Escape to the Country
Season 12
2011 • 75 Episodes
Episodes
1. Wales
November 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.
2. Yorkshire
November 15, 2011
Jonnie Irwin travels to Yorkshire to help find a rural home for a budget of 300,000 pounds. But there is a surprise in store for today's buyers.
3. Hampshire
November 16, 2011
Alistair Appleton meets a couple with £1.5 million to spend on a Hampshire home.
4. Lincolnshire
November 17, 2011
Aled Jones helps some young newlyweds to buy their first home in Lincolnshire.
5. Dorset
November 18, 2011
Jules Hudson goes on a £650,000 house hunt in Dorset.
6. North Devon
November 28, 2011
Jules Hudson tries to find a home in Devon for two generations of the same family.
7. Worcestershire
November 30, 2011
Alistair Appleton helps a couple find a home with B&B potential in the Malvern Hills.
8. Rutland
December 1, 2011
Jules Hudson visits Rutland, England's smallest county, as he helps search for a home for £400,000 for a couple from London. While in Rutland, Jules gets to grips with a unique set of traditional steam trains being restored by local enthusiasts.
9. Yorkshire Dales
December 2, 2011
Nicki Chapman searches for a home in the Yorkshire Dales for a budget of 420,000 pounds.
10. Cheshire
December 22, 2011
Jules Hudson searches for a home in Cheshire for a couple with £1.2 million to spend.
11. Northamptonshire
December 23, 2011
Nicki Chapman helps a couple who are about to be married find a £400,000 home.
12. South Cumbria
January 3, 2012
Alistair Appleton house hunts in Cumbria with an active young couple.
13. Devon
January 4, 2012
Aled Jones helps a couple hoping to find a home with holiday let potential in Devon.
14. Oxfordshire
January 5, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a newly-retired couple downsize to a smaller home in rural Oxfordshire.
15. Hampshire
January 6, 2012
Nicki Chapman joins the house hunt with a retired couple of caravan-owners.
16. Lancashire
January 9, 2012
Denise Nurse travels to Lancashire to help a family who have outgrown their London home.
17. Oxon/Wilts
January 10, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple who want to leave their family home after almost thirty years.
18. Carmarthenshire
January 11, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple who wish to move to the Carmarthenshire countryside.
19. North Devon
January 12, 2012
Alistair Appleton helps a couple of young retirees find a new home in North Devon.
20. Isle of Wight
January 13, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple and their autistic son find a home on the Isle of Wight.
21. Llyn Peninsula
January 16, 2012
Nicki Chapman helps a couple, with a dream of mortgage free living, escape to North Wales.
22. Wiltshire
January 17, 2012
Alistair Appleton travels to Wiltshire to help find a country home for a couple.
23. Lancashire
January 18, 2012
Denise Nurse helps a newly engaged couple from London find their dream home in Lancashire.
24. Powys
January 19, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple find a new home in the county of Powys in Wales.
25. Cambridgeshire
January 20, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a retired couple who want to move closer to their grandchildren.
26. South Wales
January 23, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple return to their roots in rural South Wales.
27. Suffolk
January 24, 2012
Alistair Appleton helps a couple find a country home along the Essex/Suffolk border.
28. Devon
January 25, 2012
Nicki Chapman is in Devon, helping a couple of retired teachers find a rural retreat.
29. Norfolk
January 26, 2012
Denise Nurse helps find a family home for a couple and their two children in Norfolk.
30. Norfolk
January 27, 2012
Jonnie Irwin travels to Norfolk to help a business woman find a home closer to her
31. Berkshire
January 30, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple with £1.2M to spend, find their dream home in Berkshire.
32. Shropshire
January 31, 2012
Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire, helping a couple buy a home for a budget of £550,000.
33. Somerset
February 1, 2012
Nicki Chapman helps a retired couple escape to Somerset, with a budget of £350,000.
34. Derbyshire
February 2, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple and their three-year-old daughter find a home for £450,000.
35. Warwickshire
February 3, 2012
Nicki Chapman goes on tour with the Alcester Court Leet and becomes a guest ale taster.
36. North Cumbria
February 6, 2012
Jonnie Irwin house hunts with a pair of avid walkers for a £600,000 house in Cumbria.
37. Somerset
February 7, 2012
Alistair Appleton is in Somerset helping a couple find a home for a budget of £400,000.
38. Lincolnshire
February 8, 2012
Jules Hudson helps two retired police officers swap their caravan for a rural residence.
39. West Sussex
February 9, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple find a new home in West Sussex for a budget of 700,000 pounds.
40. Herefordshire
February 10, 2012
Nicki Chapman helps two naval officers find a home in Herefordshire.
41. Northamptonshire
February 13, 2012
Alistair Appleton helps a pair of car enthusiasts who want to move closer to Silverstone.
42. North Yorkshire
February 14, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple with 600,000 pounds find their dream home in North Yorkshire.
43. Chilterns
February 15, 2012
Aled Jones helps a couple with 500,000 pounds escape to the Chilterns.
44. North Devon
February 16, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple with a large budget of 1.2 million pounds.
45. Somerset
February 17, 2012
Jonnie Irwin attempts to find a country home for a family of returning ex-pats.
46. Monmouthshire
February 20, 2012
Alistair Appleton helps a couple to find a home in the Monmouthshire countryside.
47. Peak District
February 21, 2012
Jules Hudson joins the house search in the Peak District to help a military family.
48. Gloucestershire
February 22, 2012
Denise Nurse helps a couple to find a home in rural Gloucestershire.
49. Cornwall
February 23, 2012
Alistair Appleton goes house hunting in Cornwall with a couple with a budget of £875,000.
50. Cotswolds
February 24, 2012
Alistair Appleton seeks a country residence in the Cotswolds for a couple of teachers.
51. Dorset
April 16, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple who have lived in London nearly all their lives.
52. Central Scotland
April 17, 2012
Denise Nurse helps a GP and his wife relocate to Stirling in Scotland.
53. North Norfolk
April 18, 2012
Nicki Chapman helps a couple with a budget of 425,000 pounds who want to move to the north Norfolk coast. Nicki also heads to Blakeney Point to spot grey seals in their natural habitat.
54. Wiltshire
April 19, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a first-time buyer who has spent more than 40 years in the same home.
55. Shropshire
April 20, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a newly-married couple find a new home in the Shropshire countryside.
56. Northern Ireland
April 23, 2012
Aled Jones joins the search in Northern Ireland to help a couple of newlyweds find a home.
57. Kent
April 24, 2012
Alistair Appleton joins a couple of globetrotters who are now ready to put down roots.
58. Wiltshire
April 25, 2012
Jules Hudson seeks out a rural retreat in Wiltshire for a couple with a £500,000 budget.
59. Worcestershire
April 26, 2012
Alistair Appleton is helping a couple buy their first home together in Worcestershire.
60. Kent
April 27, 2012
Following a battle with breast cancer, these buyers have refocused their priorities and decided to move to rural Kent. With a budget of 700,000 pounds Nicki Chapman shows them three superb properties before heading off to the annual Whitstable Oyster Festival.
61. Dorset
April 30, 2012
Aled Jones helps a couple with a 600,000 pound budget search for a country home in Dorset. Plus, Aled tries his hand at the traditional craft of blacksmithing.
62. East Sussex
May 1, 2012
Alistair Appleton goes house hunting with a couple in East Sussex.
63. Pembrokeshire
May 2, 2012
Jules Hudson helps a couple search for a country home on the Pembrokeshire coast.
64. Suffolk
May 3, 2012
Nicki Chapman travels to the Suffolk countryside to help a couple find a new home for 500,000 pounds. While in Suffolk, Nicki gets a glimpse of some of the region's newly-born barn owls, part of a successful project to protect their declining numbers.
65. Welsh Marches
May 4, 2012
Alistair Appleton joins the hunt for an artistic couple buying their first home together.
66. Hampshire
May 8, 2012
Jules discovers the hidden secrets of watercress at one of Hampshire's farms.
67. Devon
May 9, 2012
Denise Nurse helps a couple with a budget of £500,000 find a country home in Devon with a holiday let and enough land for goats. Away from the house hunt, Denise joins in the final harvest of the season at Devon's oldest vineyard.
68. Nottinghamshire
May 10, 2012
Alistair Appleton helps a couple who want to escape to the Nottinghamshire countryside for a budget of 450,000 pounds. During his journey, Alistair heads to Southwell to uncover the story behind one of Britain's most famous apples, the Bramley.
69. East Anglia
May 11, 2012
Jonnie slips on his dancing shoes for a routine showcasing Suffolk's musical heritage.
70. North Devon
May 14, 2012
Jules Hudson travels to North Devon to help a military couple who are looking to put down roots in the countryside for a budget of £500,000. Plus, Jules catches up with a pair of escapees who found their dream home in a previous series.
71. Surrey
May 15, 2012
Denise Nurse helps a family find a country home in the expensive county of Surrey.
72. Cornwall
May 16, 2012
Nicki Chapman helps a buyer who has been dreaming of moving to Cornwall for over 30 years.
73. North East Wales
May 17, 2012
Alistair Appleton helps a couple look for a country residence in north east Wales.
74. Yorkshire Dales
May 18, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a couple relocate from Bishops Stortford to the Yorkshire Dales.
75. Cornwall
May 21, 2012
Jonnie Irwin helps a retired Cornwall couple who are ready to tackle a renovation project.