Celebrity Escape To The Country
Celebrity Escape To The Country is a living & home improvement program on BBC1. Fancy swapping the hustle and bustle of city life for an idyllic rural retreat? The team help a host of well-known faces find their dream homes in the glorious British countryside. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 9 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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Celebrity Escape To The Country
Television and radio presenter Angellica Bell, and husband Michael Underwood, call upon the Escape expertise of Nicki Chapman to find them a family home in rural Devon.
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On your marks for an Escape to the Country of Olympic proportions, as sprinter Linford Christie looks for a slower lifestyle in the countryside, with the help of Alistair Appleton.
Series 3
Alistair Appleton faces his toughest assignment to date as he attempts to find broadcasting icon Janet Street-Porter a country retreat, away from prying neighbours.
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is hoping the New Forest property market hits all the right notes as he enlists the help of Sonali Shah to find him a family home in the countryside.
Nicki Chapman helps ex-England international and football hard man Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock find his softer side as he looks to escape to the country with his family in rural Kent.
Series 2
Pop icon H from Steps, along with his partner Tom, put Denise Nurse through her paces as she attempts to find their perfect family home in the beautiful South Wales countryside.
Former winner of The Apprentice, Tim Campbell, is London born and bred, but is now looking for a rural family home. Can Sonali Shah help him seal the deal?
Series 1
Sonali Shah, with sparkly wellies at the ready, helps Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec make their escape to the country – in rural Cheshire.
On the hunt for a new country pad, pop queen and TV presenter Cheryl Baker and her musician husband Steve team up with Alistair Appleton for a special celebrity escape.