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 2023. A total of 98 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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Escape to the Country
With their entire belongings in two rucksacks, today’s couple have spent the last six years travelling the globe. Now they are looking for a base in rural Wiltshire.
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A couple from the Surrey town of Epsom enjoy the spectacular landscape in Argyll and Bute as Nicki Chapman provides them with some expert property advice.
Series 23
Briony May Williams has some wonderful property options in Devon and Dorset to show today’s buyer, who wants a new lease of life in a rural home with business potential.
Steve Brown is on hand to help a couple of newlyweds who are looking to escape south London and set down roots in the stunning countryside of Cumbria.
Series 24
Briony May Williams helps a retired couple who live just outside Belfast move closer to their family by finding a home in Herefordshire.
Jonnie Irwin meets a pair of teachers with a £600,000 budget who want to upsize and find the ideal country home for them and their four young children.
Series 23
Alistair Appleton guides one family, spread over four generations, to find two houses in one village. His mystery house promises to bring them closer together than they ever imagined.
Series 24
Denise Nurse shows off the magnificent Scottish Borders in all their glory to a young couple looking to make a big countryside escape.
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.
Steve Brown is on a property-hunting mission in Surrey, with a buyer who has a budget of £500,000, to find the space she needs for her and her dog.
Series 24
Nicki Chapman’s buyers have spent the last 25 years living and working in America. They now want to find their new, forever home in the Aberdeenshire countryside.
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.
It’s an emotional journey as Alistair Appleton helps a buyer with a £260,000 budget to escape her small flat near Heathrow airport.
Nicki Chapman lines up some wonderful Cornish homes to tempt a buyer from suburban Surrey looking for a fresh start for him and his grandson.
Alistair Appleton meets a couple who want to relocate closer to their daughter, who has already made the move to the Cumbrian countryside.
Steve Brown meets a couple hunting for a property with space for holiday lets or glamping in Powys. Steve also visits a nearby Victorian reservoir.
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.
Series 22
Returning home after seven years in Switzerland, today’s couple are expecting a baby and have called on Margherita Taylor to help them find a family home in Cambridgeshire.
Series 24
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.
Jules Hudson is on home ground in the Welsh Borders as he showcases some tempting houses to a retired couple who have a whopping £1 million to spend.