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.

Last Updated: 9/16/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Twickenham to Shropshire

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2007

Catherine Gee looks for a property in Shropshire for a young family.

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#2 - Lincolnshire

Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/21/2010

Denise is property shopping in Lincolnshire, helping buyers who want to downsize.

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#3 - West Country

Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/22/2010

Jules Hudson takes a couple property shopping in the West Country.

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#4 - Yorkshire Dales

Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2010

Alistair Appleton helps some house hunters desperate to downsize to the Yorkshire Dales.

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#5 - Shropshire

Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/24/2010

Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire helping a couple seek out a 'green' country dream.

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#6 - Ceredigion

Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/2010

Jules Hudson is in West Wales helping a couple with 385,000 pounds to spend.

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#7 - Cheshire

Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/28/2010

Jonnie Irwin is in Cheshire with a space-craving couple.

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#8 - Hampshire

Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/2010

Alistair Appleton is in Hampshire, helping a couple with a budget of 700,000 pounds.

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#9 - Somerset

Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/30/2010

Jonnie Irwin is in Somerset helping a couple of expats with a budget of 500,000 pounds.

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#10 - 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.

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#11 - 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.

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#12 - Devon

Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/5/2011

A mother and daughter team want a country home for themselves and their three ponies.

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#13 - Shropshire

Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/6/2011

Nicki Chapman is in Shropshire helping a couple with a budget of 430,000 pounds.

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#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.

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#15 - 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.

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#16 - 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.

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#17 - Cambridgeshire

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/20/2010

Jules Hudson helps a couple move to the Cambridgeshire countryside.

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#18 - 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.

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#19 - 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?

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#20 - 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.

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#21 - 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.

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#22 - 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.

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#23 - 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?

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#24 - 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.

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#25 - 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?