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 236 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2026.
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Escape to the Country
Briony May Williams is with a couple from London in the market for a new home in the countryside of Oxfordshire or Wiltshire that has enough space for them and their two young sons.
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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.
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.
A couple look for a Somerset home for their young family that has room for chickens, llamas and maybe a pig. Denise Nurse lines up some wonderful rural options.
Ginny Buckley is in rural Worcestershire, with a tempting property line-up to fulfil the dreams of her escapees. She also meets a family who left London to start a brewery.
Nicki Chapman is in Devon, house-hunting with a pair of entrepreneurial sisters who dream of creating their very own glamping business.
Steve Brown guides a couple on their house hunt in Bedfordshire who are looking for the peace and quiet the county has to offer.
A couple with four kids searches for outdoor adventures and fresh air in North Yorkshire, where Briony May Williams helps them find a family home with room to spread their wings.
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.
Alistair Appleton helps a couple looking for a characterful, dog-friendly home in either Norfolk or Suffolk for them and their whippets. He then meets a willow farmer championing the sustainable crop.
Richie Anderson helps a couple branch out to fulfil their forest school dream. He also meets an innovative artist who creates masterpieces on a bicycle-powered sewing machine.
It’s an island escape as Jules Hudson helps a couple from a town in Cheshire to find their dream home on Anglesey.
Ginny Buckley is in the Wye Valley with a couple whose move is fuelled by a desire to be closer to their grandchildren.
Jules Hudson helps a couple returning to the UK from Australia find a home in Cornwall with views and Cornish charm. He also visits a slate mine that has been turned into a stunning off-grid retreat.
Sonali Shah helps Norman and Linda swap London for a breath of fresh sea air in Dorset, with a standout mystery house and a relaxing stop at a seaweed spa.
Today, we have a marvellous multi-generational move to consider as Alistair Appleton guides one family, spread over four generations, to find two houses in one village!
Nicki Chapman is in the Cairngorms with a couple who, after exploring the UK in their campervan for the last two years, have decided to settle in the Scottish countryside.
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 helps two retired drama teachers swap busy Sheffield for a new rural life in the beautiful Devon countryside.
March 2026
Denise Nurse helps a couple who want a unique Sussex home, and the quirkier, the better! Her line-up includes some wow-factor properties, any one of which could be the mystery house.