Escape to the Country
This long-running property series follows would-be movers as they trade busy city life for a quieter home in the countryside. With a host’s help, they tour a handful of options, take in local towns and traditions, and weigh up budgets, space, and lifestyle priorities along the way.
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Season 2
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E1
Castleford to Yorkshire
Nick Page assists a couple of classic car enthusiasts from Castleford to escape to rural Yorkshire. They need a large house and enough garage space to park seven vintage cars.
Feb 26, 2007 · 60m -
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Coventry to Gloucestershire
Catherine Gee looks for a property in Gloucestershire for a family from Coventry keen to have the countryside at their doorstep.
Mar 1, 2007 -
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Bristol to Somerset
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.
Mar 21, 2007 -
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E4
Piccadilly to the West Country
A couple fed up with their exclusive flat in London’s Piccadilly want to move to a unique historical home in the West Country. But will Nick be able to help them escape to the country?
Mar 29, 2007 -
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E5
Wakefield to North Yorkshire
Catherine Gee has a budget of £600,000 to help a young family move from Wakefield to rural Yorkshire. After 11 moves in 18 years, can she find these serial movers a permanent country home?
Apr 2, 2007 -
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E6
Hampstead to East Sussex
Nick Page looks at four unusual houses for a young family who want to leave London to live a more rural life in East Sussex. Properties include a house dating back to the 15th century and an oast house on a lake.
Apr 3, 2007 -
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E7
Doncaster to Herefordshire
Nick Page looks for a property in Herefordshire for a frugal restaurateur and his wife keen not to overspend on their new home.
Apr 16, 2007 -
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E8
Leicester to Somerset
Catherine Gee looks for a property in Somerset for a young family needing a wheelchair-friendly home.
Apr 19, 2007 -
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E9
Twickenham to Shropshire
Catherine Gee looks for a property in Shropshire for a young family with high expectations.
May 10, 2007 -
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E10
Cardiff to Monmouthshire
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?
May 11, 2007 -
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E11
Cardiff to the Forest of Dean
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?
Nov 26, 2007 -
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E12
Surrey to Rural Cardiff
Catherine Gee helps two doctors and their young family find a five-bedroom house in the Welsh countryside.
Nov 28, 2007 -
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E13
Reading to East Anglia
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?
Nov 29, 2007 -
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E14
Balham to Cornwall
Nick Page helps a group of university friends who want to find a home and set up a surfing school in Cornwall.
Nov 29, 2007 -
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E15
Woking to Devon
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.
Nov 30, 2007 -
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E16
Colchester to Rural Essex
Melissa Porter house hunts in rural Essex for a family who have lived in Colchester for decades.
Dec 16, 2007