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. 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.
#1 - Hampshire
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/2010
Alistair Appleton helps a recently retired couple find a country home in Hampshire.
#2 - West Sussex
Season 10 - Episode 47 - Aired 12/3/2009
Aled Jones helps a couple who have hardly lived together during their 34 years of marriage find a home together in the country. They have chosen to settle down in West Sussex, and with a budget of £500,000, they hope to find a three-bedroom period house with an area for grooming the dogs. Their wish list is achievable, as long as they compromise in certain areas.
#3 - Forrest Gate To Essex
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/6/2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page unearth more dream homes. Charity worker Claire Felix wants to be able to foster more children, so yearns for a move to rural Essex.
#4 - Earls Court To Oxfordshire
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/11/2002
The Steinbeck-Reeveses want to trade their Victorian townhouse in Chelsea for a house in the shires, so they wisely enlist the help of Catherine and Nick.
#5 - Wolverhampton To Worcestershire
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/12/2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help people track down dream homes. Cyclists Christabel Jones and Ian Harper are looking for a better life for their son James.
#6 - Gipsy Hill To Cambridgeshire
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/14/2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help a couple who want to get out of the London rat race and care for their son in Cambridgeshire.
#7 - Leeds To Devon
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/15/2002
That nice Nick Page helps prospective buyers find their dream rural homes. A clairvoyant and her partner see a future for themselves on the Cornish coast.
#8 - London To Dorset
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/18/2002
Finding a dream rural home, with Catherine Gee and Nick Page. A couple look for a country pad in Lyme Regis after years of commuting in London.
#9 - Islington To The New Forrest
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/19/2002
The city exodus continues! An IT specialist from Islington in north London seeks a sense of community and is looking for a place in the New Forest.
#10 - Tottenham To Perthshire
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/20/2002
Kindly Catherine Gee and that nice Nick Page help buyers to find their dream home away from all the hustle and bustle. A move to Perthshire in search of snow.
#11 - East Midlands
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2010
Alistair Appleton helps a Dublin family find an English country home in the East Midlands.
#12 - Monmouthshire
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2010
Jules Hudson visits Monmouthshire to help a couple find some rural peace.
#13 - Country Down
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2010
Jonnie Irwin visits the Mourne Mountains to find a three-bedroom modern bungalow.
#14 - Cotswolds
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/9/2010
Nicki Chapman helps a couple with a million-pound budget find a Cotswold home.
#15 - Suffolk
Season 10 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/30/2009
Alistair Appleton helps a couple fulfil a childhood dream, swapping the fast lane of London for an artistic life in the Suffolk countryside. Armed with £400,000, the duo want a detached period or ultra-modern home on the edge of a village. Their must-haves include a big kitchen diner, a large living room for entertaining and at least three bedrooms.
#16 - Carmarthenshire
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple of newlyweds with a budget of 500,000 pounds.
#17 - Cambridgeshire
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/20/2010
Jules Hudson helps a couple move to the Cambridgeshire countryside.
#18 - Lincolnshire
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/21/2010
Denise is property shopping in Lincolnshire, helping buyers who want to downsize.
#19 - West Country
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/22/2010
Jules Hudson takes a couple property shopping in the West Country.
#20 - Yorkshire Dales
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2010
Alistair Appleton helps some house hunters desperate to downsize to the Yorkshire Dales.
#21 - Shropshire
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/24/2010
Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire helping a couple seek out a 'green' country dream.
#22 - Ceredigion
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/2010
Jules Hudson is in West Wales helping a couple with 385,000 pounds to spend.
#23 - Cheshire
Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/28/2010
Jonnie Irwin is in Cheshire with a space-craving couple.
#24 - Hampshire
Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/2010
Alistair Appleton is in Hampshire, helping a couple with a budget of 700,000 pounds.
#25 - 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.