The BEST episodes of Escape to the Country
Every episode of Escape to the Country ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Escape to the Country!
A series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.
#2 - Monmouthshire
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/2009
Jules Hudson is in Wales helping a mother and daughter find a house where they can start a new life and a new business. With £555,000 to spend, Mum loves character features but the daughter is keen on clean, modern interiors. Will she be won over by Wales's rustic charms? And will an outdoor pool seal the deal?
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Lewis & Harris
Season 22 - Episode 55 - Aired 6/13/2022
Alistair Appleton is in Hebridean heaven on Lewis and Harris, helping a couple with a £400k budget to relocate to this beautiful, rugged Scottish island. As well as exploring the island and a handful of its properties, Alistair meets a host of welcoming locals and visits a tweed mill to discover how the exclusive fabric is made.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Worcestershire
Season 22 - Episode 50 - Aired 5/24/2022
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. They have a big budget to spend on a new home and are open to the countryside in either Worcestershire or Warwickshire.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Kent
Season 22 - Episode 49 - Aired 5/23/2022
Steve Brown faces a double challenge in his home county of Kent as he helps two sisters from London to buy a house each. With two separate budgets and different priorities, they are exploring options for rural and coastal living. Steve also meets a father and son whose family have been restoring traditional oast houses for four generations.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Berkshire
Season 22 - Episode 47 - Aired 5/16/2022
Wanting to swap their home in London for a new one in the Berkshire countryside, today’s couple have a whopping £1 million budget, and Alistair Appleton is here to help them spend it. Alistair also takes time out to visit a restaurant and theatre in an old mill on the River Thames, where he meets the actor and playwright Simon Williams.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Lancashire and Cumbria Borders
Season 22 - Episode 43 - Aired 4/19/2022
Having met just 18 months ago, today’s couple are wasting no time and are selling up their homes to find a new one together, in the countryside of Cumbria or Lancashire. Briony May Williams is there to help with their property search, and whilst in the region she also visits one of the finest restaurants in the country.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Cornwall
Season 16 - Episode 62 - Aired 5/25/2016
Jules Hudson is house-hunting in Cornwall with a married couple from Berkshire who have a budget of £450,000 to find a rural Cornish idyll, complete with a five-bar gate. From country cottages to a medieval manor, Jules also makes time to explore the Grade I-listed Cotehele House.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Cornwall
Season 15 - Episode 74 - Aired 9/1/2015
Sonali Shah travels to Cornwall to help in the house hunt of a couple of retirees who are seeking a new life in the country. They have a substantial budget of £500,000 to fund their proposed rural move. Sonali also visits a Falmouth enterprise which is working to keep Cornwall's boat-building heritage alive.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Herefordshire
Season 15 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/25/2015
Jules Hudson helps a multilingual couple seek a translation to a more rural setting in the Herefordshire countryside. They have £500,000 to spend on their country relocation. Away from the property shopping, Jules visits the eco-friendly energy project that's hotting up in the county's woodland
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Staffordshire
Season 21 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/8/2021
A recently retired couple looking to downsize from their Essex home head to Staffordshire with Sonali Shah hoping to find peace, pubs and a detached home with a view. Sonali also visits a celebrated Victorian pottery that is now a modern-day hub of art, design and training. Jules also heads inland to inspect a plantation of trees normally found down under, and for the first time in his life, he tries an oyster!
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#14 - Dorset
Season 16 - Episode 50 - Aired 4/15/2016
Alistair Appleton goes property shopping in Dorset with a buyer looking for a fresh start in the country. She has a budget of £380,000 to purchase a new 'forever' home. Alistair also goes fishing for seafood off the coast of Lyme Regis and samples some local whelks.
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#15 - Gloucestershire
Season 14 - Episode 27 - Aired 1/15/2014
Jules Hudson travels through Gloucestershire on a house hunt with two sisters who are hoping to set up home together. On a budget of £750,000, they have a very specific wish list. While in the county, Jonnie takes a ride on the restored Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
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#16 - West Dorset
Season 19 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2018
Margherita Taylor is on a house-hunting mission in the Dorset countryside, helping a couple with £500,000 find a character property with space for entertaining and a baby grand piano, as well as an outdoor setting to keep a keen gardener busy. Along the way, Margherita heads out to the oyster beds of Poole harbour to discover more about how they are farmed and harvested sustainably to meet popular demand.
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#17 - North Yorkshire
Season 18 - Episode 59 - Aired 9/3/2018
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple from County Durham who want to border-hop to the North Yorkshire countryside with their £600,000 budget and buy a spacious country home with land to accommodate rescue donkeys. While in the area, Jonnie gets a masterclass in building dry stone walls, a distinctive feature of this county's farming landscape.
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#18 - North Cornwall
Season 18 - Episode 60 - Aired 9/4/2018
Sonali Shah is in Cornwall to help a couple with a lust for life and a love of the coast find a home in the Cornish countryside on a £350,000 budget. Away from her very positive property hunters, Sonali heads to Tintagel Island, where exciting archaeological evidence suggests that this peninsula is not just a site of Arthurian legend but was also one of the largest trading posts in Europe.
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#19 - Devon
Season 19 - Episode 62 - Aired 11/26/2019
Today's house hunt takes Nicki Chapman to the Devon countryside with a £450,000 budget, as she helps a buyer moving on to a new, happier life chapter with her young son. Away from important property decisions, Nicki heads to the seaside town of Dawlish, where she joins in the local fun at the carnival that the community works hard to organise every year.
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#20 - Norfolk
Season 19 - Episode 63 - Aired 11/27/2019
Jules Hudson is rural property hunting in Norfolk with a couple of retired accountants who want to invest their £550,000 budget in a character home that gives them countryside and community on their doorstep. Along the way, Jules discovers how boat building is going strong in Wells-next-the-Sea before trying his hand at sailing a traditional yacht off the Norfolk coast.
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#21 - Norfolk
Season 20 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/5/2020
Jules Hudson helps a vivacious mother and daughter double act hunt for a country home in Norfolk with a budget of £335,000 budget. There are tears plus lots of laughter as they tour a selection of beautiful East Anglian properties. Away from the house hunt, Jules follows a paper trail to uncover an endangered decorative heritage craft.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Devon
Season 21 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/2021
Sonali Shah is in Devon, accompanying a married couple from Berkshire with an impressive budget of £1,200,000. On today’s property shopping list is a five-bedroom detached property with land where their four children can enjoy the great outdoors. Away from the house hunt, Sonali visits a farm where she discovers that flowers are not the only way to her heart. Edible flowers are too.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Welsh Borders
Season 21 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/23/2021
Jules Hudson is on home ground in the Welsh Borders as he showcases some tempting houses to a retired couple who have a whopping £1 million to spend. Along with a characterful property, they are after somewhere with holiday-let potential or space for a glamping business. Jules is also in his element when he meets experts in traditional construction methods, who are keeping heritage building skills alive.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - The Cotswolds
Season 22 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/8/2022
Alistair Appleton shows off the Cotswolds in all its glory to a couple who want a complete change of lifestyle. Moving from Edinburgh, they have a budget of over £1 million to spend on their new dream home. Alistair also visits a farm that has adopted bygone methods to grow sustainable and environmentally friendly crops.
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