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 80 : Norfolk
April. 12,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk helping an animal-loving couple to find their perfect pad in the country. They have a budget of £350,000.
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Episode 79 : Perthshire
March. 11,2010
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple leave one of Europe's largest housing estates behind and start afresh in Perthshire, with a budget of £375,000.
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Episode 78 : Somerset
March. 09,2011
Jules Hudson helps a couple of self-confessed urbanites swap the big smoke for a country pile in Somerset with somewhere to put a swimming pool.
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Episode 77 : Suffolk
March. 08,2010
Alistair Appleton helps a couple of air stewards find the perfect landing place in Suffolk with a budget of £500,000.
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Episode 76 : Somerset
March. 09,2010
Denise Nurse helps two escapees who want to leave London behind and start a new life in rural Somerset, with a budget of £1.2 million.
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Episode 75 : Devon
April. 08,2010
Denise Nurse joins a couple ready to leave their 1930s semi in Surrey and relocate to East Devon. With a budget of £700,000 they are dreaming of a large rural retreat.
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Episode 74 : Hampshire
March. 04,2010
Nicki Chapman is in Hampshire with a London couple looking for their first family home in the country with a budget of £465,000.
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Episode 73 : Norfolk
September. 13,2010
Jules Hudson is house-hunting in Norfolk with a couple keen to find a detached home. Armed with a budget of £400,000, they are after three bedrooms, a big kitchen diner, at least one reception room and plenty of storage. A good-sized garden and a double garage are also on their list.
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Episode 72 : Cornwall
March. 05,2010
Alistair Appleton helps a couple who plan to move to Cornwall to start a B&B business with a budget of £650,000.
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Episode 71 : Cumbria
March. 02,2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple of newlyweds find their dream home in Cumbria. With a budget of up to £700,000, they seek a period property with four to five bedrooms, a large country kitchen and an annexe or outbuilding.
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Episode 70 : North Devon
March. 30,2010
Jules Hudson attempts to help a couple find a detached house with four bedrooms for a budget of £550,000 in hilly north Devon.
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Episode 69 : Herefordshire
April. 02,2010
Jules Hudson is house hunting in Herefordshire with a couple ready to leave London and create the good life in the country.
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Episode 68 : Wiltshire
March. 01,2010
Aled Jones is in Wiltshire with a couple on a house hunt. With £500,000 to spend, they are seeking a detached house with a large kitchen, an equally spacious garden and stunning views.
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Episode 67 : Carmarthenshire
April. 05,2010
Nicki Chapman helps a couple who are seeking an impressive house to retire to in South Wales. They have a healthy budget of £650,000.
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Episode 66 : Suffolk
March. 29,2010
Denise Nurse helps a couple, keen on long walks in Constable county, find their ideal home in Suffolk. With a budget of £450,000, they are looking for a large kitchen diner, a studio, a study and a south west facing garden.
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Episode 65 : Northamptonshire
April. 14,2010
Denise Nurse is helping a couple to cast off from urban life by the River Thames and seek out peace and relaxation in the country.
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Episode 64 : Shropshire
September. 14,2010
Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire as a couple with a budget of £400,000 hope to ditch their urban apartment in favour of village life.
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Episode 63 : North Yorkshire
April. 15,2010
Nicki Chapman is with a couple buying a house together for the first time in North Yorkshire. They have already dismissed over 1,000 properties.
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Episode 62 : Buckinghamshire
March. 31,2010
Alistair Appleton helps a couple find a character home in Buckinghamshire with at least half an acre of land to keep some goats.
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Episode 61 : Herefordshire
January. 21,2010
Nicki Chapman helps a couple who would like to fulfil their dream of moving to Herefordshire and starting a new business.
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Episode 60 : South Devon
January. 22,2010
Alistair Appleton is in Devon with a couple who are looking for a light and airy three-bedroom house with a large kitchen/diner, an annexe, a garage and a low-maintenance garden. They want to be close to the sea too - but can all this be achieved on their £500,000 budget in pricey Devon?
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Episode 59 : Dorset
January. 18,2010
Nicki Chapman helps a retired couple flee Nottingham for the Dorset countryside. Their wish list includes two living rooms and an artist's studio.
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Episode 58 : Peak District
March. 10,2010
Nicki Chapman helps a couple from Manchester find their very first home together in the Peak District, with a budget of £700,000.
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Episode 57 : Cornwall
March. 12,2010
Aled Jones helps a couple with their family of 14 dogs and cats go in search of rural isolation in Cornwall with a budget of £500,000.
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Episode 55 : Shropshire
January. 11,2010
Alistair Appleton is house hunting in Shropshire with a family looking for an equestrian property with that elusive 'wow factor'. The search is helped by a healthy budget of £750,000.
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Episode 54 : Staffordshire
March. 03,2010
Denise Nurse helps a couple relocate from Kuwait to Staffordshire. They will be leaving a palatial house behind so will she succeed in finding them their rural idyll? With a top budget of £400,000, they are after a large kitchen-diner and a small, low-maintenance garden.
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Episode 53 : Dorset
January. 15,2010
Alistair Appleton is house-hunting in Dorset with a couple who are ready to leave the island of Jersey for good. With a budget of £550,000, they are looking for a modern house in a county famous for its old, typically English cottages.
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Episode 52 : Dorset
April. 01,2010
With £650,000, Nicki Chapman tries to help a couple find a house big enough to accommodate three teenage boys and three Rottweilers in rural Dorset.
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Episode 51 : Cumbria
January. 05,2010
Alistair Appleton is in the Lake District with a couple looking for a B&B to buy for £650,000.
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Episode 50 : Suffolk
April. 06,2010
Denise Nurse helps a couple find a home with plenty of character in Suffolk. With a budget of £450,000, the buyers are seeking three bedrooms.
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Episode 49 : North Yorkshire
January. 07,2010
Alistair Appleton helps a couple on their house-hunt in North Yorkshire. There's a budget of £650,000 to find them a house with enough land for a vegetable plot.
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Episode 48 : Shropshire
April. 07,2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple hoping to retire to South Shropshire find their rural idyll. After 30 years in suburbia they've decided it's time to seek a more rustic life.
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Episode 47 : West Sussex
December. 03,2009
Aled Jones helps a couple who have hardly lived together during 34 years of marriage to find a home in West Sussex, with an area for dog grooming.
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Episode 46 : Suffolk
November. 30,2009
Alistair Appleton helps a couple fulfil a childhood dream, swapping the fast lane of London for an artistic life in the Suffolk countryside.
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Episode 45 : Hampshire
January. 08,2010
Jules Hudson is in Hampshire to help a young family search for the perfect home. With a budget of £600,000, a large and safe garden is key.
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Episode 44 : Hampshire
January. 20,2010
Denise Nurse helps a retired couple find the slice of rural Hampshire they have always craved. They want a character property with a garage and a library.
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Episode 43 : Worcestershire
January. 14,2010
Jules Hudson is in Worcestershire looking for a rural character property for a couple in search of the good life. With a budget of £650,000, a country kitchen and vegetable plot are a must.
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Episode 42 : Suffolk
January. 06,2010
Denise Nurse is on the Suffolk/Essex border seeking the perfect family home for a couple with £500,000 to spend who are keen to bring up their children away from busy city life.
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Episode 41 : Pembrokeshire
November. 25,2009
Nicki Chapman is in Pembrokeshire and has a maximum budget of £700,000 to help a couple who want to run holiday lets.
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Episode 39 : North Wales
December. 02,2009
Nicki Chapman helps a couple relocate from south Wales to north Wales, with a job promotion the driving factor. On a budget of £300,000 they need a three-bedroom detached house with a large kitchen and separate dining room. A garden big enough for a vegetable patch and a conservatory are also high on their wish list.
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Episode 38 : Somerset
January. 13,2010
Denise Nurse is in Somerset, where she helps a couple with a budget of £650,000 find the perfect house to fulfil their dreams of a rural lifestyle.
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Episode 36 : Devon
January. 12,2010
Armed with a budget of £500,000, Jules Hudson is in East Devon helping a couple who are moving back to the UK from Spain.
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Episode 33 : New Forest
January. 04,2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple with a budget of £650,000 in the New Forest.
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Episode 31 : Yorkshire
November. 24,2009
Denise Nurse is in Yorkshire with a couple keen to retire to the country. They want to spend £500,000 on a property large enough to accommodate all their hobbies.
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Episode 30 : Devon
November. 05,2009
Aled Jones is in Devon helping a couple of ex-property developers from Staffordshire find their dream home. They have an impressive budget of up to one million pounds.
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Episode 29 : Wiltshire
October. 12,2009
Armed with a healthy budget of £750,000, Jules Hudson is determined to find a couple their first home together in the Wiltshire/Hampshire area. Will a vineyard and a swimming pool be enough to seal the deal?
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Episode 28 : Dorset
October. 13,2009
Denise Nurse is in Dorset helping an ex-army couple settle down for good. After having lived in 30 different properties around the world, will their £600,000 budget finally find them their ideal home?
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Episode 27 : Dorset
November. 06,2009
Jules Hudson is in Dorset and Wiltshire helping a couple of self-confessed urbanites make a break for a new life with their young family.
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Episode 26 : Oxfordshire
November. 17,2009
Alistair Appleton is in Oxfordshire. With a £600,000 budget, he helps a nautical couple looking for a property close to the river so they can moor their boat.
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Episode 25 : North Yorkshire
October. 28,2009
Denise Nurse is helping a retired couple uncover their rural dream in Yorkshire. They have a budget of £310,000 and an extensive wish-list which includes a garage big enough to build a plane in. Airport hangar aside, they're seeking a detached cottage with character, two reception rooms, three bedrooms and a big kitchen.
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Episode 24 : Somerset
November. 13,2009
Denise Nurse helps a couple who have viewed forty properties already but remain empty-handed. With a £750,000 budget, they have an extensive list of requirements.
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Episode 23 : Cumbria
October. 27,2009
Alistair Appleton is in the Lake District with a young-at-heart outdoor-loving couple who are ready to leave their family home of 22 years behind.
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Episode 22 : North Yorkshire
November. 16,2009
Denise Nurse is in North Yorkshire and, with a budget of £550,000, is helping a couple achieve their dream. They want a radical life change and are looking for a property with up to six acres of land to set up a kennel business.
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Episode 21 : Scottish Borders
October. 16,2009
Aled Jones helps a couple of wildfowl enthusiasts find a property with five acres of land, a large kitchen, three bedrooms and at least five naturally fed ponds.
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Episode 20 : Norfolk
November. 09,2009
Denise Nurse helps a couple swap the suburbs of Southampton for semi-retirement in North Norfolk. With a top budget of £450,000, they want a period property with lots of character and a minimum of three bedrooms. A spacious kitchen and a big garden are a must, plus some storage and a workshop.
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Episode 17 : Wiltshire
October. 19,2009
She's found her forever man, he's found his forever woman but will this couple from Bristol find their first forever house together? Denise Nurse is in Wiltshire with buyers who are looking for a party pad with a big kitchen, plenty of bedrooms for friends to stay in and land for a horse too!
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Episode 15 : Derbyshire
November. 02,2009
Alistair Appleton heads north to Derbyshire in search of an idyllic rural retreat for a couple from Herefordshire. With a budget of £375,000, green credentials are high on the property priority list, but while he craves rural isolation, she wants to be in a village.
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Episode 10 : Warwickshire
October. 26,2009
Nicki Chapman is helping a couple house hunt in Warwickshire. After living in London for 33 years their dream of moving to the country is finally becoming a reality. With a healthy budget of £600,000 in the pot, they are seeking a three-bedroom detached house packed with period features, a large garden and a garage for a sports car.
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Episode 8 : Monmouthshire
October. 20,2009
Jules Hudson is in Wales helping a mother and daughter find a house where they can start a new life and a new business. With £555,000 to spend, Mum loves character features but the daughter is keen on clean, modern interiors. Will she be won over by Wales's rustic charms? And will an outdoor pool seal the deal?
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Episode 7 : Buckinghamshire
October. 14,2009
Alistair Appleton gallops through the Buckinghamshire property market in search of the perfect equestrian home for a young couple. They want to spend a whopping £800,000 to get a house with wow factor - but will they splash all their cash or listen to Alistair's sound financial advice and settle for something more reasonable?
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Episode 5 : Cambridgeshire
November. 10,2009
Armed with a maximum budget of £400,000, Aled Jones helps a family escape the big smoke to find a slice of paradise in Cambridgeshire. Top of the their wish list is a big garden for the boys to play football in, but they also want four bedrooms, a large kitchen, a music room and a study.
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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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