Celebrity Escape To The Country
Celebrity Escape To The Country is a living & home improvement program on BBC1. Fancy swapping the hustle and bustle of city life for an idyllic rural retreat? The team help a host of well-known faces find their dream homes in the glorious British countryside. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 11 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2025.
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Celebrity Escape To The Country
Former winner of The Apprentice, Tim Campbell, is London born and bred, but is now looking for a rural family home. Can Sonali Shah help him seal the deal?
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Sonali Shah, with sparkly wellies at the ready, helps Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec make their escape to the country – in rural Cheshire.
On the hunt for a new country pad, pop queen and TV presenter Cheryl Baker and her musician husband Steve team up with Alistair Appleton for a special celebrity escape.
Series 2
Pop icon H from Steps, along with his partner Tom, put Denise Nurse through her paces as she attempts to find their perfect family home in the beautiful South Wales countryside.
Alistair Appleton helps broadcaster and author Anita Rani to trade in east London life for a quirky rural getaway near the Sussex or Kent coast.
West End superstar Alfie Boe swaps the spotlight for house-hunting in Sussex with Ginny Buckley. They also switch gears for a friendly tractor race at a local vintage club.
Pioneering presenter Kaye Adams wants to swap city life and turn over a new leaf by escaping to the wilds of the Scottish countryside, supported by rural expert Jules Hudson.
On your marks for an Escape to the Country of Olympic proportions, as sprinter Linford Christie looks for a slower lifestyle in the countryside, with the help of Alistair Appleton.
Series 1
Nicki Chapman helps the nation’s favourite pantomime dame and king of the jungle, Christopher Biggins, and his partner Neil, escape London for a new home in the rural Home Counties.
Jules Hudson helps Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan and her partner Thom find a new countryside home in rural Lancashire, worthy of the UK's 'queen of the quiz'.
Denise Nurse helps TV's Dr Ranj escape the city blues by looking at a fabulous selection of property options within reach of the Peak District.