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 March 2026.
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Escape to the Country
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.
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Wanting to be close to the coast, a couple from Birmingham decide that Cornwall is the perfect destination for their escape. Sonali Shah is on hand to make their dream come true.
Series 26
A couple from suburban Cheshire discover that stunning views don't have to cost a fortune as Sonali Shah finds them a home on Argyll and Bute’s Kintyre peninsula for a £250,000 budget.
Series 25
Alistair Appleton heads to Devon’s Dartmoor National Park with a mother and daughter who are after a property that can provide a countryside home for the whole family and a place to build a business.
Series 26
Nicki Chapman helps a retired couple find their dream Devon home by the sea and meets a Dartmoor family who map family-friendly walks in the National Park for all to enjoy.
Jules Hudson has a line-up of beautiful Cambridgeshire houses for a retired couple who want to relocate to be closer to family. Jules also visits the inspiring Great Fen Project.
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.
In West Yorkshire, Steve Brown supports an artist who is looking to leave London to realise her ambition of living life in the countryside.
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
Briony May Williams helps a Canadian couple find a Peak District cottage to call home and meets an octogenarian volunteer ranger who has spent decades caring for the National Park.
Alistair Appleton helps globetrotter Sabiha find an Argyll and Bute retreat with a line-up that includes a magical home on an island, just a short ferry ride from the mainland.
Series 21
A married couple looking to uproot from Greater Manchester seek the help of Jules Hudson to find a new family home close to the coast in glorious Dorset.
Series 24
Sonali Shah tours Lincolnshire with a couple looking to relocate there from Scotland, showing them the very best property the county has to offer for their £220,000 budget.
The focus is firmly on Wiltshire today as Jonnie Irwin helps a couple from London with a £550k budget to make a life-changing rural move to this beautiful county.
Series 25
There’s no place quite like Argyll and Bute, or so says Denise Nurse’s buyer, who wants to return there from Kent.
A career change means today’s buyers urgently need Alistair Appleton’s help in finding them a rural property in Derbyshire or Staffordshire.
Series 26
Retired Jenny from Kent heads for the North Wessex Downs to be near her son, and with Jules Hudson’s help, she’s hoping to find a rosy cottage to call home.
In Scotland's Central Lowlands, Sonali Shah helps a Canadian couple to make a rural escape and meets Californians who bought their dream home, sight unseen, and never looked back.
Series 24
Nicki Chapman has a very tempting selection of properties for a young couple, currently living in Manchester, who are hoping to up sticks to the Cheshire countryside with their young daughter.