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 2024. A total of 188 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2025.
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Escape to the Country
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.
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Denise Nurse is in Suffolk, helping a couple find a new home in a more rural setting, where they can enjoy retired life together, closer to the coast, lakes or waterways.
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.
Alistair Appleton is on a property-hunting mission in the beautiful Cotswolds with a couple who want a location with dog walks on their doorstep, as well as decent dining options for date nights!
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.
A young couple want to swap their London flat for something bigger in the East Midlands, where Nicki Chapman opens the front doors to a lovely selection of homes with lovely gardens.
December 2024
Briony May Williams teams up with a retired Shakespeare scholar who wants to write a new chapter in the countryside of Cumbria for her £300,000 budget.
Motivated by wanting to move closer to family, an escapee has her sister on hand for moral support and Sonali Shah’s property know-how to help find the ideal rural retreat.
Alistair Appleton helps a couple to move one step closer to their dream of a new life on the gorgeous Gower Peninsula in Wales.
After 26 years in London, today’s couple have headed to the Scottish Lothians in search of a change of lifestyle. They have a house-hunting budget of £475,000 and Nicki Chapman to help them spend it.
Jules Hudson explores one of the UK’s most beautiful locations today as he sets about finding the ideal Wye Valley property for his house hunters.
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.
There’s no place quite like Argyll and Bute, or so says Denise Nurse’s buyer, who wants to return there from Kent.
It’s an emotional homecoming today and a first for Jules Hudson as he visits County Down and County Antrim for some property shopping in Northern Ireland.
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.
Steve Brown helps a London couple, with £425,000 to spend, find a new home and less hectic lifestyle in Yorkshire.
Jules Hudson savours the spectacular scenery and splendid isolation on offer in Scotland’s Caithness as he helps a young family to realise their dream of self-sufficiency.
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.
Living with their baby boy in a one-bedroom flat in south London, today’s couple need more space, which they want to find in the lovely Chiltern Hills.