I Escaped to the Country S05 (2020) (1280x720p HD, 50fps, soft Eng subs)  

[I downloaded this at time of broadcast but it seems I never got round to uploading it]

Series celebrating the house-buying success stories of people who went on to purchase a rural property they were introduced to on their original Escape to the Country journey.

E01 Bedfordshire & Herefordshire
Sonali Shah meets up with a couple who bought one of the houses presented to them on a 2019 Escape to the Country property hunt in Bedfordshire. A year on, she finds out how they have embraced chic, country-cottage decor and discovers whether they have managed to recreate their all-important back-garden pub. Sonali then makes her way to the land of apple orchards with a couple who have put down roots together in the Herefordshire countryside after renovating a stunning property from the 1700s.

E02 Staffordshire and Devon
They say an Englishman’s home is his castle, and today Jules Hudson catches up with two couples who have bought their very own slice of stately-home living, at either end of the financial scale. He meets a couple who bought one of the beautiful houses they viewed on their original 2019 Escape to the Country property hunt. One year on, he finds out how they’ve settled into country life and whether they managed to find a good curry house in the countryside. Jules then moves on into the rural West Country with house-hunters who have made their multi-generational Devon dream a reality whilst embarking on an epic restoration of a historic home.

E03 Dorset
Nicki Chapman catches up with past house-hunters who have found a better quality of rural life near the coast. First, Nicki meets up with a couple she went house-hunting with back in 2016. Having ditched their fast-paced lifestyle in search of tranquillity in the country, she finds out how their new seaside setting is suiting them. Later, she looks back at an emotional property search from 2019 when a buyer purchased one of the houses from Nicki’s line up - a beautiful stone cottage, just a stone’s throw from the beach.

E04 Devon
The shoe is on the other foot for Jonnie Irwin as he is welcomed by two sets of house buyers who have successfully established new lives in the Devon countryside. First, he is invited to the north of the county by an entrepreneurial couple whose grand, rural aspirations needed to accommodate them, a pack of alpacas, a grand piano and paying guests. Later, he travels south to reunite with a couple at their picture-perfect home where they have found the space and time to indulge in their passions.

E05 Isle of Wight & South West Wales
Jules Hudson catches up with two sets of entrepreneurial house-hunters who had grand plans to make an income from their new homes in the countryside. Jules returns to the Isle of Wight, the location of a 2018 property hunt, with a couple who wanted to tap into the island’s tourist trade. Two years on, he wants to discover whether they succeeded in finding a balance of home and business potential. Back on the mainland, Jules travels to south west Wales to meet a husband and wife who craved a sizable Welsh farmhouse but have found that a home is about so much more than bricks and mortar.


E06 North Yorkshire & Welsh Borders
Jules Hudson and Nicki Chapman visit former Escape to the Country house-hunters to find out what happened next with their planned country moves. Jules is in North Yorkshire with a couple whose 2011 property search left them torn between two beautiful rural homes. Nine years on, he finds out which of the two edged it, and he discovers that they didn’t waste a second in making a home fit for the 21st century. Over on the Welsh border, Nicki enjoys a reunion with a couple who were seeking a property that offered both period charm and modern convenience in which to live out their country

E07 Derbyshire & West Sussex
Jules Hudson heads into the great British countryside and Ginny Buckley is bound for the coast as they discover how grand plans to escape to the country have panned out for two couples. Jules catches up with some outdoor adventure enthusiasts and their three huskies. They flew halfway around the world for some rural house-hunting in 2019 - and proceeded to buy the very first house Jules showed them! Ginny is reunited with life-long city dwellers who decided to take the plunge and fulfil their dream of living by the sea in West Sussex.

E08 Wiltshire & Hampshire
Sonali Shah revisits two sets of Escape to the Country house-hunters united by their appreciation of traditional, period homes. In Wiltshire, she catches up with a couple for whom it was love at first sight with picture-perfect character cottages shown to them on their 2019 house hunt. Heading to Hampshire, Sonali meets another buyer who succeeded in finding her dream home - a property filled with positive energy where she could practice meditation in a serene setting.

E09 Norfolk
Jonnie Irwin makes his way to the Norfolk countryside for a reunion with past house-hunters who are now making the most of their new rural settings. Jonnie calls in on a dynamic young couple whose Escape property hunt he led in 2017 and finds that they’ve grown their family as well as a tasty new business. He then meets up with house-hunters from 2018 who have finally managed to take things down a gear and are enjoying the simple life surrounded by East Anglian scenery.

E10 Welsh Borders & Devon
Nicki Chapman catches up with two sets of buyers whose rural aspirations were driven by a spirit of adventure. Nicki heads to the Welsh Borders for a reunion with a couple she met in 2017. They managed to buy their first home together - a rural farmhouse with space to accommodate their many hobbies and dogs. Nicki then moves on to Devon’s south coast to revisit a couple of surfing enthusiasts who, after reassessing their priorities, have successfully built a new life by the sea with their young son.

First broadcast: 2020  
Duration: 45 minutes per episode    
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