Escape to the Country
TV-PG
7.4
2002
Reality
The property show that helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.
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Episode 64 : Gloucestershire
September. 18,2018
Jules Hudson takes the reins of a rural property search in Gloucestershire with a horse-loving husband and wife who have a £1.2 million budget and a desire to upscale their country lifestyle. Along the way, Jules visits the Cotswold herb garden of Davina Wynne-Jones, daughter of late renowned garden designer Rosemary Verey, from whom the Prince of Wales sought advice for his gardens at Highgrove.
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Episode 62 : Shropshire
September. 11,2018
Jules Hudson is on a homecoming house hunt in the Shropshire countryside as he helps an active couple return to their roots and, with their £350,000 budget, find a property that gives them the great outdoors on their doorstep.
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Episode 61 : Warwickshire
September. 10,2018
Sonali Shah is in the Warwickshire countryside helping a couple with a £750,000 budget find their ideal home, where an open-plan interior and a generous garden are top priorities.
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Episode 60 : North Cornwall
September. 04,2018
Sonali Shah is in Cornwall to help a couple with a lust for life and a love of the coast find a home in the Cornish countryside on a £350,000 budget. Away from her very positive property hunters, Sonali heads to Tintagel Island, where exciting archaeological evidence suggests that this peninsula is not just a site of Arthurian legend but was also one of the largest trading posts in Europe.
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Episode 59 : North Yorkshire
September. 03,2018
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple from County Durham who want to border-hop to the North Yorkshire countryside with their £600,000 budget and buy a spacious country home with land to accommodate rescue donkeys.
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Episode 54 : East Devon
June. 11,2018
Jules Hudson is in East Devon helping a house buyer who hopes her £300,000 budget will buy her a life close to the coast and has brought along her good friend for support.
Along the way, Jules drops in on the Axminster Cherry Fayre a long-lost annual tradition which has recently been revived by the local community.
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Episode 47 : Argyll and Bute
April. 24,2018
Jonnie Irwin is property hunting in Argyll and Bute with a couple from Ayr who want to invest their £350,000 budget in a property with priceless countryside views. While in the region, Jonnie heads to the shores of Loch Fyne and visits Inveraray Castle, one of Scotland's finest stately homes and ancestral seat of the Dukes of Argyll for the past 300 years.
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Episode 45 : Scottish Borders
April. 16,2018
Nicki Chapman is rural property shopping in the Scottish Borders with a couple who want to invest their £850,000 budget in returning to the UK after 20 years of city life in Brussels. Nicki also heads to the Borders town of Innerleithen and visits Robert Smail's Printing Works, which brings to life the age of Victorian letterpress printing.
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Episode 39 : Somerset
March. 16,2018
Nicki Chapman is country property-shopping in Somerset with a couple who have already sold up and are desperate to invest £425,000 in their perfect rural retreat after months of staying with friends.
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Episode 38 : Northumberland
March. 06,2018
Alistair Appleton is on a house-hunting mission in the Northumberland countryside with a dynamic couple who are looking for a character stone property with holiday let potential for their £475,000 budget.
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Episode 37 : Jurassic Coast
March. 05,2018
Jonnie Irwin is on the Jurassic Coast helping a creative couple with a £805,000 budget escape their high-pressure jobs and buy a country home from where they can run a luxury camping business.
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Episode 36 : Norfolk
February. 27,2018
Sonali Shah is house-hunting in the Norfolk countryside with a couple who want their £440,000 budget to buy them a character country property close to the Broads so they can enjoy more time on their boat.
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Episode 35 : Kent
February. 26,2018
Nicki Chapman is on a house-hunting mission in the Kent countryside with a strong-minded couple who have a £900,000 budget and completely different views on the style of the large family home they want to buy.
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Episode 33 : Northern Ireland
February. 19,2018
Nicki Chapman heads to Northern Ireland with a husband and wife who have £500,000 to find a large family home where they can also keep animals and welcome paying guests. Away from the house hunt, Nicki immerses herself in the country's maritime history at the dry dock where RMS Titanic was built.
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Episode 32 : Cotswolds
February. 13,2018
Margherita Taylor heads to the Cotswolds with a house-hunting couple who have a £550,000 budget and a dream of swapping coastal life in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, for views of rolling countryside.
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Episode 31 : North Yorkshire
February. 12,2018
Alistair Appleton helps a couple find a more relaxing way of life in the North Yorkshire countryside with a £400,000 budget. While in the area, Alistair attempts an adrenalin-fuelled adventure traversing How Stean Gorge on a course of high wire cables.
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Episode 26 : Forest of Dean
January. 23,2018
Jonnie Irwin is tasked with a property-searching mission in the Forest of Dean, helping a house-hunting couple with a £475,000 budget find a home to accommodate three generations of their family.
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Episode 24 : Somerset
January. 16,2018
Nicki Chapman is in the Somerset countryside helping a house-hunting couple with £475,000 to return to their roots and recreate the outdoor lifestyle that they grew up with for their own young children.
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Episode 23 : East Devon
January. 15,2018
Margherita Taylor is on an important house-hunting mission with an intrepid house buyer who has a £340,000 budget and is keen to make the lifestyle leap to the countryside around the Devon/Dorset border that she and her late husband always dreamed of.
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Episode 22 : Kent
December. 13,2017
Alistair Appleton is in Kent helping a dynamic international couple with a £1 million pound budget branch out from city life in London, so they can raise their young family in the countryside.
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Episode 21 : Peak District
December. 12,2017
Nicki Chapman is rural property shopping in the Peak District with a couple who have a £500,000 pound budget to buy their first home together.
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Episode 20 : Yorkshire Dales
December. 06,2017
Alistair Appleton is in the Yorkshire Dales helping a fitness enthusiast first-time buyer armed with £280,000 and the moral support of his mother find a home where he can run free in the countryside.
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Episode 19 : Herefordshire
December. 05,2017
Jules Hudson is in Herefordshire with an exuberant house-hunting couple who are ready to up sticks from Birmingham and spend £500,000 on a country home that allows them to lead the good life while being close enough to Hereford for regular visits to their daughter.
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Episode 18 : Northumberland
November. 29,2017
Jonnie Irwin is house hunting in the Northumberland countryside with a couple wanting to escape busy urban life in Gateshead and who have a £500,000 budget to move three generations of the family into a new rural home that provides them with a peaceful quality of life.
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Episode 17 : South Devon
November. 28,2017
Alistair Appleton is on a house-hunting mission in the South Devon countryside with a recently retired couple who have a £540,000 budget to up sticks from Burton upon Trent and relocate to live closer to their daughter.
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Episode 16 : North Yorkshire
November. 22,2017
Jules Hudson helps a pair of expats who are raring to return to their roots in North Yorkshire and have a £700,000 budget to find their ideal rural home. While in the region, Jules gets into the hot seat of a First World War fighter plane when he learns about Yorkshire's vital role in aviation heritage.
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Episode 13 : Worcestershire
November. 14,2017
Nicki Chapman is in rural Worcestershire helping a couple who have £450,000 to realise their dream of raising their young family in the countryside.
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Episode 12 : Dorset
November. 08,2017
Jules Hudson is in the Dorset countryside with a couple who have an £800,000 budget to buy their first home together.
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Episode 11 : Shropshire
November. 07,2017
Jonnie Irwin is in Shropshire with a military couple armed with a £500,000 budget and an ambition to enjoy country life with their young daughter.
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Episode 10 : Devon
November. 01,2017
Margherita Taylor is helping a couple with a £300,000 budget find a country property which gives them community on their doorstep and a crash pad for their grandchildren to stay during the holidays.
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Episode 9 : Somerset
October. 31,2017
Love is in the air on a house hunt full of surprises as Nicki Chapman joins a couple who have £450,000 to find a rural home in Somerset with some income potential in the form of a holiday let.
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Episode 8 : Shropshire
October. 25,2017
Ginny Buckley is in Shropshire house searching for the perfect country retreat with a couple who have a £450,000 budget to make the move back from France to reconnect with the British countryside and be part of a village community.
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Episode 7 : Hampshire
October. 24,2017
Jules Hudson is in Hampshire with a dynamic couple who love the outdoors and have £650,000 to buy a property that gives them the best of both countryside and coast.
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Episode 6 : Devon
October. 18,2017
In Devon, the pressure is on for Margherita Taylor as she helps a hardworking house buyer with a £300,000 budget and a tight deadline to relocate before the new job starts.
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Episode 5 : Norfolk
October. 17,2017
Ginny Buckley is helping a house-hunting couple with a £900,000 budget move back from France and find an impressive rural retreat in the Norfolk countryside.
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Episode 4 : North Yorkshire
October. 11,2017
Ginny Buckley is house-searching in rural North Yorkshire with a couple who, on their £800,000 budget, want to return to their Yorkshire roots. Their grand plan is to combine country life with their love of cats by running a cattery.
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Episode 3 : Wiltshire
October. 10,2017
Jonnie Irwin is in Wiltshire helping a couple with a £650,000 budget to go the distance and make the 500-mile move from a Scottish city to the English countryside.
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Seasons
Season 23
A series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country. The current presenting team is Alistair Appleton, Nicki Chapman, Jules Hudson, Sonali Shah, Jonnie Irwin, Margherita Taylor, Ginny Buckley, and Steve Brown. Former presenters include Catherine Gee, Aled Jones, Denise Nurse, Nick Page, and Melissa Porter.
Season 22
Series 22 saw the expansion of the presenting team again, with former Great British Bake Off semi-finalist Briony May Williams join alongside consumer affairs presenter Chris Bavin.
Season 17
Veteran TV presenter Margherita Taylor joined the presenting team during the programme's 17th series.
Season 15
The 15th series saw the final appearance of Denise Nurse, following 8 years on the presenting team.
Season 14
Series 14 marks Sonali Shah's first appearance as part of the programme's presenting team.
Season 10
The 10th series saw Welsh singer and radio presenter Aled Jones join the show, as well as the first appearances of longstanding 'Escape To The Country' presenters Nicki Chapman and Jonnie Irwin.
Season 6
Series 6 is the final series where original 'Escape To The Country' presenter Catherine Gee appeared.
Season 5
Series 5 saw the introduction of longstanding 'Escape To The Country' presenters Alistair Appleton and Jules Hudson alongside fellow presenter Melissa Porter.
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