The BEST episodes of Escape to the Country season 22

Every episode of Escape to the Country season 22, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Escape to the Country season 22!

A series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country. The current presenting team is Alistair Appleton, Nicki Chapman, Jules Hudson, Sonali Shah, Jonnie Irwin, Margherita Taylor, Ginny Buckley, and Steve Brown. Former presenters include Catherine Gee, Aled Jones, Denise Nurse, Nick Page, and Melissa Porter.

Last Updated: 5/2/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
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Devon
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - Devon

Season 22 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/22/2022

A dog-friendly garden is a top priority today for Nicki Chapman’s buyer in Devon. Nicki also visits a charity that gives city children a chance to experience life on a farm.

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North Norfolk
star
9.00
2 votes

#2 - North Norfolk

Season 22 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/21/2022

Jules Hudson helps a couple find a property in rural Norfolk that can serve as a luxury holiday let business.

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The Cotswolds
star
9.00
2 votes

#3 - 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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Buckinghamshire
star
9.00
2 votes

#4 - Buckinghamshire

Season 22 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/16/2022

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, Sonali also visits the county’s last independent brick maker and finds out how to make them, but soon discovers it’s not as easy as it looks.

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Welsh Borders
star
8.67
3 votes

#5 - Welsh Borders

Season 22 - Episode 38 - Aired 3/29/2022

In the Welsh Borders, Jules Hudson is the local with the lowdown, helping a retired colonel and his wife with their property shopping requirements. Jules also meets up with a group of local ramblers to discuss the correct etiquette when walking in the great British countryside.

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West Yorkshire
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8.50
2 votes

#6 - West Yorkshire

Season 22 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/7/2022

With their current townhouse bursting at the seams, today’s couple - along with their five children and two dogs - need Ginny Buckley's help to find a large rural property. In West Yorkshire, they get the local lowdown from both Ginny and her mum Maggie. Having grown up in the area, Ginny also finds out what it is to be a proud Yorkshire person.

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The Lothians
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8.50
2 votes

#7 - The Lothians

Season 22 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/15/2022

Jules Hudson prepares himself for a beautiful but bracing property adventure in the lowlands of Scotland as he travels around the Lothians. He’s with a buyer from Edinburgh who has a £360,000 budget to make a longed-for break from the city and has brought her aunt along for support. Amongst a diverse range of property options, Jules also tours a striking fortified 16th-century tower that has been meticulously restored back into a great Scottish house.

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Wiltshire
star
8.40
5 votes

#8 - Wiltshire

Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2021

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 base in the Wiltshire countryside, and Alistair Appleton is the man to show them what this gorgeous county has to offer. Alistair also meets an intensive care nurse at her much loved and fruitful allotment.

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West Country
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8.40
5 votes

#9 - West Country

Season 22 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/2021

There are two counties for the price of one today as Nicki Chapman visits Somerset and Dorset with a buyer from London who is in search of a new life and a new home in the countryside for her £800k budget. Whilst in the area, Nicki also visits the town of Frome to learn how a fridge (yes, a fridge!) is helping to bring the local community together.

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Argyll & Bute
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8.38
8 votes

#10 - Argyll & Bute

Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2021

A couple from the Surrey town of Epsom enjoy the spectacular landscape in Argyll and Bute as Nicki Chapman provides them with some expert property advice. For their budget of £600,000 they want a house with views that just keep on giving. Nicki also takes to the water on Loch Lomond, meeting a family who have owned and lived on an island for 70 years.

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Norfolk & Suffolk Borders
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8.33
3 votes

#11 - Norfolk & Suffolk Borders

Season 22 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/1/2022

A move to Norfolk or Suffolk has been a long time in the making for a couple from Middlesex, and Jules Hudson is just the man to help make their dream come true for their £400k budget. Aside from property, Jules pays a visit to a new 400-acre wildlife sanctuary and is impressed to see just how quickly Mother Nature can thrive if given the opportunity.

Derbyshire
star
8.30
10 votes

#12 - Derbyshire

Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2021

A London couple are swapping the sound of the Bow bells for cow bells, as Jules Hudson helps them to spend their £500,000 budget on a house with a music room and a dog-friendly garden in the Derbyshire countryside. Whilst there, they meet one of the county’s silver bands, and Jules works up an appetite as he harvests some delicious mushrooms cultivated in an old converted mill.

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Welsh Marches
star
8.29
7 votes

#13 - Welsh Marches

Season 22 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/14/2021

There’s a sense of urgency today in the Welsh Marches as Sonali Shah helps a couple who have already sold their old house to find a new one with enough land to be self-sufficient. Together they visit a community project where locals get to take home and enjoy the vegetables and fruits of their labour.

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Suffolk
star
8.25
8 votes

#14 - Suffolk

Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2021

Wanting to be closer to a new grandson, a buyer from the Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury asks Jules Hudson to help her find a new home in the Suffolk countryside for £450,000. Enjoying the best of spring, with the bluebells in bloom, Jules visits a care farm that helps vulnerable people improve their well-being through farming.

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Norfolk
star
8.25
8 votes

#15 - Norfolk

Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2021

Three generations of the same family need help from Jules Hudson to find them a new home in rural Norfolk. In the kitty is £800,000 for a four-bedroom house, an annexe for Granny and enough land for a Shetland pony. Jules also needs a keen eye to spot some of the world’s rarest - and most camera-shy - deer and antelope at a local safari park.

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Devon
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8.25
4 votes

#16 - Devon

Season 22 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/2022

There are some impressive properties on offer in Devon today as Nicki Chapman helps a couple from London to figure out what they do and don’t want from their new life in the country. On a break from the house search, Nicki visits a workshop where traditional sign-writing skills are being kept alive.

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Derbyshire
star
8.22
9 votes

#17 - Derbyshire

Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2021

Jonnie Irwin takes in the delights of Derbyshire with a couple from Leeds who want to see a range of rural properties with all the trimmings. Jonnie takes time out to visit a repair cafe where, over a coffee and slice of cake, environmentally minded customers can take household items to be mended instead of thrown away.

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East Midlands
star
8.20
5 votes

#18 - East Midlands

Season 22 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/7/2022

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, Ginny meets a volunteer group helping to restore the area’s local canals and their footpaths so that wildlife can thrive and the public can enjoy a safer stroll.

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Kent
star
8.20
5 votes

#19 - Kent

Season 22 - Episode 37 - Aired 3/28/2022

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, meeting up with her best friend from school, before they join Nicki’s mum at the family’s beach hut in Herne Bay.

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North Yorkshire
star
8.17
6 votes

#20 - North Yorkshire

Season 22 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2021

A huge kitchen is a big priority for Steve Brown’s couple today as they take in the sights and sounds of the exceptional North Yorkshire countryside. Away from property shopping, Steve meets a group of men in a shed to learn about a scheme that helps their mental and physical health.

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Shropshire and Herefordshire
star
8.00
1 votes

#21 - Shropshire and Herefordshire

Season 22 - Episode 46 - Aired 5/10/2022

A couple are leaving Spain for good and want to settle in the countryside of either Shropshire or Herefordshire. Steve Brown accepts the challenge to find them their new home, and also finds the time to visit a traditional rural estate to learn how diversification is helping to secure its future and support the local community.

North Yorkshire
star
8.00
1 votes

#22 - North Yorkshire

Season 22 - Episode 45 - Aired 5/9/2022

North Yorkshire beckons to an Essex couple who need Jonnie Irwin’s help to find a home in this beautiful region. Jonnie also visits the popular seaside resort of Whitby on a mission to work out why we love fish and chips so much and to discover who makes the best in town.

Dorset
star
8.00
1 votes

#23 - Dorset

Season 22 - Episode 44 - Aired 4/20/2022

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 new way of life and a new house in Dorset. Ginny also visits a farm helping to keep the elderly and retired gents fit in mind, body and soul.

Gloucestershire
star
8.00
1 votes

#24 - Gloucestershire

Season 22 - Episode 42 - Aired 4/12/2022

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 lovely selection of houses, Chris also visits a local football club to check out for himself why it’s green by name and green by nature.

The Gower
star
8.00
1 votes

#25 - The Gower

Season 22 - Episode 41 - Aired 4/11/2022

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 checking out some fabulous properties, Alistair collects cockles and tries laverbread for the first time.