In this jaunt down memory lane, Nicki Chapman makes the 200-mile journey from Derbyshire to Devon to ask the age-old question: coast or countryside?\n\nBack in 2015, Nicki Chapman headed for the hills to help a busy, professional couple on their quest to make their favourite camping destination their permanent home. Almost a decade later, she’s back to find out which of our offerings fulfilled their Peak District aspirations. Later, Nicki pays a visit to a former forces duo who, in 2019, had enlisted Ginny Buckley’s assistance in realising their dream of retiring to the Devonshire Coast.
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Series 8: 10. France
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!\n\nBorro ...
06-02-2024
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Series 8: 9. North Yorkshire And The Cotswolds
When Nicki Chapman accompanied a retired teacher on a property-seeking mission in North Yorkshire, back in the autumn of 2021, neither of them could have imagined where the jour ...
05-02-2024
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Series 5: 3. Dorset
Nicki Chapman catches up with past house-hunters who have found a better quality of rural life near the coast. First, Nicki meets up with a couple she went house-hunting with ba ...
02-02-2024
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Series 5: 2. Staffordshire & Devon
They say an Englishman’s home is his castle, and today Jules Hudson catches up with two couples who have bought their very own slice of stately-home living, at either end ...
01-02-2024
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Series 5: 1. Bedfordshire & Herefordshire
Sonali Shah meets up with a couple who bought one of the houses presented to them on a 2019 Escape to the Country property hunt in Bedfordshire. A year on, she finds out how the ...
31-01-2024
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Series 6: 9. Norfolk
The shoe is on the other foot for Sonali Shah today as she is invited into the homes of two sets of house hunters who are now proud Norfolk residents. She meets a pair of former ...
26-01-2024
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Series 6: 5. Isle Of Arran And North Yorkshire
Alistair Appleton visits former Escape to the Country house hunters to find out what happened next with their planned rural moves. First, he meets a couple who were searching fo ...
25-01-2024
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Series 6: 1. Welsh Borders
Jules Hudson reunites with house hunters who turned their backs on city life in London and Bristol to make a move to the Welsh Borders. First, Jules checks in with a couple who ...
24-01-2024
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Series 8: 8. Monmouthshire And Gloucestershire
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.\n\nIn the summe ...
23-01-2024
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Series 8: 7. Dorset And Wiltshire
Alistair Appleton is back to meet some accomplished athletes following their successful house-hunting challenges in the countryside.\n\nA year since two ex-rugby internationals ...
22-01-2024
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Series 5: 9. Norfolk
Jonnie Irwin makes his way to the Norfolk countryside for a reunion with past house-hunters who are now making the most of their new rural settings. Jonnie calls in on a dynamic ...
20-11-2020
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Series 7: 4. Cotswolds And Shropshire
Nicki Chapman reconnects with past escapees in the Cotswolds and Shropshire. \n\nIt was nearly love at first sight for a couple from Scotland, who, in 2020, wanted Nicki’s ...
11-01-2024
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Series 8: 2. Herefordshire Borders And North Wales
Alistair Appleton and Denise Nurse catch up with some adventurous women who have found fulfilment in the rural borderlands of Wales.\n\nIn 2022, Alistair Appleton truly delivere ...
05-01-2024
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Series 2: 6. Herefordshire
Nicki Chapman returns to Herefordshire to catch up with her house-hunters, discovering how their plans of running holiday let business have come to fruition and how they've also ...
14-01-2019
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Series 2: 4. Norfolk And Cumbria
Alistair Appleton revisits house buyers who made their escapes to the country and radically changed their new properties and lifestyles in the process. First he heads to Norfolk ...
10-01-2019
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Series 7: 10. West Country
Sonali Shah heads for the West Country counties of Cornwall and Devon to catch up with former house-hunters who have settled there. \n\nFirst, she makes her way to Cornwall, w ...
17-01-2024
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Series 3: 8. Devon And Shropshire
Alistair Appleton starts his journey in Devon and visits a mother and daughter who moved into their dream property back in 2013 after a lucky windfall boosted their budget to &p ...
14-11-2018
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Series 7: 5. Welsh Marches And Devon
Sonali Shah meets up with former house hunters for whom land was the priority. \n\nShe retraces her steps in the Welsh Marches as she meets up with a pair of former escapees who ...
31-10-2022
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Series 6: 6. Gloucestershire
Jonnie Irwin returns to visit past Escape to the Country house-hunters who, back in 2016, were looking to relocate to Gloucestershire. The first stop is with an entrepreneurial ...
10-01-2022
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Series 5: 8. Wiltshire & Hampshire
Sonali Shah revisits two sets of Escape to the Country house-hunters united by their appreciation of traditional, period homes. In Wiltshire, she catches up with a couple for wh ...
19-11-2020
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