Escape to the Country
Escape to the Country is a living & home improvement program on BBC2. A series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country. The popular program has been available since 2022. A total of 207 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2024.
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Escape to the Country
Sonali Shah tours the East Midlands in search of a property to suit today’s buyers who, for the last 23 years, have been living in the USA.
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Steve Brown meets a pair of cycling enthusiasts on the hunt for the perfect rural idyll in the Peak District.
Briony May Williams guides a couple with six Irish wolfhounds around three properties in rural Suffolk, where they hope to find more space for them and those countless muddy paws.
Having spent 30 years living and working in Hong Kong, today’s escapee teams up with Jonnie Irwin in North Yorkshire with a house-hunting budget of £350,000.
Denise Nurse is in Suffolk, helping a couple find a new home in a more rural setting, where they can enjoy retired life together, closer to the coast, lakes or waterways.
In true Escape to the Country style, today’s couple (both former international rugby players) want to leave London in search of a rural idyll in Dorset.
Nicki Chapman helps today's buyer escape her ex-council flat in south London and begin a new life in the Wiltshire countryside. Nicki also visits a trout farm.
A couple from the largest town in Dorset want to escape the urban sprawl to establish a new country life in Devon, and Sonali Shah is on hand to help them kick-start their property search.
Cheshire may be a world away from Miami, where today’s couple are moving from, but to them, it’s a county that feels like home. Alistair Appleton is on hand to help them settle in.
A young couple want to swap their London flat for something bigger in the East Midlands, where Nicki Chapman opens the front doors to a lovely selection of homes with lovely gardens.
Even though the daily commute from London to their Bedfordshire business is taking its toll, Nicki Chapman has her work cut out persuading one half of today’s couple to move to the county’s borders!
A pair of artists look to Alistair Appleton to help them find an inspiring rural retreat in Somerset where they can further indulge their creativity.
May 2024
Nicki Chapman meets two escapees who are returning home for good from Malaysia after the recent arrival of grandchildren. They want to put down new roots in the Herefordshire countryside.
With the help of her mother and Jules Hudson, a buyer from suburban Surrey is looking for a new family home with enough land to start a dog-training school in south west Wales.
It’s destination Argyll and Bute today. Sonali Shah tours this region of Scotland in search of a new home for a couple from a Warwickshire town who have a budget of £340,000.
Alistair Appleton is on a property-hunting mission to the beautiful Cotswolds with a couple who want a location with dog walks on the doorstep as well as decent dining options for date nights!
In wonderful West Yorkshire, Nicki Chapman is with a young couple from Manchester who have a budget of £270,000 to find a home in the countryside for them and their baby son.
Needing more space for books as well as an impressive collection of rocks, a couple from Edinburgh have Alistair Appleton to help them with their rural relocation in Northumberland.
The pressure is on Nicki Chapman to find today’s couple their perfect property in wonderful Wiltshire, as they have already sold their London home.
Sonali Shah guides a singer from London around a range of interesting property possibilities and potential new communities in the Cambridgeshire countryside.