I Escaped to the Country

Nicki Chapman and Ginny Buckley reconnect with couples who fled the capital to seek peaceful idylls in the English countryside.

Alistair Appleton and Denise Nurse catch up with some adventurous women who have found fulfilment in the rural borderlands of Wales.

In this jaunt down memory lane, Nicki Chapman makes the 200-mile journey from Derbyshire to Devon to ask the age-old question of coast or countryside?

Jules Hudson follows the unexpected journey of one couple and a homecoming for another.

Jules Hudson does a deep dive into the wondrous world of barn conversions in this very special revisit.

Sonali Shah and Jules Hudson follow up on their house-hunting expeditions in the beguiling Scottish Highlands.

Alistair Appleton is back to meet some accomplished athletes following their successful house-hunting challenges in the countryside.

Sonali Shah visits both sides of the Wales-England border, with one couple looking to get away from it all and the other wanting to get stuck in the thick of it.

Denise Nurse finds out the outcome of a retired teacher's 2021 property search in North Yorkshire.

We’re escaping to France, where Alistair Appleton relives his enchanting encounter with a Yorkshire lass who had her eyes firmly set on the horizon... and beyond!