The WORST episodes of Escape to the Country
Every episode of Escape to the Country ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Escape to the Country!
A series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.
#1 - Bristol to Somerset
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2007
Catherine Gee helps prospective buyers to find their dream home in the country. She has two budgets to find a couple a two/three bed house with land for the horses, in Somerset. The lower, £210,000, is based on them renting out their Bristol house, and the higher, £260,000, is based on them selling it. Catherine hopes to surprise them with what she finds in both price brackets.
#2 - Cheshire
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/22/2011
Jules Hudson joins the house search for a couple with £1.2 million to spend in Cheshire's 'Golden Triangle'. While in Cheshire, Jules also visits the Tatton Park Estate, home to the only pineapple vinery in the UK and discovers how the iconic country home was run in its heyday.
#3 - Cardiff to Monmouthshire
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/11/2007
Catherine Gee sets out to find fireman Wyn Jenkins and his family their dream home in Monmouthshire. But can Catherine find a house big enough for the family and enough land for their horse?
#4 - Woking to Devon
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/30/2007
Nick Page looks for a property in Devon for a husband and wife who are fed up with the sounds from their noisy neighbour, the M25.
#5 - Reading to East Anglia
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2007
The Camerons have lived in Reading for over two decades but now want a more peaceful life in the Bedfordshire countryside. Will Nick Page be able to find a perfect home for the Camerons and their huge book collection?
#6 - Colchester to Rural Essex
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/2007
Melissa Porter house hunts in rural Essex for a family who have lived in Colchester for decades.
#7 - Surrey to Rural Cardiff
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/2007
Catherine Gee helps two doctors and their young family find a five-bedroom house in the Welsh countryside.
#8 - Balham to Cornwall
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/29/2007
Nick Page helps a group of university friends who want to find a home and set up a surfing school in Cornwall.
#9 - Cardiff to the Forest of Dean
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/2007
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help prospective buyers buy rural dream homes. A couple from Cardiff want to start a new life in the Forest of Dean. But what will their three adult children, who all live with them, say about it?
#10 - Northamptonshire
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/2011
Nicki Chapman helps a couple who are about to be married find a £400,000 home in rural Northamptonshire. During her journey around the county, Nicki takes to the water along one of the region's picturesque canals.
#11 - Twickenham to Shropshire
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2007
Catherine Gee looks for a property in Shropshire for a young family.
#12 - Wales
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2011
Nicki Chapman visits Gwynedd, North Wales, to help an artistic couple find a home with inspiring views for £450,000. While in Gwynedd, Nicki takes a tour of a local slate mine and learns how to craft one of the region's famous tiles.
#13 - Lincolnshire
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2011
With a budget of £250,000, Aled Jones helps some young newlyweds hoping to buy their first home in Lincolnshire. During his journey around the county, Aled goes on a very unique delivery round with a community-based baking business.
#14 - North Devon
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2011
Jules Hudson takes on the difficult challenge of finding a home for two generations of the same family, with a maximum budget of £900,000 to spend in Devon. Whilst there, he climbs the county's renowned Hartland Point lighthouse to help with essential maintenance work.
#15 - Shropshire
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/6/2011
Nicki Chapman is in Shropshire helping a couple with a budget of 430,000 pounds.
#16 - Devon
Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/5/2011
A mother and daughter team want a country home for themselves and their three ponies.
#17 - Argyll and Bute
Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/4/2011
Aled Jones is in Argyll and Bute with a couple who want to set up an artists' retreat.
#18 - Cotswolds
Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/1/2010
Denise Nurse is in the Cotswolds on a romantic house hunt with a budget of £700,000.
#19 - South Cumbria
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2012
Alistair Appleton house hunts in Cumbria with an active young couple looking to spend up to £300,000. Away from the property search, Alistair gets a taste for the delights of Kendal mint cake at a local factory.
#20 - Devon
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/2012
Aled Jones helps a couple hoping to find a home with holiday let potential for £650,000 in Devon. Aled also tours the Devon County Show and discovers how local producers are doing their part to support the economy.
#21 - Hampshire
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/2012
Nicki Chapman joins the house hunt with a retired couple who have spent the last two years travelling around Britain in their caravan. They have a budget of £600,000, and have decided that the New Forest is place they would like to settle down. Plus Nicki visits the last working tide mill in England.
#22 - Lancashire
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/2012
Denise Nurse travels to Lancashire to help a family with a budget of £525,000, who have outgrown their London home. Away from the property search, Denise learns the secrets behind the county's most famous dish, the Lancashire hotpot.
#23 - Oxon/Wilts
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple who want to leave their family home after almost 30 years. But just how far will their budget of £650,000 go in the expensive Oxfordshire countryside? During his journey, Jonnie takes a tour of Blenheim Palace, one of Britain's most renowned architectural jewels.
#24 - North Devon
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/12/2012
Alistair Appleton helps a couple of young retirees find their dream home in north Devon. They have a budget of £500,000 and are happy to take on a renovation project, but the mystery house almost leaves them speechless. While in the county, Alistair takes to the River Exe for a unique spot of mussel fishing.
#25 - Isle of Wight
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/13/2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple and their autistic son find a home on the Isle of Wight. With a budget of £800,000 to spend, they are keen to run a holiday let business for families like themselves. Away from the property search, Jonnie gets a taste of one of the island's biggest exports at the UK's largest garlic farm.