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Series 26: 37. Cambridgeshire
After 30 years living in Belgium, retired scientists Helen and Wai are coming back to Britain, and Jules Hudson has a varied line-up of beautiful properties in the Cambridgeshir ...
25-09-2026
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Series 26: 22. Devon
Devon is calling as Richie Anderson helps a retiree from Lincolnshire find her dream home by the sea in a county that already feels like home to her. With beach walks on the wis ...
24-09-2026
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Series 26: 20. Cornwall
It’s all action in Cornwall as Jules Hudson teams up with two fitness fanatics from the town of Hertford, who are searching for their perfect seaside escape. They are afte ...
23-09-2026
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Series 27: 22. North Yorkshire
Briony May Williams heads to the north Yorkshire countryside with a £280,000 budget, helping Richard, Helen and her daughter Immi swap a busy Kentish town for the Yorkshir ...
23-09-2026
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Series 27: 21. Northamptonshire
Charming cottages and a lovely barn conversion are on the property shortlist in the Northamptonshire countryside as Denise Nurse helps Caroline from Kent return to what she call ...
22-09-2026
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Series 24: 39. Aberdeenshire
With a budget of £400,000, Jules Hudson is on hand to make a Sydney couple's dream of an escape to Aberdeenshire come true. Away from the property shopping, Jules makes fr ...
20-09-2026
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Series 25: 44. Somerset
Sonali Shah is house-hunting with a couple from New York who want to swap the Big Apple for a bite of the sunny Somerset countryside. Working with a very healthy budget, Sonali ...
19-09-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 18. Shropshire
With ambitions to start a cookery school in Shropshire, a couple from Hertfordshire get a helping hand from Nicki Chapman to spend £900,000 on a new home for their new lif ...
18-09-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 10. Surrey
A health-conscious couple from London enlist Sonali Shah to help them spend £1.3 million on a detached property in Surrey with enough land to create a wellness retreat. Ta ...
17-09-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 15. Norfolk
A retired army couple looking to escape busy Bedfordshire enlist Margherita Taylor to help them spend their house-hunting budget of £680,000 in the rural wilds of Norfolk. ...
17-09-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 16. Cotswolds
In the Cotswolds, Nicki Chapman and a couple from Scotland don’t need to look too far to find the characterful cottage of their dreams for a £600,000 budget. While i ...
16-09-2026
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Series 26: 33. Central Lowlands
In Scotland’s glorious Central Lowlands, Sonali Shah helps Canadian couple Stewart and Derek find their dream home among some truly beautiful properties, including a myste ...
15-09-2026
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Series 26: 30. Shropshire
In Shropshire, Alistair Appleton helps newlyweds from suburban Essex hunt for a historic, traditional hideaway with heaps of character, which they find in a gem of a home that d ...
14-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): East Midlands
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 beautiful selection of homes with lovely ...
11-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): The Chilterns
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. Alistair Appleton h ...
10-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Buckinghamshire And Oxfordshire
Having spent the past four years living in the US state of Texas, today’s couple and their two young children are returning to the UK and have tasked Sonali Shah to help t ...
09-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): The Fens
Steve Brown’s escapees from a large Bedfordshire town want to relocate to the fabulous Fens to start a glamping business, so at least an acre of land is a priority. Steve ...
08-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Bedfordshire Borders
Even though the daily commute from London to their Bedfordshire business is taking its toll, Nicki Chapman has her work cut out persuading one half of today’s couple to mo ...
07-09-2026
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Series 25: 16. The Lothians
Wanting to escape south London, a mother and son meet up with Sonali Shah in the Lothians, where they want to find their ideal rural retreat, complete with an art studio. Sonali ...
06-09-2026
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Series 22: 51. Somerset
Somerset is the destination today, where Alistair Appleton is helping an industrious young couple from Hertfordshire who are eager to make a rural move to the county. In the hom ...
05-09-2026
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Series 26: 28. Nottinghamshire
Denise Nurse is in Nottinghamshire, helping Canadian house hunter Shane swap London life for the countryside. He is bringing his two cats but dreams of a garden big enough for a ...
04-09-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 13. East Riding Of Yorkshire
Armed with a top budget of £450,000, Jules Hudson property shops with a couple wanting to make a permanent move from Kent to the scenic East Riding of Yorkshire. They are ...
03-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Herefordshire
Living a few miles from Belfast is just too far from family, so now they’ve retired, today’s couple want to move back to England, to Herefordshire, where Briony May ...
03-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): The Cotswolds
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 option ...
02-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cumbria
Briony May Williams teams up with a retired Shakespeare scholar who wants to write a new chapter in the Cumbrian countryside for her £300,000 budget. Away from the house h ...
01-09-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): County Antrim And County Down
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. He’s with ...
31-08-2026
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Series 25: 14. Northumberland
A newly engaged couple from Cheshire want to buy their first home together in rural Northumberland, where Jules Hudson is on hand to show them a selection of houses that matches ...
29-08-2026
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Series 25: 8. North Wales
Hoping to escape to the dramatic countryside of north Wales, Jules Hudson’s buyers want to find a new home with at least an acre of land where they can create a yoga and w ...
28-08-2026
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Series 25: 7. Suffolk
Wanting to move closer to her family and the sea, a buyer from London needs Alistair Appleton’s help to find a new home in the Suffolk countryside. Alistair also meets a c ...
27-08-2026
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Series 27: 20. Devon
Sonali Shah is in glorious Devon with Lisa and Neil from the city of Newport, whose country house wish list has one surprisingly non-negotiable requirement... the perfect utilit ...
27-08-2026
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Series 25: 6. Devon
Sonali Shah helps a young couple who are looking forward to buying their first house together in the picturesque countryside of Devon. Sonali also takes to the water as she lear ...
26-08-2026
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Series 27: 19. Cheshire
Nicki Chapman helps Jules and Sharlean leave the edge of Chester behind in search of Cheshire’s rural charms and undiscovered dog walks. The house search throws up some te ...
26-08-2026
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Series 25: 17. West Yorkshire
Emotions are running high in the West Yorkshire countryside as Nicki Chapman helps a buyer from a Hertfordshire town find a new home in the beautiful county where she grew up. W ...
23-08-2026
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Series 25: 12. Norfolk And Suffolk Borders
Having almost made their escape seven years ago, today’s couple want to try again, tasking Ginny Buckley to help them move from a Surrey town and out into the countryside ...
22-08-2026
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Series 25: 5. North Buckinghamshire
The bluebells are out in Buckinghamshire as Briony May Williams shows some splendid countryside properties to a couple wanting to escape from the Warwickshire town of Rugby. And ...
21-08-2026
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Series 25: 2. Cornwall
A couple from Kent want to head west to Cornwall to house-hunt for a property where they can create a wellness retreat, and Jules Hudson is just the man to help them find it. Ta ...
20-08-2026
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Series 27: 18. Herefordshire
Jules Hudson is on home turf in his beloved Herefordshire, helping Sian and Andy leave their Leicestershire town to find a country home where they can start a new chapter with t ...
20-08-2026
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Series 25: 1. The Highlands
Alistair Appleton is in the Highlands of Scotland with an artistic couple whose aspirations include starting their own music festival among the magnificent mountains the region ...
19-08-2026
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Series 27: 17. Aberdeenshire
In Aberdeenshire, Alistair Appleton helps Sonya and her son William find a country home with enough land for the whole family, including their ponies and horses. The search unco ...
18-08-2026
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Series 25: 13. Gloucestershire
Returning to the UK after 22 years in eastern Australia, today’s couple have decided they now want to make their home in the countryside of glorious Gloucestershire. Nicki ...
16-08-2026
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Series 25: 11. Perth And Kinross Borders
Steve Brown marvels at the spectacular scenery on offer in Scotland's Perth and Kinross and beyond as he helps a couple with three children from a city in Essex find their dream ...
15-08-2026
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Series 23: 28. Argyll And Bute
It’s destination Argyll and Bute today. Sonali Shah tours this region of Scotland in search of a new home for a couple from a Warwickshire town who have a budget of £ ...
14-08-2026
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Series 22: 50. Worcestershire
Chris Bavin is on hand to make the rural English dream a reality by presenting some beautiful properties to a couple returning to the UK after 20 years living abroad in Canada. ...
13-08-2026
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Series 21: 44. Norfolk
A retired army couple looking to escape busy Bedfordshire enlist Margherita Taylor to help them spend their house hunting budget of £680,000 in the rural wilds of Norfolk. ...
12-08-2026
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Series 21: 42. Cotswolds
In the Cotswolds, Nicki Chapman and a couple from Scotland don’t need to look too far to find the characterful cottage of their dreams for a £600,000 budget. Whilst ...
11-08-2026
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Series 21: 46. Wiltshire And Somerset
Travelling through the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset, Jonnie Irwin helps a pair of early retirees spend their whopping £1.3million budget on an impressive home in the ...
10-08-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): South West Wales
Looking for a new adventure in south west Wales, today’s couple have £400,000 to find a new home with at least an acre of land for glamping and a forestry school. Gi ...
08-08-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cornwall
Jules Hudson gets to show off a gloriously sunny Cornwall to an entrepreneurial couple who are on the lookout for a property with potential for a holiday let business as well as ...
07-08-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 10. Cotswolds
Alistair Appleton guides a pair of budding entrepreneurs who want to escape to the Cotswolds. They have a generous £900,000 to play with, but the property must have the po ...
06-08-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): West Yorkshire
In wonderful West Yorkshire, Nicki Chapman is with a young couple from Manchester who have a budget of £270,000 to find a home in the countryside for them and their baby s ...
06-08-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): East Midlands
Sonali Shah tours the East Midlands in search of a property to suit today’s buyers who, for the last 23 years, have been living in the USA. Sonali also meets another coupl ...
05-08-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Pembrokeshire
Nicki Chapman is on the hunt for a Pembrokeshire property with a holiday let to suit a couple with very different wants and needs. Nicki also visits some entrepreneurs who&rsquo ...
04-08-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 13. Somerset And Devon
With the help of Alistair Appleton, a couple want to escape land-locked life in a Leicestershire town and relocate to a county with a coastline. So, they’ve decided to mak ...
03-08-2026
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Series 24: 8. Caithness
Jules Hudson savours the spectacular scenery and splendid isolation on offer in Scotland’s Caithness, as he helps a young family with a house-hunting budget of £270, ...
02-08-2026
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cumbria
Wanting to move closer to their family, Nicki Chapman celebrates the arrival of her buyers’ first grandchild by helping them find a new home in Cumbria. Nicki also meets a ...
01-08-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 3. Anglesey
Feeling an affinity for Wales, and in particular the island of Anglesey, a Canadian couple task Briony May Williams with finding them the stone cottage they’ve always drea ...
31-07-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 9. Norfolk
Ginny Buckley presents an arresting range of houses to a couple who have a substantial budget of £700,000 and are hoping to relocate their family to the wonderful Norfolk ...
30-07-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 12. Dorset
Having grown out of their town flat, two newlyweds with a budget of £400,000 need Ginny Buckley’s help to find a new home in the Dorset countryside that has enough s ...
30-07-2026
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Series 26: 21. Oxfordshire
Rock ’n’ roll meets rural charm as Nicki Chapman helps a young couple of professional musicians swap the city soundscape for the Oxfordshire countryside. They’ ...
29-07-2026
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Series 26: 14. North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is calling, and Briony May Williams is on the case as she helps a London buyer and her beloved dog Buddy swap city bustle for a country cottage. With a £35 ...
28-07-2026
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Series 26: 9. Cumbria
Outdoor adventures are calling in Cumbria, where Jules Hudson helps a couple on the hunt for a rural home with potential for a workshop. After years of success on the Paralympic ...
27-07-2026
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Series 25: 46. Suffolk
With the last of their children about to fly the nest, a couple from a large Berkshire town need Jules Hudson’s help to find them a new home in the Suffolk countryside tha ...
25-07-2026
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Series 24: 41. Shropshire
A couple want to swap their Cheshire townhouse for the dark skies and beautiful open spaces of Shropshire. Denise Nurse helps them with the property search and also visits a flo ...
24-07-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): Episode 3
Jules Hudson is in Derbyshire with a recently married couple who are making an epic location shift and swapping the Blue Mountains in Australia for the wilds of the Peak Distric ...
23-07-2026
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Series 25: 54. North Wales
In north Wales, Jules Hudson helps an adventurous buyer turn a favourite holiday destination into his forever home by finding a dog-friendly house with countryside walks on the ...
23-07-2026
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Series 26: 18. Gloucestershire And Herefordshire
Alistair Appleton is exploring Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, helping a couple make the move from Germany to the British countryside. Alistair shows them a fantastic mystery ...
22-07-2026
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Series 27: 16. The Peak District
Sonali Shah is in the Peak District helping Andrew, and his faithful dog Edna, swap Amsterdam for a home in the UK’s first National Park. Supported by his big sister, and ...
22-07-2026
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Series 27: 15. County Down
In Northern Ireland’s County Down, Jules Hudson helps Siobhan, with support from her sister, search for the perfect Emerald Isle home for her and her husband after years o ...
21-07-2026
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Series 24: 36. Carmarthenshire
Ginny Buckley’s buyer today is chasing an inspiring landscape. She wants a new Carmarthenshire home that has as much land as her £450,000 budget can muster. She&rsqu ...
19-07-2026
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Series 25: 10. Hampshire And Dorset Borders
Today’s buyers don’t mind if they find a new home in either Hampshire or Dorset, just as long as it’s as close as possible to their happy place, the sea. Denis ...
18-07-2026
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Series 24: 38. East Sussex
Returning home after eight years of living and working in Abu Dhabi, two teachers want to swap desert sand for the beaches of East Sussex, where Briony May Williams has the keys ...
17-07-2026
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 3. Dumfries And Galloway
Alistair Appleton helps an aspiring writer who wants to make a dramatic relocation from the frenetic bustle of East London to the rural idylls of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotla ...
16-07-2026
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Series 26: 16. Powys
It’s all go in gorgeous Powys as Jules Hudson helps a couple to swap town life in Oxfordshire for his beloved Wales. On the wish list is space for two dogs, three cats and ...
16-07-2026
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Series 26: 13. The Isle Of Man
It’s a first for Escape to the Country as Jules Hudson heads to the Isle of Man. He’s helping a retired nurse from Lincolnshire who has been holidaying on the island ...
15-07-2026
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Series 27: 14. Gloucestershire
Denise Nurse is in the Gloucestershire countryside, helping Charlotte from Croydon in south London find a rural escape with help from her eldest son, Ben. Included in the fantas ...
15-07-2026
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Series 27: 13. North East Wales
Alistair Appleton is in north east Wales, helping a young couple hoping to find a slice of countryside heaven with room for their two children, a dog, veg patches and some chick ...
14-07-2026
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Series 23: 1. Herefordshire Borders
Alistair Appleton border-hops between Herefordshire and its neighbouring counties today as he helps a buyer from Guernsey to find her perfect party property in the countryside f ...
28-06-2026
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Series 24: 32. Welsh Borders
With a budget of £400,000, an ambitious young couple from the West Midlands has the help of Sonali Shah to find a renovation project and a couple of acres of land in the W ...
27-06-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): Lancashire
After 16 years ‘down under’, Jules Hudson helps a couple to come back to Blighty. Their £450,000 budget might not stretch quite as far in Lancashire as it did ...
26-06-2026
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Series 26: 15. Cornwall
Sun, sea and seals... it’s another glorious escape to the country in Cornwall, where Alistair Appleton is helping a retired couple from the Wirral find their perfect Corni ...
25-06-2026
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Series 27: 12. Lincolnshire
Richie Anderson is in rural Lincolnshire, helping John and Margaret find a large countryside home, with enough room for six visiting grandchildren, on a budget of £400,000 ...
25-06-2026
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Series 27: 11. Devon And Cornwall
Briony May Williams travels to scenic Devon and Cornwall, helping Andrew and Will swap their busy Oxfordshire town life for something with a little more sea air and a lot less s ...
24-06-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 14. Norfolk
Having fallen in love with Norfolk a little more with each visit, a couple have decided to make the county their forever home, and Denise Nurse is there to help them find their ...
22-06-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 11. West Sussex
Alistair Appleton relishes being in his home county of West Sussex as he shows off some of its many delights including, of course, a selection of beautiful properties. He’ ...
19-06-2026
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Series 27: 10. East Riding Of Yorkshire
Alistair Appleton is in the East Riding of Yorkshire with a couple heading home after a life in France, along with their dog Daisy and a serious craving for family, friends and ...
19-06-2026
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Series 24: 49. Suffolk
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. Also o ...
18-06-2026
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Series 27: 9. Suffolk
Steve Brown heads to Suffolk with a couple from an East Sussex town who are utterly devoted to their three whippets and are desperate to leave their 1960s bungalow. They dream o ...
18-06-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 5. Northumberland
Finally able to search for their forever home and a more settled way of life, a former royal marine and a retired civil servant have £375,000 to spend and the expert guida ...
17-06-2026
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Series 21 (shortened Versions): 2. Lake District
Alistair Appleton helps a couple from Newcastle who want to turn the spectacular Lake District from a holiday destination into their permanent home. With a budget of £750, ...
14-06-2026
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 12. Welsh Marches
There’s a sense of urgency today in the Welsh Marches as Sonali Shah helps a couple, who have already sold their old house, to find a new one with enough land to be self-s ...
13-06-2026
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 4. Norfolk
Sonali Shah goes house-hunting in Norfolk with a buyer who has holidayed there throughout her life and now wants to make the county her home and business address. She wants to e ...
12-06-2026
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Series 25: 53. Devon
Steve Brown is with a buyer who has a £425,000 budget to spend on a new house in her childhood home county of Devon. It’s an emotional return to her roots, and with ...
11-06-2026
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Series 27: 8. Powys
Jules Hudson is in Powys, helping Lisa from Northampton achieve a life reboot. With a budget of £450,000, she wants a fresh start in the Welsh countryside for her and her ...
11-06-2026
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Series 25: 48. The Lake District
Today’s buyer fell in love with the Lake District as a child and feels that now the time is right to finally make her dream move there. Sonali Shah is on hand with a selec ...
10-06-2026
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Series 27: 7. Counties Antrim, Down And Tyrone
An air ambulance pilot with a taste for adventure is searching for a peaceful home in Northern Ireland where she can truly switch off after high-flying shifts. Originally from N ...
10-06-2026
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Series 22: 44. Dorset
Although originally from the UK, today’s couple have been living in Canada since the 1980s. Now back home, and with Ginny Buckley’s help, they are raring to find a n ...
07-06-2026
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Series 25: 27. West Sussex
After 15 years living and working in Dubai, two expats want to return home to the UK and need Sonali Shah’s help to find them a new home in wonderful West Sussex. Sonali a ...
06-06-2026
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Series 26: 8. Herefordshire
Sonali Shah helps a couple from Berkshire who are looking for a fresh start in a new home in the Herefordshire countryside, following a life-threatening, life-changing event. Wi ...
05-06-2026
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Series 26: 12. Kent
The Garden of England is calling as a young couple from Greater London head deeper into the Kent countryside in search of more space and fresh air for them and their two young c ...
04-06-2026
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Series 27: 6. Gloucestershire
In glorious Gloucestershire, Nicki Chapman helps Peggy finally make her long-awaited escape from London. After years of dreaming, she’s ready to find a home that suits her ...
04-06-2026
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