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 2024. A total of 225 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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Escape to the Country
A new house in the Hampshire countryside is needed for a young couple and their two dogs, and Sonali Shah is on hand to show them the best properties the county has to offer.
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As well as hoping to catch a glimpse of a family of recently released beavers, Jules Hudson helps a couple find a home in Cornwall where they can create a wellness retreat.
Today’s buyer needs Alistair Appleton’s help to find a new home in Suffolk, where Alistair also meets a couple who have established a beautiful, biodiverse wildflower meadow.
Alistair Appleton helps a couple move from Germany to Herefordshire or Gloucestershire, and he also meets a writer living her best country life.
Ginny Buckley helps a London buyer find her dream home in the Dorset countryside and also meets a family who have turned local fish canning into a coastal success story.
November 2025
With their entire belongings in two rucksacks, today’s couple have spent the last six years travelling the globe. Now they want to find a base in the Wiltshire countryside.
Sonali Shah visits spectacular Scotland, making her way to Dumfries and Galloway with a married couple from London who are seeking a life-changing move.
Steve Brown is with a buyer who is hoping to find a new house in her childhood home county of Devon. He also visits an organic orchard that produces award-winning cider.
Jules Hudson is in the Powys countryside, helping a couple with two dogs, three cats and a motorbike find a home. He also visits a pioneering farm project growing a greener future.
Alistair Appleton helps a retired couple from the Wirral find their ideal Cornish bungalow within reach of a pub. Alistair also visits a local seal sanctuary to meet some unforgettable residents.
Alistair Appleton helps an opera singer and his husband find a house with space inside to hold small concerts and a garden big enough to keep a couple of pigs.
A couple from the Surrey town of Epsom enjoy the spectacular landscape in Argyll and Bute as Nicki Chapman provides them with some expert property advice.
Briony May Williams helps a young couple trade in their London flat for a family home in rural Suffolk, with space for their two children to enjoy a new life in the country.
Having met online and fallen in love just over a year ago, today's couple are calling on the help of Nicki Chapman to find them their very first home together in East Sussex.
Briony May Williams helps a London buyer wanting a dream Yorkshire cottage for her and her pet dog and then meets some coffee-roasting locals loving life on the edge of the moors.
It’s an Escape to the County first as Jules Hudson visits the Isle of Man with a retired nurse who knows the island better than he does! Stunning views and lovely homes await.
A retired army couple looking to escape busy Bedfordshire enlist Margherita Taylor to help them spend their house-hunting budget in the rural wilds of Norfolk.
The coast is a theme today as Denise Nurse helps a keen gardener move to North Yorkshire to be closer to her family and her treasured grandson.
Today’s couple have enlisted the help of Briony May Williams to help them swap their busy Kent town for the great outdoors of rural Suffolk.
Today’s buyer is ready to fulfil a lifelong dream of moving to the Lake District, where Sonali Shah helps her explore homes in pretty villages, including a unique mystery house.