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 75 : Cambridgeshire
April. 27,2011
Nicki Chapman goes house-hunting with a couple who are ditching east London life to move to Cambridgeshire with their two children.
With a budget of 450,000 pounds, good schools and a large garden are a must. They are after contemporary country living, so will a medieval 15th-century coach house be too daunting a proposition?
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Episode 74 : Oxfordshire
April. 26,2011
Denise Nurse helps a retired couple find peace and quiet in Oxfordshire, but will the hills be alive with the sound of silence?
With a budget of 800,000 pounds, period features on a grand scale are not in short supply, so will the drama of the 15th-century abbey house seal the deal?
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Episode 73 : Wiltshire
April. 21,2011
Alistair Appleton goes property shopping with a young family who have sold their home in Essex and are looking to move to rural Wiltshire. But in the fashionable northern eastern corner of the county, their 465,000 pound budget doesn't go as far as they had hoped.
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Episode 72 : Cornwall
April. 20,2011
Jonnie Irwin is in Cornwall, helping a couple leave behind their urban coop in search of some free-range living. With a budget of £350,000, this move is all about their menagerie; with two horses, two dogs and with an eye on buying some llamas, land is a must.
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Episode 71 : Dorset
April. 19,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Dorset, helping a couple swap city skylines for open countryside. With a budget of up to £800,000, these buyers are tempted by a fabulous slice of a country estate with 350 acres of communal land.
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Episode 70 : West Country
April. 18,2011
Jules Hudson is in the West Country helping a couple leave suburbia behind and earn a crust in the countryside. With a healthy budget of £1.25 million they are looking for a period character home with an annexe for dad and a high-end holiday let business.
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Episode 69 : Kent
April. 15,2011
Jonnie Irwin is in Kent with today's buyers who have very exacting tastes. With their budget of 630,000 pounds, they are focused on finding a medieval oak beamed barn with expansive living spaces.
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Episode 68 : North Yorkshire
April. 14,2011
Alistair Appleton helps a young North Yorkshire couple whose budget extends to £450,000 seek a home. The task proves hard work, with the couple having very different tastes, but will they agree on a Georgian former flax mill with a medieval chapel?
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Episode 67 : Carmarthenshire
April. 13,2011
Jules Hudson is in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, with a mother and daughter looking for a family home together on a budget of £250,000. But quite how they will divide the living space is a hotly debated topic. And Jules horses around with the county's Welsh Cobs.
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Episode 65 : Somerset
April. 11,2011
Alistair Appleton is in Somerset, property hunting with a couple of retirees wanting to downsize. And with a budget of £350,000 a stone built cottage in Cheddar seems to hit the spot.
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Episode 64 : Shropshire
March. 25,2011
Nicki Chapman goes property hunting in Shropshire with a couple who need an outbuilding to house a private museum for their 700 pieces of World War II memorabilia. And with a budget of 400,000 pounds, they are spoilt for choice when it comes to properties with country character.
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Episode 63 : Powys
March. 24,2011
Jules Hudson is in Powys helping a family of four, with a budget of £700,000, find a complete lifestyle change. They are after a new country home with a potential business income, allowing mum Rachel to work from home.
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Episode 62 : Cumbria
March. 23,2011
Alistair Appleton is visiting Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria. The house hunters he meets are after a period home with a budget of 400,000 pounds, but surprisingly the ultra-modern eco-friendly mystery house gets a very warm reception.
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Episode 61 : Devon
March. 22,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Devon showcasing an immaculate barn conversion and a 15th century Devon longhouse for a couple with a budget of £650,000. On the wish list are great views and space for some rescue animals. Plus a visit to Widecombe Fair.
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Episode 60 : The Chilterns
March. 21,2011
Aled Jones is in the pricey Chilterns looking for a country pad for a young professional couple. But the cost of property proves to be a quite a shock when they find out how far their 750,000 pounds goes.
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Episode 59 : Wiltshire
March. 18,2011
Nicki Chapman is helping a couple saddle up and move to Wiltshire. For a budget of 500,000 pounds, the house must come with first-class accommodation for their beloved Exmoor ponies. And Nicky rustles up a Wiltshire delicacy - lardy cake.
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Episode 58 : Lake District
March. 17,2011
Denise Nurse is on the trail of stunning rural property in Cumbria, a county renowned for its incredible scenery. The buyers have a budget of £900,000 and are looking for a super-sized substantial family home with three reception spaces, five bedrooms and plenty of land. Denise also checks out one of Cumbria's oldest sporting traditions, hound trailing.
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Episode 55 : Essex
March. 14,2011
Jules Hudson is in Essex, helping a couple of sisters find a quirky home with a big character to match their own. With a budget of £400,000 they fall head over heels with both the property and Jules.
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Episode 53 : Argyll & Bute
March. 10,2011
Jonnie Irwin is in Argyll and Bute, helping a couple with a budget of £500,000 find a rural home after 25 years on the move. There are some stunning period properties on offer and Jonnie braves the chilly waters of Loch Lethin to go wild swimming.
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Episode 51 : North Wales
March. 08,2011
Alistair Appleton is in North Wales with a couple searching for a rustic family life with ponies, chickens and goats all on the wish list. They are hoping that a budget of £450,000 will buy their children a dream country lifestyle.
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Episode 50 : Somerset
March. 07,2011
Jules Hudson is in the West Country helping a couple making a rural relocation with a budget of £450,000. Seeking period charm, a 19th-century farm workers' cottage gets the thumbs up, but how will an impeccable new build, thatched and built from Purbeck stone, fare?
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Episode 48 : Cotswolds
March. 03,2011
Alistair Appleton helps a couple with a budget of £700,000 swap city life for some Cotswolds charm. But our buyers have very different tastes in property so one of them will have to compromise.
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Episode 47 : Nottinghamshire
March. 02,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Nottinghamshire, house hunting with a couple who are seeking their 14th and final home! With a £350,000 budget, our house buyers find it hard to agree on the style of rural property they want.
And Nicki takes lessons from a master bowyer in Sherwood Forest.
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Episode 45 : Essex
February. 28,2011
Jonnie Irwin is in Essex helping a young couple find an equestrian property with a budget of £575,000. But as the Home Counties are notoriously pricey, they may have to do some lateral thinking to get the house and acreage they are after.
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Episode 44 : Warwickshire
February. 25,2011
Alistair Appleton is property hunting in Warwickshire with a couple who want to leave the stresses of London life behind and seek out a spiritual retreat in the country. They have a healthy budget of 750,000 pounds, but will a charming 17th-century mill house have the right energy?
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Episode 43 : Norfolk
February. 24,2011
Jules Hudson takes a couple period property-hunting in Norfolk for the very first time. With a budget of £350,000 he tempts them with a former stable block with an impressive country-chic interior.
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Episode 42 : Oxfordshire
February. 23,2011
Aled Jones is in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, helping a young family make the move from north London. With a budget of £600,000 they have their hearts set on a period property, but can an immaculate architect-designed new build change their minds?
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Episode 41 : Cornwall
February. 22,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Cornwall with a couple looking for a home with room to house their internet business. With a budget of £450,000, the property has to have a rural setting with a real 'chill factor'.
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Episode 40 : Lake District
February. 21,2011
Jules Hudson is in the Lake District with a couple looking for a rural retreat to create a classy bed and breakfast, so a period property with character is on the menu. With a healthy budget of 1.15 million pounds, could a three bed private house and an impressive ten bed high end guest annexe be just the job?
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Episode 39 : Lincolnshire
February. 18,2011
Denise Nurse is in Lincolnshire, showcasing some fabulous converted windmills for this episode's house buyers. With a budget of £500,000, it's not just our house hunters we have to please - their 13 horses will be making the move too, so at least ten acres of land plus stables are required.
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Episode 38 : South Shropshire
February. 17,2011
Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire, helping a couple make the move from waterside apartment living in Portsmouth to the pastoral perfection of rural Shropshire. With a budget of £600,000, this move is about getting back to basics. Beekeeping, growing fruit, rearing chickens and village life are all on the agenda.
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Episode 37 : Devon
February. 15,2011
Jules Hudson is in Devon, helping a couple with a budget of 450,000 pounds find a home with bags of West Country character. We step back in time as Jules is given a private tour of Castle Drogo, the last castle to be built in England.
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Episode 36 : Essex
February. 14,2011
Jonnie Irwin helps a young family with ambitions of grand country living in Essex. They have a budget of £750,000 to spend and, presented with a couple of barn conversions and a Georgian manor house, are spoilt for choice. Jonnie also goes dredging for oysters in the creeks of the Blackwater River.
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Episode 35 : Carmarthenshire
February. 11,2011
Jules Hudson is in Carmarthenshire with an ex-fireman and his wife, who are looking for a country estate with potential to set up a holiday let business for people with disabilities, all for a budget of £800,000. And Jules finds out about the Welsh Rare Plant Project at the National Botanical Garden of Wales.
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Episode 34 : Hampshire
February. 10,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Hampshire with a couple of retired ex-pat house hunters who have a budget of £650,000 for their new rural home. Emotions run high for the big homecoming when they set eyes on a pretty brick-and-timber property dating back to 1630. Nicki also finds out what it takes to be a commoner in the New Forest National Park.
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Episode 33 : North Yorkshire
February. 09,2011
Aled Jones is in rural North Yorkshire helping a family relocate from Essex. With a budget of £500,000, they have already ruled out 30 properties, so Aled has his work cut out trying to find something which is close to perfection. A Victorian house-keeper's cottage comes fairly close, but can it beat the mystery house, a barn conversion?
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Episode 32 : Cornwall
February. 08,2011
Jonnie Irwin is in Cornwall helping two retirees find a seaside retreat. Armed with a budget of £400,000, they are after a traditional Cornish stone-built house.
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Episode 31 : Scottish Borders
February. 07,2011
Alistair Appleton dons a kilt as he goes property-hunting in the Scottish Borders for a couple of lottery winners who are seeking a family home with a budget of 550,000 pounds. But will the regal splendour of an 18th-century vicarage prove too much?
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Episode 30 : North Yorkshire
February. 04,2011
Aled Jones is in North Yorkshire helping a young couple on a rural property hunt with a budget of 850,000 pounds.
The buyers are looking to apply their culinary skills to forming a business and need a large detached home with a fabulous kitchen.
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Episode 29 : Warwickshire
February. 03,2011
Alistair Appleton is in Warwickshire, helping a couple of newly-weds find a country home with a budget of £550,000.
But with a Cotswold stone cottage being found to be too petite and a 19th-century farmhouse too big a project, it proves hard to find the right combination.
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Episode 28 : Perthshire
February. 02,2011
Denise Nurse is in Scotland helping a writer find the perfect Perthshire home in which to write her next novel.
With a budget of 400,000 pounds, we find inspiration in a 19th Century stone built cottage and a former school house, set at the foot of the Glenshee Mountains.
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Episode 27 : Herefordshire
February. 01,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Herefordshire, shopping with a couple who dream of owning a period black and white cottage with bags of curb appeal and a decent-sized garden.
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Episode 26 : Devonshire
January. 31,2011
Jules Hudson is helping a couple with a budget of 500,000 pounds retire to the West Country. Their dream is to find a thatched Devonshire cottage.
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Episode 25 : Wiltshire
January. 28,2011
Alistair Appleton helps a couple returning from Australia find a rural retreat in Wiltshire on a budget of £600,000. But property prices in the UK take them by surprise.
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Episode 24 : Powys
January. 27,2011
Jules Hudson is in Powys, Mid Wales, helping a self-employed couple seek out a more relaxed lifestyle. With their budget of £665,000 they are amazed at how far their money stretches, but will a seven bedroom Victorian property be a step too far?
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Episode 23 : Northumberland
January. 26,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Northumberland in search of a property for a farmer's daughter. With a budget of £450,000, we head west to the farming stronghold of the Northumberland National Park to find acreage.
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Episode 22 : Cornwall
January. 25,2011
Aled Jones is in Cornwall helping a mother and daughter team make the move from Derbyshire. With a budget of £250,000, they're after several acres for their small flock of sheep.
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Episode 21 : Sussex
January. 24,2011
Denise Nurse helps a family swap city living for a life in rural Sussex. Land is the all-important ingredient as they are hoping to set up a fitness boot camp business. So when Denise delivers a delightful 1930s period house with over three acres and on budget at £750,000, it's game, set and match.
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Episode 20 : Dorset
January. 07,2011
Alistair Appleton is property-hunting with a couple returning to the UK from Italy
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Episode 19 : Shropshire
January. 06,2011
Nicki Chapman is in Shropshire helping a couple with a budget of 430,000 pounds.
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Episode 18 : Devon
January. 05,2011
Jules Hudson is in Devon helping a mother and daughter team find a country home for themselves and their three Shetland ponies. With a budget of £450,000, Mum's after something traditional while her daughter is after a contemporary feel, so who will get her way?
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Episode 17 : Argyll and Bute
January. 04,2011
Aled Jones is in Argyll and Bute with a couple who want to set up an artists' retreat.
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Episode 16 : Cotswolds
October. 01,2010
Denise Nurse is in the Cotswolds on a romantic house hunt with a budget of £700,000.
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Episode 15 : Somerset
September. 30,2010
Jonnie Irwin is in Somerset helping a couple of expats with a budget of 500,000 pounds.
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Episode 14 : Hampshire
September. 29,2010
Alistair Appleton is in Hampshire, helping a couple with a budget of 700,000 pounds.
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Episode 13 : Cheshire
September. 28,2010
Jonnie Irwin is in Cheshire with a space-craving couple.
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Episode 12 : Ceredigion
September. 27,2010
Jules Hudson is in West Wales helping a couple with 385,000 pounds to spend.
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Episode 11 : Shropshire
September. 24,2010
Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire helping a couple seek out a 'green' country dream.
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Episode 10 : Yorkshire Dales
September. 23,2010
Alistair Appleton helps some house hunters desperate to downsize to the Yorkshire Dales.
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Episode 9 : West Country
September. 22,2010
Jules Hudson takes a couple property shopping in the West Country.
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Episode 8 : Lincolnshire
September. 21,2010
Denise is property shopping in Lincolnshire, helping buyers who want to downsize.
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Episode 7 : Cambridgeshire
September. 20,2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple move to the Cambridgeshire countryside.
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Episode 6 : Carmarthenshire
September. 15,2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple of newlyweds with a budget of 500,000 pounds.
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Episode 5 : Hampshire
September. 10,2010
Alistair Appleton helps a recently retired couple find a country home in Hampshire.
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Episode 4 : Cotswolds
September. 09,2010
Nicki Chapman helps a couple with a million-pound budget find a Cotswold home.
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Episode 3 : County Down
September. 08,2010
Jonnie Irwin visits the Mourne Mountains to find a three-bedroom modern bungalow.
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Episode 2 : Monmouthshire
September. 07,2010
Jules Hudson visits Monmouthshire to help a couple find some rural peace.
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Episode 1 : East Midlands
September. 06,2010
Alistair Appleton helps a Dublin family find an English country home in the East Midlands.
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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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