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Escape to the Country

Season 11 2010 - 2011

  • 2010-09-06T14:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 45m
  • 2d 8h 15m (75 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Reality
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.

75 episodes

Season Premiere

2010-09-06T14:00:00Z

11x01 East Midlands

Season Premiere

11x01 East Midlands

  • 2010-09-06T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton helps a Dublin family find an English country home in the East Midlands.

2010-09-07T14:00:00Z

11x02 Monmouthshire

11x02 Monmouthshire

  • 2010-09-07T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson visits Monmouthshire to help a couple find some rural peace.

2010-09-08T14:00:00Z

11x03 Country Down

11x03 Country Down

  • 2010-09-08T14:00:00Z45m

Jonnie Irwin visits the Mourne Mountains to find a three-bedroom modern bungalow.

2010-09-09T14:00:00Z

11x04 Cotswolds

11x04 Cotswolds

  • 2010-09-09T14:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman helps a couple with a million-pound budget find a Cotswold home.

2010-09-10T14:00:00Z

11x05 Hampshire

11x05 Hampshire

  • 2010-09-10T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton helps a recently retired couple find a country home in Hampshire.

2010-09-15T14:00:00Z

11x06 Carmarthenshire

11x06 Carmarthenshire

  • 2010-09-15T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson helps a couple of newlyweds with a budget of 500,000 pounds.

2010-09-20T14:00:00Z

11x07 Cambridgeshire

11x07 Cambridgeshire

  • 2010-09-20T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson helps a couple move to the Cambridgeshire countryside.

2010-09-21T14:00:00Z

11x08 Lincolnshire

11x08 Lincolnshire

  • 2010-09-21T14:00:00Z45m

Denise is property shopping in Lincolnshire, helping buyers who want to downsize.

2010-09-22T14:00:00Z

11x09 West Country

11x09 West Country

  • 2010-09-22T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson takes a couple property shopping in the West Country.

2010-09-23T14:00:00Z

11x10 Yorkshire Dales

11x10 Yorkshire Dales

  • 2010-09-23T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton helps some house hunters desperate to downsize to the Yorkshire Dales.

2010-09-24T14:00:00Z

11x11 Shropshire

11x11 Shropshire

  • 2010-09-24T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire helping a couple seek out a 'green' country dream.

2010-09-27T14:00:00Z

11x12 Ceredigion

11x12 Ceredigion

  • 2010-09-27T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson is in West Wales helping a couple with 385,000 pounds to spend.

2010-09-28T14:00:00Z

11x13 Cheshire

11x13 Cheshire

  • 2010-09-28T14:00:00Z45m

Jonnie Irwin is in Cheshire with a space-craving couple.

2010-09-29T14:00:00Z

11x14 Hampshire

11x14 Hampshire

  • 2010-09-29T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is in Hampshire, helping a couple with a budget of 700,000 pounds.

2010-09-30T14:00:00Z

11x15 Somerset

11x15 Somerset

  • 2010-09-30T14:00:00Z45m

Jonnie Irwin is in Somerset helping a couple of expats with a budget of 500,000 pounds.

2010-10-01T14:00:00Z

11x16 Cotswolds

11x16 Cotswolds

  • 2010-10-01T14:00:00Z45m

Denise Nurse is in the Cotswolds on a romantic house hunt with a budget of £700,000.

2011-01-04T15:00:00Z

11x17 Argyll and Bute

11x17 Argyll and Bute

  • 2011-01-04T15:00:00Z45m

Aled Jones is in Argyll and Bute with a couple who want to set up an artists' retreat.

2011-01-05T15:00:00Z

11x18 Devon

11x18 Devon

  • 2011-01-05T15:00:00Z45m

A mother and daughter team want a country home for themselves and their three ponies.

2011-01-06T15:00:00Z

11x19 Shropshire

11x19 Shropshire

  • 2011-01-06T15:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman is in Shropshire helping a couple with a budget of 430,000 pounds.

2011-01-07T15:00:00Z

11x20 Dorset

11x20 Dorset

  • 2011-01-07T15:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is property-hunting with a couple returning to the UK from Italy

2011-01-24T15:00:00Z

11x21 Sussex

11x21 Sussex

  • 2011-01-24T15:00:00Z45m

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. There's also a visit to Bateman's, Rudyard Kipling's very own Jacobean escape to the country.

2011-01-25T15:00:00Z

11x22 Cornwall

11x22 Cornwall

  • 2011-01-25T15:00:00Z45m

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. Aled also takes to the water to find out about the sport of 'gig racing'.

2011-01-26T15:00:00Z

11x23 Northumberland

11x23 Northumberland

  • 2011-01-26T15:00:00Z45m

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. And Nicki gets a rare insight into the remarkable wildlife of the Farne Islands.

2011-01-27T15:00:00Z

11x24 Powys

11x24 Powys

  • 2011-01-27T15:00:00Z45m

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?

2011-01-28T15:00:00Z

11x25 Wiltshire

11x25 Wiltshire

  • 2011-01-28T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-01-31T15:00:00Z

11x26 Devonshire

11x26 Devonshire

  • 2011-01-31T15:00:00Z45m

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.

Jules also visits the whimsical A La Ronde, a 16-sided, 200-year-old house, inspired by an Italian cathedral.

2011-02-01T15:00:00Z

11x27 Herefordshire

11x27 Herefordshire

  • 2011-02-01T15:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman is in Herefordshire, property-shopping with a couple who dream of owning a period black-and-white cottage with bags of curb appeal. They have a budget of £350,000 and are seeking a house with at least three bedrooms, space for two offices and a decent-sized country cottage garden.

Nicki also finds time to help bring in the hop harvest.

2011-02-02T15:00:00Z

11x28 Perthshire

11x28 Perthshire

  • 2011-02-02T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-03T15:00:00Z

11x29 Warwickshire

11x29 Warwickshire

  • 2011-02-03T15:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is in Warwickshire, helping a couple of newly-weds find a country home with a budget of 550,000 pounds.

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.

Away from the search, Alistair tries out legging a canal boat through a tunnel.

2011-02-04T15:00:00Z

11x30 North Yorkshire

11x30 North Yorkshire

  • 2011-02-04T15:00:00Z45m

Aled Jones is in North Yorkshire helping a young couple on a rural property hunt with a budget of £850,000.

The buyers are looking to apply their culinary skills to forming a business and need a large detached home with a fabulous kitchen.

2011-02-07T15:00:00Z

11x31 Scottish Borders

11x31 Scottish Borders

  • 2011-02-07T15:00:00Z45m

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. But will the regal splendour of an 18th-century vicarage prove too much? Alistair also visits the home of one of Scotland's most famous sons, Sir Walter Scott.

2011-02-08T15:00:00Z

11x32 Cornwall

11x32 Cornwall

  • 2011-02-08T15:00:00Z45m

Jonnie Irwin is in Cornwall helping two retirees find a seaside retreat.

Armed with a budget of £400,000, they are after a traditional three-bedroom Cornish stone-built house with space outside to build a boat and store some classic cars and all close to the coast. But second-home ownership has pushed prices up in Cornwall, so compromises might have to be made.

2011-02-09T15:00:00Z

11x33 North Yorkshire

11x33 North Yorkshire

  • 2011-02-09T15:00:00Z45m

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?

2011-02-10T15:00:00Z

11x34 Hampshire

11x34 Hampshire

  • 2011-02-10T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-11T15:00:00Z

11x35 Carmarthenshire

11x35 Carmarthenshire

  • 2011-02-11T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-14T15:00:00Z

11x36 Essex

11x36 Essex

  • 2011-02-14T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-15T15:00:00Z

11x37 Devon

11x37 Devon

  • 2011-02-15T15:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson is in Devon, helping a couple with a budget of £450,000 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.

2011-02-17T15:00:00Z

11x38 South Shropshire

11x38 South Shropshire

  • 2011-02-17T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-18T15:00:00Z

11x39 Lincolnshire

11x39 Lincolnshire

  • 2011-02-18T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-21T15:00:00Z

11x40 Lake District

11x40 Lake District

  • 2011-02-21T15:00:00Z45m

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 £1,150,000, could a three bed private house and an impressive ten bed high end guest annexe be just the job?

2011-02-22T15:00:00Z

11x41 Cornwall

11x41 Cornwall

  • 2011-02-22T15:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman is in Cornwall with a couple looking for a 'showy' 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'.

2011-02-23T15:00:00Z

11x42 Oxfordshire

11x42 Oxfordshire

  • 2011-02-23T15:00:00Z45m

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?

2011-02-24T15:00:00Z

11x43 Norfolk

11x43 Norfolk

  • 2011-02-24T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-02-25T15:00:00Z

11x44 Warwickshire

11x44 Warwickshire

  • 2011-02-25T15:00:00Z45m

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, but will a charming 17th-century mill house have the right energy?

2011-02-28T15:00:00Z

11x45 Essex

11x45 Essex

  • 2011-02-28T15:00:00Z45m

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.

Jonnie also gets a master class in making bricks from the oldest brickworks of its kind in the country.

2011-03-01T15:00:00Z

11x46 Sussex

11x46 Sussex

  • 2011-03-01T15:00:00Z45m

Aled Jones is helping a newly-married couple with a budget of one million pounds find a substantial property with acreage in the ever-popular rural commutable belt of Sussex.

But will they go for a typical Sussex tile-hung period house or for a sprawling thatched party pad complete with sunken jacuzzi room and swimming pool?

2011-03-02T15:00:00Z

11x47 Nottinghamshire

11x47 Nottinghamshire

  • 2011-03-02T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-03T15:00:00Z

11x48 Cotswolds

11x48 Cotswolds

  • 2011-03-03T15:00:00Z45m

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.

We also visit Gloucester Cathedral to find out more about the life of a chorister.

2011-03-04T15:00:00Z

11x49 Norfolk

11x49 Norfolk

  • 2011-03-04T15:00:00Z45m

It's a case of 'out with the new and in with the old' as Jules Hudson helps a couple who are looking for a period property 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.

2011-03-07T15:00:00Z

11x50 Somerset

11x50 Somerset

  • 2011-03-07T15:00:00Z45m

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?

2011-03-08T15:00:00Z

11x51 North Wales

11x51 North Wales

  • 2011-03-08T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-09T15:00:00Z

11x52 Cumbria

11x52 Cumbria

  • 2011-03-09T15:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman is in Cumbria with a couple looking for some rural respite and privacy after 18 years of living alongside their business. With £800,000 to spend, they are after a 17th-century farmhouse but having sufficient land is essential as four horses, 20 llamas, an emu and a peacock will be moving too.

2011-03-10T15:00:00Z

11x53 Argyll and Bute

11x53 Argyll and Bute

  • 2011-03-10T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-11T15:00:00Z

11x54 Warwickshire

11x54 Warwickshire

  • 2011-03-11T15:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is in Warwickshire helping a young family relocate from Australia to settle in the heart of England. But will their budget of £700,000 stretch to a Georgian manor with large, impressive reception rooms and up to five acres of land? Alistair visits Warwick Castle and tries his hand at one of the most popular sports of the Middle Ages.

2011-03-14T15:00:00Z

11x55 Essex

11x55 Essex

  • 2011-03-14T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-15T15:00:00Z

11x56 Devon

11x56 Devon

  • 2011-03-15T15:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson is in Devon helping a couple leave the Surrey suburbs for pastures new after 20 years. With a budget of £700,000, they are spoilt for choice, with both an 18th-century farmhouse and a former coaching house on offer. And Jules discovers the meaning behind the expression 'keeping your nose to the grindstone'.

2011-03-16T15:00:00Z

11x57 Suffolk

11x57 Suffolk

  • 2011-03-16T15:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is helping some house buyers find a rural house with a budget of £325,000. After 28 years in London, they are after a slice of rural Suffolk - but rustic charm is definitely not on the agenda. So will the country character of a 15th century medieval timber-built Hall House push them over the edge?

2011-03-17T15:00:00Z

11x58 Lake District

11x58 Lake District

  • 2011-03-17T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-18T15:00:00Z

11x59 Wiltshire

11x59 Wiltshire

  • 2011-03-18T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-21T15:00:00Z

11x60 The Chilterns

11x60 The Chilterns

  • 2011-03-21T15:00:00Z45m

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 goes.

2011-03-22T15:00:00Z

11x61 Devon

11x61 Devon

  • 2011-03-22T15:00:00Z45m

Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home in the country. 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.

2011-03-23T15:00:00Z

11x62 Cumbria

11x62 Cumbria

  • 2011-03-23T15:00:00Z45m

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, but surprisingly the ultra-modern eco-friendly mystery house gets a very warm reception.

2011-03-24T15:00:00Z

11x63 Powys

11x63 Powys

  • 2011-03-24T15:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-03-25T15:00:00Z

11x64 Shropshire

11x64 Shropshire

  • 2011-03-25T15:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman goes property hunting in Shropshire with a couple who need an outbuilding.

2011-04-11T14:00:00Z

11x65 Somerset

11x65 Somerset

  • 2011-04-11T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton is in Somerset, helping a couple of retirees wanting to downsize.

2011-04-12T14:00:00Z

11x66 Suffolk

11x66 Suffolk

  • 2011-04-12T14:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman helps a Suffolk couple look at some spacious homes.

2011-04-13T14:00:00Z

11x67 Carmarthenshire

11x67 Carmarthenshire

  • 2011-04-13T14:00:00Z45m

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.

2011-04-14T14:00:00Z

11x68 North Yorkshire

11x68 North Yorkshire

  • 2011-04-14T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson helps a mother-and-daughter look for a family home.

2011-04-15T14:00:00Z

11x69 Kent

11x69 Kent

  • 2011-04-15T14:00:00Z45m

Jonnie Irwin helps two very exacting buyers in Kent with a £630,000 budget.

2011-04-18T14:00:00Z

11x70 West Country

11x70 West Country

  • 2011-04-18T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson is in the West Country helping a couple leave suburbia behind.

2011-04-19T14:00:00Z

11x71 Dorset

11x71 Dorset

  • 2011-04-19T14:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman is in Dorset, helping a couple swap city skylines for open countryside.

2011-04-20T14:00:00Z

11x72 Cornwall

11x72 Cornwall

  • 2011-04-20T14:00:00Z45m

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple leave behind their urban coop on a budget of £350,000.

2011-04-21T14:00:00Z

11x73 Wiltshire

11x73 Wiltshire

  • 2011-04-21T14:00:00Z45m

Alistair Appleton meets a young family who are hoping to move to rural Wiltshire.

2011-04-26T14:00:00Z

11x74 Oxfordshire

11x74 Oxfordshire

  • 2011-04-26T14:00:00Z45m

Jules Hudson helps a retired couple find peace and quiet in Oxfordshire.

Season Finale

2011-04-27T14:00:00Z

11x75 Cambridgeshire

Season Finale

11x75 Cambridgeshire

  • 2011-04-27T14:00:00Z45m

Nicki Chapman helps a couple looking for contemporary country living in Cambridgeshire.

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