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 235 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2025.
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Escape to the Country
A young, water-loving couple are looking to escape to Cornwall with their young daughter. They have £620,000 to spend on their new Cornish home. Also featuring a sailing school.
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Briony May Williams teams up with a retired Shakespeare scholar who wants to write a new chapter in the countryside of Cumbria for her £300,000 budget.
Series 25
Ginny Buckley is in the Wye Valley with a couple whose move is fuelled by a desire to be closer to their grandchildren.
There’s no place quite like Argyll and Bute, or so says Denise Nurse’s buyer, who wants to return there from Kent.
Today’s couple has decided to move to the peace and quiet of the east Devon border region, where Jules Hudson is on hand to help out with a spot of property shopping.
Series 26
Richie Anderson joins the show's line-up, helping a couple of born-and-bred Brummies to find the perfect character property on his home turf of the rural Midlands.
Series 22
In the Welsh Borders, Jules Hudson is the local with the lowdown, helping a retired colonel and his wife with their property shopping requirements.
Series 25
There’s no time like the present for Alistair Appleton's buyers, who hope to realise a lifelong dream of living by the sea in Dorset.
Alistair Appleton is on a property-hunting mission in the beautiful Cotswolds with a couple who want a location with dog walks on their doorstep, as well as decent dining options for date nights!
Alistair Appleton helps a couple with a budget of £700,000 to find a rural home for their young family with enough land for animals and a glamping site.
Series 25
Denise Nurse helps newlyweds from London, who want to swap the chaos of the city for the serenity of the Surrey countryside and finally get the dog they’ve been dreaming of.
A London couple want to escape from the city to either Somerset or Devon, where Briony May Williams has the keys to some wonderful countryside properties.
Series 26
A mum and son with a £350,000 budget return from overseas, hoping to find a classic Kent cottage full of charm. Denise Nurse helps them make a fresh start in the Garden of England.
Jules Hudson meets a calligrapher from east London who is looking to write a new chapter in the West Country. Jules also attends a sea shanty festival on the south coast.
Series 25
Jules Hudson helps a rock-climbing couple from an East Midlands town look for a new home in the hills and dales of North Yorkshire. Jules also attends the Great Yorkshire Show.
Briony May Williams helps a couple move from Belfast to Herefordshire to be closer to their family.
Series 25
In his home county of Kent, Steve Brown helps two newlyweds from London find a new, spacious and dog-friendly family home in the countryside.
Wanting to move to a quieter village than where they currently live, today’s couple have tasked Denise Nurse to find them a new home in the Hampshire or Wiltshire countryside.
After 15 years living and working in Dubai, two expats want to return home to the UK and need Sonali Shah’s help to find them a new home in wonderful West Sussex.
Series 26
Jules Hudson helps two retired drama teachers swap busy Sheffield for a new rural life in the beautiful Devon countryside.