Catch up TV
Escape to the Country
Escape to the Country Episodes
Series 22: 4. Wiltshire
With their entire belongings in two rucksacks, today’s couple have spent the last six years travelling the globe. With £325,000, the pair have decided they need a ba ...
26-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 22: 2. Argyll And Bute
A couple from the Surrey town of Epsom enjoy the spectacular landscape in Argyll and Bute as Nicki Chapman provides them with some expert property advice. For their budget of &p ...
25-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 40. Devon And Dorset
Now that her sons have fledged the nest, today’s buyer wants a new lease of life in a rural home that has business potential. She’s set her sights on either Devon or ...
24-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 24. Cumbria
Steve Brown is on hand to help a couple of newlyweds who are looking to escape south London and set down roots in the stunning countryside of Cumbria. They have already discount ...
23-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 53. 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 ...
23-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 20 (extended Versions): 7. Lancashire
Jonnie Irwin meets a pair of teachers with a £600k budget who want to upsize and find the ideal country home for them and their four young children. Away from property, Jo ...
21-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 22. West Sussex
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. It&rsquo ...
19-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 27. Scottish Borders
Denise Nurse shows off the magnificent Scottish Borders in all their glory to a young couple looking to make a big countryside escape. One half wants to open a veterinary practi ...
18-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 52. Aberdeenshire
Although Nicki Chapman’s buyers are currently renting in a Surrey town, they’ve spent the last 25 years living and working in America. They now want to find their ne ...
18-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 55. Yorkshire
Jules Hudson is in his element as he explores the glorious countryside of North and West Yorkshire with a couple from a market town in West Sussex. Jules has a superb selection ...
17-07-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 43. Surrey
Steve Brown is on a property-hunting mission in Surrey, with a buyer who has a budget of £500,000, to find the space she needs for her and her dog. Keen to help out in the ...
16-07-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
29-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 41. Wiltshire
It’s an emotional journey as Alistair Appleton helps a buyer with a £260,000 budget to escape her small flat near Heathrow airport. She is desperate for some peace a ...
28-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 45. Cornwall
Nicki Chapman is in captivating Cornwall, where she has some wonderful Cornish homes lined up to tempt a buyer from suburban Surrey who is looking for a fresh start for him and ...
27-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 51. Bedfordshire Borders
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 bor ...
27-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 39. Cumbria
Alistair Appleton meets a couple who are looking for a complete change of lifestyle in the Cumbrian countryside. Their relocation is driven by a desire to be closer to their dau ...
26-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 29. Powys
Space for holiday lets or glamping is the priority for a couple today who are chasing a complete change of lifestyle in Wales. Steve Brown kick-starts their Powys property journ ...
25-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 22: 40. Cambridgeshire
Returning home after seven years in Switzerland, today’s couple are expecting a baby and have called on Margherita Taylor to help them find a family home in Cambridgeshire ...
23-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 50. The Lake District
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. The ...
21-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 21 (extended Versions): 5. Welsh Borders
Jules Hudson is on home ground in the Welsh Borders as he showcases some tempting houses to a retired couple who have a whopping £1 million to spend. Along with a characte ...
19-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 21 (extended Versions): 14. Norfolk
Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk with a couple from Northamptonshire who have lived and worked all over the world. With a whopping £1 million to spend, the globetrotting pair w ...
18-06-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
15-06-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
14-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 38. Peak District
Steve Brown meets a pair of cycling enthusiasts on the hunt for the perfect rural idyll in the Peak District. They have a budget of £450,000 to swap city life in Essex for ...
13-06-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
13-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 31. Suffolk
The devoted owners of no fewer than six Irish wolfhounds are in desperate need of more space for them and those countless muddy paws, so have set their sights on Suffolk for a b ...
12-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 9. North Yorkshire
Having spent 30 years living and working in Hong Kong, today’s escapee teams up with Jonnie Irwin in North Yorkshire with a house-hunting budget of £350,000. Away fr ...
11-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23 (extended Versions): 8. Dorset
In true Escape to the Country style, today’s couple (both former international rugby players) want to leave London in search of a rural idyll in Dorset, and Alistair Apple ...
07-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 48. 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 lovely selection of homes with charming g ...
07-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 37. Wiltshire
Nicki Chapman helps a buyer with a budget of £450,000 who wants to escape her ex-council flat in south London and create a new life in the Wiltshire countryside. She&rsquo ...
06-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 36. Devon
A couple from the largest town in Dorset want to escape the urban sprawl to establish a new country life in Devon, and Sonali Shah is on hand to help them kick-start their prope ...
05-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 35. Cheshire
Cheshire may be a world away from Miami, where today’s couple are moving from, but to them, it’s a county that feels like home, and Alistair Appleton is on hand to h ...
04-06-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
02-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 24 (extended Versions): Somerset
A pair of artists look to Alistair Appleton to help them find an inspiring rural retreat in Somerset where they can further indulge their creativity. Alistair also meets a young ...
01-06-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 33. Herefordshire
With the recent arrival of grandchildren, today’s globetrotting escapees are returning home for good from Malaysia and want to put down permanent roots in the Herefordshir ...
31-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 32. South West Wales
With the help of her mother and Jules Hudson, a buyer from suburban Surrey is looking for a new family home with enough land to start a dog-training school in south west Wales. ...
30-05-2024
BBC 1
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 £ ...
29-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 47. The Cotswolds
Alistair Appleton is on a property-hunting mission to the beautiful Cotswolds with a couple who want a location with dog walks on the doorstep as well as decent dining options f ...
29-05-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
27-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24 (extended Versions): Northumberland
Needing more space for books as well as an impressive collection of rocks, today’s couple from Edinburgh have Alistair Appleton to help them with their rural relocation in ...
26-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 27. Wiltshire
The pressure is on Nicki Chapman to find today’s couple their perfect property in wonderful Wiltshire, as they have already sold their London home. Away from house hunting ...
24-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 25. Cambridgeshire
A keen singer from south east London, accompanied by her good friend, needs help to find a new home in Cambridgeshire with her budget of £360,000. Sonali Shah is only too ...
23-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 23. Oxfordshire
Nicki Chapman teams up with an author from west London who wants to pen an exciting new chapter for herself in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. Away from the property hunt ...
22-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 15. Gloucestershire
A soon-to-be retired vicar and her husband need Sonali Shah’s help to find a new home in the beautiful countryside of Gloucestershire. Sonali also visits Adam Henson, who, ...
21-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 46. Cumbria
Briony May Williams teams up with a retired Shakespeare scholar, who with a £300,000 budget hopes to write a new chapter in her life in the Cumbrian countryside. Away from ...
20-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 25. Welsh Borders
A couple from Reading in Berkshire want to escape and set up home in the Welsh Borders, somewhere with enough land to keep a menagerie of animals. Steve Brown helps them with th ...
18-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 24. Norfolk
On a bid to escape the city, today’s couple and their three children are looking for a change of lifestyle for the whole family, and Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk to help th ...
17-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 23. The Peak District
Denise Nurse delivers the Peak District on a plate as she helps a couple from a town in Oxfordshire to find their dream country home for a budget of £450,000. Whilst in th ...
16-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 22. Perth And Kinross
Sonali Shah marvels at the majesty of Perth and Kinross as she helps a couple from a large town on England’s south coast to find their dream country escape in Scotland. Wi ...
15-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 21. Warwickshire
Missing family and the great British countryside, today’s couple are heading home to Warwickshire having spent the last six years living and working in the USA. Jules Huds ...
14-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 45. County Antrim And County Down
It’s an emotional homecoming, and a first for Jules Hudson, as he visits County Down and County Antrim for some property shopping in Northern Ireland. He’s with a co ...
14-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 17. Perth And Kinross
Jules Hudson is in Perth and Kinross, helping a young couple with a budget of £350,000 to find an ideal country home for them and their two young sons. Jules also meets a ...
11-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 20. Northamptonshire
Wanting to leave town life behind them, this episode's couple have their sights set on a new countryside home in Northamptonshire, and Ginny Buckley is on hand to help them find ...
10-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 22: 45. North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire beckons to an Essex couple who need Jonnie Irwin’s help to find a home in this beautiful region.\n\nJonnie also visits the popular seaside resort of Whitby ...
09-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 19. Hampshire
In Hampshire, Steve Brown has some excellent houses in his property shopping bag to show today’s couple who, along with their two children and two tortoises, want to live ...
08-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 21: 6. Carmarthenshire
Ginny Buckley is house hunting with a couple who are looking to return to their Welsh homeland after 20 years of living in Oxford. The pair have a budget of £450,000 to fi ...
07-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 44. Berkshire And Hampshire
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 ...
07-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 15. North Yorkshire
Now back in the UK, a young couple crave the outdoors lifestyle they experienced together for nearly three years in New Zealand. Nicki Chapman’s helps them find a new home ...
02-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 14. Lincolnshire
Having taken a leap of faith, today’s couple from Scotland stuck a pin in a map that landed in lovely Lincolnshire. Sonali Shah tours the county with them, showing them th ...
01-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 43. South West Wales
Looking for a new adventure in south west Wales, a couple have £400,000 to find a new home with at least an acre of land for glamping and a forestry school. Ginny Buckley ...
01-05-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 13. The Wye Valley
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. Having put their Portuga ...
30-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 12. The Lothians
After 26 years in London, today’s couple has headed north to the Scottish Lothians in search of a complete change of lifestyle. They have a house-hunting budget of £ ...
26-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 10. South West Wales
Having lived in the same house virtually all her life, today’s ukelele-playing buyer has £280,000 to relocate to south west Wales. Briony May Williams is tasked with ...
25-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 9. Yorkshire
Seeking a less hectic lifestyle in Yorkshire, a London couple have £425,000 to spend on a new home, and Steve Brown is on hand to help them find it. Steve also pays a visi ...
24-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 42. 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 ...
24-04-2024
BBC 1
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, ...
23-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 21 (shortened Versions): 1. West Wales
With a couple from Cambridgeshire, Jules Hudson enjoys a packed few days in west Wales of skimming stones, learning Welsh and meeting a chef from France, who loves to whip up ta ...
21-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 6. Norfolk
Denise Nurse is in Norfolk, with a buyer who wants to move closer to her family, and who has her son in tow for support. With the popularity of the staycation, Denise also meets ...
19-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 5. North Yorkshire
Briony May Williams helps to make dreams come true for a buyer with an ambition of moving to the North Yorkshire countryside on a £250,000 budget. Then, she takes her esca ...
18-04-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
18-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 4. Somerset And Gloucestershire
Having spent 25 years in the Netherlands, a retired opera singer and a music teacher approaching retirement have decided that now is the right time to return to the UK and, with ...
17-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 3. Northumbria
Denise Nurse helps a couple so fed up with the eight-hour round trip to see their son in Northumbria that they’ve decided to move there instead. Denise has the keys to som ...
16-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 21 (shortened Versions): 3. North Wales
Two retired police officers with a £600,000 budget explore the breathtaking landscapes of north Wales on a house-hunting expedition with Jules Hudson. The couple want a tr ...
14-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 22: 41. The Gower
The sun shines all week long as Alistair Appleton helps a couple to move one step closer to their dream of a new life on the gorgeous Gower Peninsula in Wales. Apart from checki ...
12-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 1. Moray
A couple hope their £400,000 budget will buy them a slice of rural bliss in Moray in Scotland, where Jules Hudson is eager to show them the very best property on offer. Ju ...
11-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 40. Buckinghamshire And Oxfordshire
Having spent the past four years living in the US state of Texas, a couple and their two young children are returning to the UK and have tasked Sonali Shah with helping them fin ...
11-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 22: Episode 21
A young couple from London have £325,000 to spend on a new rural home, and it’s Sonali Shah who’s leading the search in the Monmouthshire countryside. Sonali t ...
10-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 21: 19. Norfolk
A couple from Bedfordshire with a budget of £450,000 need Ginny Buckley’s help in Norfolk to find them the first house they are buying together. They would like a ch ...
09-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 21: 17. Rutland
In England’s smallest county, Rutland, a couple from Buckinghamshire with a budget of £500,000 ask Steve Brown and the team to find them a detached property with a g ...
07-04-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
06-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 21: 8. 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 ...
05-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 21: 13. Surrey
A health-conscious couple from London enlist Sonali Shah to help them spend £1.3million on a detached property in Surrey with enough land to create a wellness retreat. Tak ...
04-04-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
04-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 13. Ayrshire
In Ayrshire, Jonnie Irwin helps a retired couple who want to reconnect with their Scottish roots. They have a budget of £500,000 and a view over water is a property priori ...
03-04-2024
BBC 1
Series 19 (extended Versions): 4. Shropshire
Ginny Buckley is in the Shropshire countryside with a sociable couple who have £425,000 to invest in a character home that gives them space for entertaining and their belo ...
29-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 21. Cornwall
Denise Nurse is in the coastal county of Cornwall today, helping a couple to turn their favourite holiday destination into their permanent home on a budget of £475,000. Aw ...
28-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 19. Oxfordshire And Wiltshire
Briony May Williams meets a couple from London who are in the market for a new home in the countryside of Oxfordshire or Wiltshire, as long as it has enough space for them and t ...
27-03-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
27-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 21: 12. 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 ...
26-03-2024
BBC 1
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 ...
24-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 19 (extended Versions): 8. Peak District
Jules Hudson heads to the Peak District with an expat couple returning from the Netherlands to their family roots in the north and want their generous £1.5 million budget ...
23-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 14. West Yorkshire
In West Yorkshire, Steve Brown supports an artist who is looking to leave London to realise her ambition of living life in the countryside. Steve also visits the town of Todmord ...
22-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 11. Anglesey
Feeling an affinity for Wales and in particular the island of Anglesey, a Canadian couple ask Briony May Williams to find them the stone cottage they’ve always dreamed of ...
21-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 22: 37. Kent
Who better to show a young couple with a growing family from London around Kent than local girl Nicki Chapman? Away from the house hunt, Nicki takes a trip down memory lane, mee ...
20-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 24: 37. Shropshire
Today’s escapees want to move to Shropshire to be closer to their family and have entrusted Alistair Appleton to help them find a lovely rural retreat for both them and th ...
20-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 20: 20. Somerset
Today’s house-hunting couple are looking to relocate to the Somerset countryside. They have a budget of £700,000 to find a rural home for their young family with eno ...
19-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 23: 17. Anglesey
It’s an island escape today, as Jules Hudson helps a couple from a town in Cheshire to find their dream home on Anglesey. During the busy week of house-hunting, Jules turn ...
17-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 20: 8. Surrey
Alistair Appleton helps recent newlyweds to quit London in search of a perfect country home. They have a budget of £1.5 million and have chosen Surrey as the location for ...
15-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 20: 19. Cornwall
Jules Hudson joins a couple with a budget of £400,000 in their search for the perfect retirement retreat in the Cornish countryside. Taking some time out from house-huntin ...
14-03-2024
BBC 1
Series 20: 12. South Yorkshire
It’s the call of home that’s luring today’s couple to head to the beautiful landscape of south Yorkshire, and Alistair Appleton is supporting them on their hou ...
13-03-2024
BBC 1