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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. 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 (currently Amanda Lamb) 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. It the last few years it has shown destinations as diverse as Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Canada, Australia, South Africa, the Caribbean and even Cape Verde.
presenters Spin-offs Spin-offs have included 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. There have also been a number of spin-off television programmes: - A place in france (2002).
- A place in greece (2004) A place in greece: year 2 (2005).
- A place in spain (2004) A place in spain: year 2 (2005).
- A place in Slovakia (2005) (with its sequel Chaos at the Chateau).
- A place by the Sea (2006) which looks at buying property in coastal areas of the UK, presented by Seetha Hallett.
- A place in the Sun: Home or Away (2006-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: winter sun (2012-present).
References External links nl:Een plek onder de zon (televisieserie)
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