I Escaped to the Country

Nicki Chapman retraces her steps in the West Country, meeting up with two sets of escapees now living their best lives in Somerset, before sampling some local produce.

Jules Hudson takes a trip down memory lane in Bedfordshire, while Sonali Shah catches up with a couple who were finally able to buy their own home in early retirement.

Two successful house hunts for Jules Hudson and Denise Nurse, who reunite with their buyers to discover how their lives have been transformed by escaping to the country.

In Pembrokeshire, Briony May Williams and Ginny Buckley revisit buyers who decided to act on their long-held ambitions of moving to the Welsh countryside.

Alistair Appleton heads to Spain to meet up with a couple who escaped to the continent ten years ago and have never looked back.