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Escape to the Country
Escape to the Country Episodes
Series 23 (extended Versions): 10. Anglesey
It’s an island escape as Jules Hudson helps a couple from a town in Cheshire to find their dream home on Anglesey. During a busy week of house hunting, Jules turns his att ...
21-02-2025
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Series 24: 23. The Peak District
Denise Nurse delivers the Peak District on a plate as she helps a couple from a town in Oxfordshire to find their dream country home for a budget of £450,000. Whilst in th ...
20-02-2025
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Series 24: 22. Perth And Kinross
Sonali Shah marvels at the majesty of Perth and Kinross as she helps a couple from a large town on England’s south coast to find their dream country escape in Scotland. Wi ...
19-02-2025
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Series 25: 34. Somerset And Devon
A London-based couple want to escape from the city to carve out a new life in either Somerset or Devon, where Briony May Williams has the keys to some wonderful countryside prop ...
18-02-2025
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Series 25: 33. North Yorkshire
Jules Hudson helps a rock-climbing couple from an East Midlands town look for a new, rural home that gives them access to the hills and dales of North Yorkshire. Whilst in the c ...
17-02-2025
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Series 24: 24. Norfolk
On a bid to escape the city, today’s couple and their three children are looking for a change of lifestyle for the whole family, and Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk to help th ...
15-02-2025
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 3. Anglesey
Feeling an affinity for Wales, and in particular the island of Anglesey, a Canadian couple task Briony May Williams with finding them the stone cottage they’ve always drea ...
14-02-2025
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Series 24: 21. Warwickshire
Missing family and the great British countryside, today’s couple are heading home to Warwickshire having spent the last six years living and working in the USA. Jules Huds ...
13-02-2025
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Series 24: 20. Northamptonshire
Wanting to leave town life behind them, this episode's couple have their sights set on a new countryside home in Northamptonshire, and Ginny Buckley is on hand to help them find ...
12-02-2025
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Series 25: 32. The Jurassic Coast
Alistair Appleton is hoping his selection of seaside properties passes the test as he helps a retired schoolteacher find a new home on Devon and Dorset's Jurassic Coast for her ...
11-02-2025
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Series 25: 31. Kent
In his home county of Kent, Steve Brown helps two newlyweds from London find a new, spacious and dog-friendly family home in the countryside. Steve also meets another couple who ...
10-02-2025
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Series 24: 54. Cheshire
A young couple currently living in Manchester are hoping to up sticks to the Cheshire countryside with their young daughter. They have requested a four bedroom, detached family ...
08-02-2025
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 2. Wiltshire
With their entire belongings in two rucksacks, today’s couple have spent the last six years travelling the globe. With £325,000 the pair have decided they need a bas ...
07-02-2025
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Series 25: 30. East Devon
In between marveling at the majestic countryside on offer in east Devon, Nicki Chapman goes house hunting with a couple of Londoners who are itching to move to this beautiful re ...
07-02-2025
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Series 24: 19. Hampshire
In Hampshire, Steve Brown has some excellent houses in his property shopping bag to show today’s couple who, along with their two children and two tortoises, want to live ...
06-02-2025
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Series 25: 29. Hampshire And Wiltshire
Wanting to move to a quieter location than where they currently live, today’s couple have tasked Denise Nurse to find them a new rural retreat in the Hampshire or Wiltshir ...
06-02-2025
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Series 24: 18. West Yorkshire
In wonderful West Yorkshire, Nicki Chapman is with a young couple from Manchester who have a budget of £270,000 to find a home in the countryside for them and their baby s ...
05-02-2025
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 8. Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire beckons today’s couple, who are looking for the peace and quiet the county has to offer. Steve Brown guides them on their house hunt, and he also visits Biggl ...
31-01-2025
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Series 24: 15. North Yorkshire
Now back in the UK, a young couple crave the outdoors lifestyle they experienced together for nearly three years in New Zealand. Nicki Chapman’s helps them find a new home ...
30-01-2025
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Series 23: 25. Cambridgeshire
A keen singer from south east London, accompanied by her good friend, needs help to find a new home in Cambridgeshire with her budget of £360,000. Sonali Shah is only too ...
29-01-2025
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Series 25: 28. Herefordshire
Today’s couple are lost for words at the amazing properties shown to them in Jules Hudson’s beloved Herefordshire. They need enough space for themselves, the dog and ...
29-01-2025
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Herefordshire
Living a few miles from Belfast is just too far from family, so now they’ve retired, today’s couple want to move back to England, to Herefordshire, where Briony May ...
25-01-2025
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Series 22 (extended Versions): Episode 10
A series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.
24-01-2025
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Series 25: 27. West Sussex
After 15 years living and working in Dubai, two expats want to return home to the UK and need Sonali Shah’s help to find them a new home in wonderful West Sussex. Sonali a ...
24-01-2025
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Series 24: 17. Perth And Kinross
Jules Hudson is in Perth and Kinross, helping a young couple with a budget of £350,000 to find an ideal country home for them and their two young sons. Jules also meets a ...
23-01-2025
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Series 23: 30. Dorset
In true Escape to the Country style, today’s couple (both former international rugby players) want to leave London in search of a rural idyll in Dorset, and Alistair Apple ...
22-01-2025
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Series 22: 19. Lincolnshire
A desire to move closer to family and the need for a new single-storey home is fuelling today’s buyers to make the move from Birmingham to the Lincolnshire countryside. Ju ...
20-01-2025
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 13. Shropshire
Chris Bavin and today’s couple marvel at Shropshire’s stunning countryside in between checking out some tempting homes from the county’s property market. Takin ...
17-01-2025
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Series 24: 49. Suffolk
Denise Nurse is in Suffolk, helping a couple find a new home in a more rural setting, where they can enjoy retired life together, closer to the coast, lakes or waterways. Also o ...
12-01-2025
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 11. Suffolk
Suffolk is today’s destination for Steve Brown and a couple from London who have £575,000 to spend on a new home from where they want to kick-start their new life in ...
10-01-2025
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Series 24 (extended Versions): The Cotswolds
Alistair Appleton is on a property-hunting mission in the beautiful Cotswolds with a couple who want a location with dog walks on their doorstep, as well as decent dining option ...
04-01-2025
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Series 24: 50. The Lake District
Having been to the Lake District over 50 times, today’s couple have decided to stop visiting and start living in one of the UK’s most spectacular national parks. The ...
03-01-2025
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Series 24: 48. East Midlands
A young couple want to swap their London flat for something bigger in the East Midlands, where Nicki Chapman opens the front doors to a lovely selection of homes with charming g ...
02-01-2025
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Cumbria
Briony May Williams teams up with a retired Shakespeare scholar who wants to write a new chapter in the Cumbrian countryside for her £300,000 budget. Away from the house h ...
29-12-2024
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Series 24: 44. Berkshire And Hampshire
Motivated by wanting to move closer to family, an escapee has her sister on hand for moral support and Sonali Shah’s property know-how to help find the ideal rural retreat ...
22-12-2024
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 11. The Gower
The sun shines all week long as Alistair Appleton helps a couple to move one step closer to their dream of a new life on the gorgeous Gower Peninsula in Wales. Apart from checki ...
20-12-2024
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Series 24: 12. The Lothians
After 26 years in London, today’s couple has headed north to the Scottish Lothians in search of a complete change of lifestyle. They have a house-hunting budget of £ ...
19-12-2024
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Series 25: 25. Argyll And Bute
There’s no place quite like Argyll and Bute, or so says Denise Nurse’s buyer, who wants to return there from Kent. Taking a break from the house hunting, Denise hops ...
19-12-2024
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Series 24: 13. The Wye Valley
Jules Hudson explores one of the UK’s most beautiful locations today as he sets about finding the ideal Wye Valley property for his house hunters. Having put their Portuga ...
18-12-2024
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Series 25: 26. The Cairngorms
Nicki Chapman is in the magnificent Cairngorms, property shopping with a couple who, after exploring the UK in their camper van for the last two years, have decided that the Sco ...
17-12-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): County Antrim And County Down
It’s an emotional homecoming today and a first for Jules Hudson as he visits County Down and County Antrim for some property shopping in Northern Ireland. He’s with ...
14-12-2024
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Series 23 (extended Versions): 2. Cornwall
Wanting to be close to the coast, a couple from Birmingham decide that Cornwall is the perfect destination for their escape. Sonali Shah is on hand to make their dream come true ...
13-12-2024
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Series 24: 9. Yorkshire
Seeking a less hectic lifestyle in Yorkshire, a London couple have £425,000 to spend on a new home, and Steve Brown is on hand to help them find it. Steve also pays a visi ...
12-12-2024
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Series 25: 24. Northumberland
Sonali Shah is in the magnificent countryside of Northumberland, helping three generations of the same family to make an escape from Leicester and find a new rural home together ...
12-12-2024
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Series 24: 8. Caithness
Jules Hudson savours the spectacular scenery and splendid isolation on offer in Scotland’s Caithness, as he helps a young family with a house-hunting budget of £270, ...
11-12-2024
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Series 25: 23. Berkshire
Although they don’t want to move any great distance, the beautiful Berkshire countryside will be a far cry from busy Slough, where today’s young couple is moving fro ...
11-12-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): The Chilterns
Living with their baby boy in a one-bedroom flat in south London, today’s couple need more space, which they want to find in the lovely Chiltern Hills. Alistair Appleton h ...
07-12-2024
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 5. Wye Valley
The beautiful Wye Valley may not be too far from Bristol, where today’s couple are from, but it’s a whole world away in terms of lifestyle. Steve Brown has some temp ...
06-12-2024
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Series 24: 6. Norfolk
Denise Nurse is in Norfolk, with a buyer who wants to move closer to her family, and who has her son in tow for support. With the popularity of the staycation, Denise also meets ...
05-12-2024
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Series 25: 22. Staffordshire And Derbyshire
A career change means today’s buyers urgently need Alistair Appleton’s help in finding them a rural property in the Derbyshire or Staffordshire countryside. Whilst i ...
05-12-2024
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Series 24: 5. North Yorkshire
Briony May Williams helps to make dreams come true for a buyer with an ambition of moving to the North Yorkshire countryside on a £250,000 budget. Then, she takes her esca ...
04-12-2024
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Series 25: 21. North Yorkshire
Today’s couple are newly retired, newly engaged, and with the help of Briony May Williams, are now looking for a new home surrounded by North Yorkshire’s spectacular ...
04-12-2024
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 10. Surrey
A health-conscious couple from London enlist Sonali Shah to help them spend £1.3 million on a detached property in Surrey with enough land to create a wellness retreat. Ta ...
29-11-2024
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Series 24: 4. Somerset And Gloucestershire
Having spent 25 years in the Netherlands, a retired opera singer and a music teacher approaching retirement have decided that now is the right time to return to the UK and, with ...
28-11-2024
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Series 25: 20. East Devon Borders
With their children fledged, today’s couple has decided to move from the busy city of Nottingham to the peace and quiet of the east Devon borders, where Jules Hudson is on ...
28-11-2024
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Series 24: 3. Northumbria
Denise Nurse helps a couple so fed up with the eight-hour round trip to see their son in Northumbria that they’ve decided to move there instead. Denise has the keys to som ...
27-11-2024
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Series 25: 19. The Valleys
Alistair Appleton helps a couple from the South Yorkshire city of Doncaster find a new home in the wonderful Welsh valleys. He will need a good head for heights when he meets up ...
27-11-2024
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 15. Norfolk
A retired army couple looking to escape busy Bedfordshire enlist Margherita Taylor to help them spend their house-hunting budget of £680,000 in the rural wilds of Norfolk. ...
22-11-2024
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Series 24: 1. Moray
A couple hope their £400,000 budget will buy them a slice of rural bliss in Moray in Scotland, where Jules Hudson is eager to show them the very best property on offer. Ju ...
21-11-2024
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Series 25: 18. Herefordshire
Three dogs and their two owners want to make their dream countryside escape from the busy port city of Southampton to beautiful, rural Herefordshire, where Denise Nurse is ready ...
21-11-2024
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Series 23: 23. Oxfordshire
Nicki Chapman teams up with an author from west London who wants to pen an exciting new chapter for herself in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. Away from the property hunt ...
20-11-2024
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Series 25: 17. West Yorkshire
Emotions are running high in the West Yorkshire countryside as Nicki Chapman helps a buyer from a Hertfordshire town find a new home in the beautiful county where she grew up. W ...
19-11-2024
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Series 21 (extended Versions): 13. East Riding Of Yorkshire
Armed with a top budget of £450,000, Jules Hudson property shops with a couple wanting to make a permanent move from Kent to the scenic East Riding of Yorkshire. They are ...
15-11-2024
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Series 23: 21. Cornwall
Denise Nurse is in the coastal county of Cornwall today, helping a couple to turn their favourite holiday destination into their permanent home on a budget of £475,000. Aw ...
14-11-2024
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Series 25: 16. The Lothians
Wanting to escape south London, a mother and son meet up with Sonali Shah in the Lothians, where they want to find their ideal rural retreat, complete with an art studio. Sonali ...
14-11-2024
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Series 23: 15. Gloucestershire
A soon-to-be retired vicar and her husband need Sonali Shah’s help to find a new home in the beautiful countryside of Gloucestershire. Sonali also visits Adam Henson, who, ...
13-11-2024
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Series 25: 15. Dorset
Alistair Appleton helps a buyer from Maidstone in Kent realise her dream of moving to the Dorset countryside, where she wants a home closer to her family so she can reconnect wi ...
12-11-2024
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Series 21 (shortened Versions): 2. Lake District
Alistair Appleton helps a couple from Newcastle who want to turn the spectacular Lake District from a holiday destination into their permanent home. With a budget of £750, ...
10-11-2024
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Series 22: 50. Worcestershire
Chris Bavin is on hand to make the rural English dream a reality by presenting some beautiful properties to a couple returning to the UK after 20 years living abroad in Canada. ...
09-11-2024
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 6. Somerset
Jules Hudson is house-hunting in Somerset with a couple looking for a rural home that must have annexe potential for their parents. During his time in the county, Jules visits t ...
08-11-2024
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Series 22: 42. Gloucestershire
A creative couple from London want to leave city life behind in search of new adventures in Gloucestershire, and Chris Bavin is on hand to guide them. Along with presenting a lo ...
07-11-2024
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Series 25: 14. Northumberland
A newly engaged couple from Cheshire want to buy their first home together in rural Northumberland, where Jules Hudson is on hand to show them a selection of houses that matches ...
07-11-2024
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Series 22: 37. Kent
Who better to show a young couple with a growing family from London around Kent than local girl Nicki Chapman? Away from the house hunt, Nicki takes a trip down memory lane, mee ...
06-11-2024
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Series 25: 13. Gloucestershire
Returning to the UK after 22 years in eastern Australia, today’s couple have decided they now want to make their home in the countryside of glorious Gloucestershire. Nicki ...
06-11-2024
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 15. Hampshire
Alistair Appleton joins forces with a spiritual businesswoman and her best friend to help find a calming Hampshire home on a budget of £950,000. Taking a breather from the ...
01-11-2024
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Series 25: 12. Norfolk And Suffolk Borders
Having almost made their escape seven years ago, today’s couple want to try again, tasking Ginny Buckley to help them move from a Surrey town and out into the countryside ...
01-11-2024
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Series 22: 34. Buckinghamshire
Leafy Buckinghamshire is Sonali Shah’s destination today, where she’s helping a London couple search for their dream countryside home. Sticking to bricks and mortar, ...
31-10-2024
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Series 21: 28. High Weald
A young, canine-loving couple from Hertfordshire are hoping for a fresh start in a new High Weald home and, with their budget of £600,000, Gi ...
30-10-2024
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Series 25: 11. Perth And Kinross Borders
Steve Brown marvels at the spectacular scenery on offer in Scotland's Perth and Kinross and beyond as he helps a couple with three children from a city in Essex find their dream ...
30-10-2024
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Series 22: 44. Dorset
Although originally from the UK, today’s couple have been living in Canada since the 1980s. Now back home, and with Ginny Buckley’s help, they are raring to find a n ...
27-10-2024
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 3. Cornwall
A couple from Worcestershire have Alistair Appleton on hand to help them find the perfect home in Cornwall for their £650k budget. Away from property, Alistair also discov ...
26-10-2024
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 10. Welsh Borders
Sonali Shah meets a couple from a Surrey town who want to escape to the Welsh Borders for a quieter pace of life. They are hoping to use their £620,000 budget to purchase ...
25-10-2024
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Series 24: 41. Shropshire
A couple want to swap their Cheshire townhouse for the dark skies and beautiful open spaces of Shropshire. Denise Nurse helps them with the property search and also visits a flo ...
24-10-2024
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Series 25: 10. Hampshire And Dorset Borders
Today’s buyers don’t mind if they find a new home in either Hampshire or Dorset, just as long as it’s as close as possible to their happy place, the sea. Denis ...
24-10-2024
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Series 24: 39. Aberdeenshire
With a budget of £400,000, Jules Hudson is on hand to make a Sydney couple's dream of an escape to Aberdeenshire come true. Away from the property shopping, Jules makes fr ...
23-10-2024
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Series 25: 9. Herefordshire
Nicki Chapman’s buyers are already renting in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire, but they need Nicki’s help to find them a house of their own that comes wit ...
23-10-2024
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Series 22: 27. North Norfolk
Creating a luxury holiday let business is just as important as finding a new family home for today’s couple. They want to relocate to rural north Norfolk, and Jules Hudson ...
20-10-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): South West Wales
Looking for a new adventure in south west Wales, today’s couple have £400,000 to find a new home with at least an acre of land for glamping and a forestry school. Gi ...
19-10-2024
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Series 20 (extended Versions): 13. Devon
Ginny Buckley meets a couple who are looking to lay down roots in Devon after decades serving in the army. They have a £400,000 budget to find their ideal home near the En ...
18-10-2024
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Series 24: 38. East Sussex
Returning home after eight years of living and working in Abu Dhabi, two teachers want to swap desert sand for the beaches of East Sussex, where Briony May Williams has the keys ...
17-10-2024
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Series 24: 36. Carmarthenshire
Ginny Buckley’s buyer today is chasing an inspiring landscape. She wants a new Carmarthenshire home that has as much land as her £450,000 budget can muster. She&rsqu ...
16-10-2024
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Series 24: 35. Devon
Leaving the house they built themselves behind, today’s couple has Jules Hudson to help them find the perfect West Country pad in Devon, where they want to start a holiday ...
15-10-2024
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Series 25: 8. North Wales
Hoping to escape to the dramatic countryside of north Wales, Jules Hudson’s buyers want to find a new home with at least an acre of land where they can create a yoga and w ...
15-10-2024
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Series 21: 43. Oxfordshire
A musical couple from London need Steve Brown’s help to unearth a new home in the Oxfordshire countryside. On the £950,000 shopping list is a detached property with ...
12-10-2024
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Series 22 (extended Versions): 7. Cornwall
Having spent many happy family holidays in Cornwall, a couple from Hertfordshire now want to make England’s most south-westerly county their permanent home, and Steve Brow ...
11-10-2024
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Series 22: 24. North Yorkshire
Having fallen head over heels in love with North Yorkshire, a retired teacher and her pet bunny Gary need Nicki Chapman’s help with finding a new home for £450k, a s ...
10-10-2024
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Series 22: Episode 21
A young couple from London have £325,000 to spend on a new rural home, and it’s Sonali Shah who’s leading the search in the Monmouthshire countryside. Sonali t ...
09-10-2024
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Series 22: 23. East Midlands
Three generations of one family want to move to the East Midlands, and the task of finding a new home for them all has fallen on Mum, Grandma and Ginny Buckley. Away from houses ...
08-10-2024
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Series 25: 7. Suffolk
Wanting to move closer to her family and the sea, a buyer from London needs Alistair Appleton’s help to find a new home in the Suffolk countryside. Alistair also meets a c ...
08-10-2024
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Series 24 (extended Versions): Buckinghamshire And Oxfordshire
Having spent the past four years living in the US state of Texas, today’s couple and their two young children are returning to the UK and have tasked Sonali Shah to help t ...
05-10-2024
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