the Sun)
4 (By the Sea)
13 (Home or Away?)
7 (Winter Sun) (Home or USA)
6 (Summer Sun)
41 (total)
No. of episodes477 (A Place in the Sun)
309 (Home or Away)
82 (Summer Sun)
179 (to date) (Winter Sun)
1047 (total)
Production
ProducerVarious
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyFreeform Productions
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release11 September 2000 (2000-09-11) 
present
Related
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?

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.

Contents

Format

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. [1] 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

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

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 Birmingham NEC Birmingham between 20 - 22 September 2024. [2]

There have also been a number of spin-off television programmes, including:

Sister shows

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References

  1. "Exclusive – Sneak peek at today's A Place in the Sun as Jasmine Harman reveals what it was like filming during the pandemic". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. "A Place in the Sun Live | Overseas Property Exhibition".