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 229 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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Escape to the Country
Steve Brown helps a Bristol couple to move to the Wye Valley. It's not far from where they live now, but it's a whole world away in terms of lifestyle.
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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.
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.
Sonali Shah is in magnificent Northumberland, helping three generations of the same family to escape from Leicester and find a new rural home together.
Berkshire’s beautiful countryside will be a far cry from busy Slough, where today’s couple is moving from, and Ginny Buckley is on hand to help with the house hunting.
Alistair Appleton helps a couple to move one step closer to their dream of a new life on the gorgeous Gower Peninsula in Wales.
Chris Bavin and today’s couple marvel at Shropshire’s stunning countryside in between checking out some tempting homes from the county’s property market.
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.
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.