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 2025. A total of 227 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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Escape to the Country
Suffolk is today’s destination for Steve Brown and a couple from London who want to start a new life in the countryside. Steve also meets a pair of young farmers who use sustainable methods.
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Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk with a couple from Northamptonshire who have lived and worked all over the world. They want a property with the wow factor and spectacular views to boot.
Ginny Buckley meets a couple who are looking to return to their Welsh homeland after 20 years of living in Oxford.
Wanting a new start in Devon, a couple with a budget of £650,000 enlist Jules Hudson’s house-hunting knowhow to find a detached family home with a large garden.
Having almost made their escape seven years ago, today’s couple want to try again, tasking Ginny Buckley to help them move from a Surrey town to the Norfolk/Suffolk border.
Steve Brown marvels at the spectacular scenery on offer in Perth and Kinross and beyond as he helps a couple with three children to find their dream home in the countryside.
Denise Nurse helps a house hunter escape to rural Nottinghamshire. She also visits Sherwood Forest to learn how its ancient oaks are overcoming the challenges of climate change.
Ginny Buckley helps a theatre couple swap London life for a West Yorkshire home with rural sparkle and then meets a family who started a bold new life on a 30-acre farm.
January 2026
A globetrotting couple have decided to move back home for good, and Nicki Chapman lends a hand as they look for a new address in Oxfordshire’s lovely countryside.
Today’s buyers don’t mind if they find a new home in Hampshire or Dorset, just as long as it’s near their happy place, the sea. Denise Nurse is there to put a smile on their faces!
Hoping to escape to the dramatic countryside of north Wales, Jules Hudson’s buyers want to find a new home with at least an acre of land where they can create a wellbeing retreat.
Steve Brown helps a couple find an eco-friendly Devon home, as well as meeting someone who has already made his own escape and turned a traditional village pub into something super-stylish.
From thatched charm to characterful new builds, Sonali Shah helps a young couple from a commuter town find their first and forever home in Cambridgeshire.
After 26 years in London, today’s couple have headed to the Scottish Lothians in search of a change of lifestyle. They have a house-hunting budget of £475,000 and Nicki Chapman to help them spend it.
A young Essex couple need Nicki Chapman’s help to find them a new home in lovely Somerset, and fast. They have £725,000 to spend on a property for their growing family,
Alistair Appleton helps a retired couple and their five sausage dogs find a perfect East Sussex home with room to rescue animals.
In north Wales, Jules Hudson helps a buyer turn a favourite holiday destination into his forever home by finding a dog-friendly house with rural walks on the doorstep.
Briony May Williams helps a buyer from Leeds with £250,000 to spend, and an eye for something eco-friendly and inspiring, to follow her intuition to move to Pembrokeshire.
Richie Anderson helps a retiree from Lincolnshire find her dream Devonshire home by the sea and the lifestyle she has always wanted.
Sonali Shah showcases some superb Somerset properties to a couple who want a countryside home where they can upgrade an allotment to their very own back garden veggie patch.