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 229 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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Escape to the Country
Emotions are running high during a house hunt in Herefordshire, where Sonali Shah is helping a couple to make a fresh start in the countryside after a life-changing event.
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Two Eurovision enthusiasts need Denise Nurse’s help to find them a new home in Cumbria, where she also meets up with a young family of keen climbers and outdoor adventurers.
Sonali Shah meets a couple from Warwickshire who are looking for a property with a house and potential for holiday lets amid the stunning landscapes of north west Wales.
Series 24
Having lived in the same house virtually all her life, today’s ukelele-playing buyer has £280,000 to relocate to south west Wales.
A couple hope their £400,000 budget will buy them a slice of rural bliss in Moray in Scotland, where Jules Hudson is eager to show them the very best property on offer.
Steve Brown helps a London couple, with £425,000 to spend, find a new home and less hectic lifestyle in Yorkshire.
Series 26
Steve Brown helps a south east London couple find a family home on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, with homes that include two listed gems and a striking mystery house.
Series 24
Briony May Williams helps to make dreams come true for a buyer with an ambition of moving to the North Yorkshire countryside on a £250,000 budget.
Denise Nurse is in Norfolk, with a buyer who wants to move closer to her family, and who has her son in tow for support.
Armed with a top budget of £450,000, Jules Hudson property shops with a couple wanting to make a permanent move from Kent to the scenic East Riding of Yorkshire.
Series 24
Alastair Appleton helps a musical couple returning from the Netherlands to the UK, who are looking to find a new home in either Somerset or Gloucestershire.
Series 25
Nicki Chapman is in Devon, house-hunting with a pair of entrepreneurial sisters who dream of creating their very own glamping business.
Series 23
Jules Hudson helps a couple from West Sussex find their dream home in Yorkshire, which ideally will have a workshop where they can turn a hobby into a profession.
Series 26
Nicki Chapman helps a couple from the city of Wolverhampton to find a new home and lifestyle in Shropshire, before braving an outdoors adventure playground with a giant zip wire.
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.
Alistair Appleton meets a pair of budding entrepreneurs who want to escape to the Cotswolds. The property must have the potential to develop a boutique country holiday let.
Series 24
A house with as much natural light as possible is top of today’s property shopping list, and Jules Hudson is just the chap to find it in the region of the Bedfordshire borders.
Having been to the Lake District over 50 times, today’s couple have decided to stop visiting and start living in one of the UK’s most spectacular national parks.
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.
Series 25
Sonali Shah is house-hunting with a couple from New York who want to swap the Big Apple for a bite of the Somerset countryside.