Escape to the Country

Alistair Appleton is exploring Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, helping a couple make the move from Germany to the British countryside. Alistair shows them a fantastic mystery house – a smallholding which comes complete with Tom, Barbara, Margo and Jerry, four goats who are already living the good life on the property.

Alistair also meets up with a writer who exchanged London life for Herefordshire's green calm and now shares her lovely, inspiring home with a menagerie of animals.

Denise Nurse heads to the Garden of Wales, aka Carmarthenshire, to help a pair of retired medical professionals from Jersey find a country retreat for them and their dog. However, it's the amazing mystery house that really gets tails wagging. If you've ever wondered what it's like to have beavers in your backyard, then this one's for you.

Along the way, Denise meets a couple who escaped to the county to open a tea shop, proving there's always time for a fresh start and a good brew.

It's all action in Cornwall as Jules Hudson teams up with two fitness fanatics from the town of Hertford who are searching for their perfect seaside escape. They're after space for a home pottery studio, with a gym close by, and Jules has lined up some classic Cornish gems to get their hearts racing. The competition heats up even more when they all take to the water at Padstow for a spot of gig boat racing.

Rock'n'roll meets rural charm as Nicki Chapman helps a young couple of professional musicians swap the city soundscape for the Oxfordshire countryside. They're after a home with enough space to turn the volume up to eleven and hopefully keep the neighbours happy too! A beam-filled, characterful mystery house strikes the right note, and Nicki also meets a South American baker bringing a taste of home to a small village bakery.