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 231 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2026.
Last episode
Escape to the Country
Ginny Buckley’s buyer today is chasing an inspiring landscape. She wants a new Carmarthenshire home that has as much land as her £450,000 budget can muster.
Catching up on Escape to the Country?
Don't want to miss an episode anymore? Set up a free alarm and receive an email when new episodes are available. Handy!
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!
Series 24
Returning home after eight years of living and working in Abu Dhabi, two teachers want to swap desert sand for the beaches of East Sussex.
Series 26
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 an aspiring writer who wants to move from London to Dumfries and Galloway. He’s got his sights set on somewhere isolated that will inspire his creativity.
Series 26
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.
Series 27
Denise Nurse helps Charlotte from south London find a rural Gloucestershire escape, touring old, new and converted homes before helping to feed spring lambs down on the farm.
Alistair Appleton helps a young family search north east Wales for a home with land to suit animals and outdoor adventures. Afterwards, he meets a farmer passionate about healthy soil.
Series 23
Alistair Appleton helps a buyer from Guernsey find her perfect party property in the countryside. Alistair also drops in on Jules Hudson to discuss what the future holds for the rural housing market.
Series 24
With a budget of £400,000, an ambitious young couple from the West Midlands has the help of Sonali Shah to find a renovation project and a couple of acres of land in the Welsh Borders.
Jules Hudson helps a couple who have spent 16 years down under and who have a budget of £450,000 to relocate to Lancashire.
Series 26
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.
Series 27
Richie Anderson helps a couple trade in their town life for a bigger home in the Lincolnshire countryside that has plenty of room for family, including six grandchildren.
Briony May Williams helps Andrew and Will escape a busy Oxfordshire town for scenic Devon and Cornwall, and meets a renovator who bought a Devonshire farmhouse on a whim.
Having fallen in love with Norfolk a little more with each visit, a couple have decided to make the county their forever home, and Denise Nurse is there to help them find their forever house.
Alistair Appleton helps a married couple who want to follow in his footsteps by escaping London in search of a new life in his home county of West Sussex.
Series 24
Denise Nurse is in Suffolk, helping a couple find a new home in a more rural setting, where they can enjoy retired life together, closer to the coast, lakes or waterways.
Jules Hudson helps a former royal marine and retired civil servant to find their forever home in the wonderfully evocative county of Northumberland.
Series 27
Alistair Appleton helps a couple and their dog Daisy swap France for the East Riding of Yorkshire, hunting for a home nearer family, friends and proper fish and chips.
Steve Brown helps a whippet-loving couple swap a Sussex town for rural Suffolk, where they hope to establish a glamping retreat. Steve also explores a new scenic cycle route.