Escape to the CountryThe property show that helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.
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Barbican To Somerset
Oct 14, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help people buy dream homes. A young couple are looking for a West Country home where they can generate their own electricity.
Basildon To The Peak District
Oct 15, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help find a dream property in the Peak District.
Bristol To Somerset
Oct 16, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help Bristol couple Dawn and John Parry, who have decided to trade in their Victorian town house for a house in West Somerset and come armed with a budget of £400,000.
Burnt Oak To Suffolk
Oct 21, 2002
More rural adventures with Catherine Gee and Nick Page. A London couple are looking to move from the fumes of Burnt Oak in north London and settle in Suffolk.
Wakefield To Shropshire
Oct 22, 2002
A couple from Wakefield go house-hunting in Shropshire, aided by Catherine Gee and Nick Page.
Congleton To Carmarthenshire
Oct 23, 2002
Rural relocations with Catherine Gee and Nick Page. A retired couple from Congleton in Cheshire are looking for peace and quiet in Wales.
Earls Court To The West Country
Oct 24, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help city dwellers flee the big smoke. A London couple look for a house near Bath which still has good access to the city.
Leeds To Anglesey
Oct 25, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page do their best to help prospective buyers to find their dream home. A couple from Leeds go house-hunting on the Isle of Anglesey.
Wokingham To Somerset
Oct 28, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help prospective buyers to find their dream homes. Gordon Mathieson and wife Janice want to give up their life in London to start a new business.
Bolton To Cumbria
Oct 29, 2002
Catherine and Nick lend their relocation talents to Bolton radio DJ Joe Fish. He wants to escape the town and take root in the Lake District.
Tulse Hill To Sussex
Oct 30, 2002
Another dream come true - hopefully - for a couple tired of city life. Stuart and Katie have their hearts set on the wilds of Sussex for their next home.
Croydon To The Highlands
Oct 31, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help prospective buyers to find their dream homes. Gordon Mathieson and wife Janice want to give up their life in London to start a new business.
Horseforth, Leeds To North Yorkshire
Nov 1, 2002
Catherine Gee and Nick Page help prospective home buyers. A South African family living in Leeds look for the perfect country house in North Yorkshire.
Wolverhampton To Shropshire
Nov 4, 2002
Gardener Jackie and poet John are searching for inspiration in the Shropshire countryside. Catherine Gee and Nick Page plan an escape route for them.
Bristol To Wye Valley
Nov 5, 2002
Catherine Gee comes to the aid of a Bristol family that wants to buy a property in the picturesque Wye Valley. With £330,000 to spend, it needs somewhere with outbuildings, space for the children to play and plenty of peace and quiet
Forrest Gate To Essex
Nov 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.
Earls Court To Oxfordshire
Nov 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.
Wolverhampton To Worcestershire
Nov 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.
Gipsy Hill To Cambridgeshire
Nov 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.
Leeds To Devon
Nov 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.
London To Dorset
Nov 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.
Islington To The New Forrest
Nov 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.
Tottenham To Perthshire
Nov 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.
PNWJen
@PNWJen
I watch this program because it’s a relaxing way to end the day. It’s filmed from the perspective of buyers who want to escape traffic, noise, and high-density living for a place in the country. It shows beautiful properties, towns, and villages in the England, Scotland, and Wales countryside. People are looking for gardens, large kitchens, and space for outdoor recreation, and (maybe a bit too often) some kind of holiday let business. The quality of the episodes somewhat depends on the presenter — they have varied styles. My favorites are Nicki, Jules, Denise, and Steve, but I skip any episodes with Sonali, as she grates on my nerves. The mix of showing the properties and vignettes with a local business or charity group is a good one, allowing the viewer to get a more rounded impression of the area. Sometimes, it’s a bit annoying when the producers pick several properties that don’t come close to the stated requirements of the buyer. They want old-world charm and are shown modern open-plan homes. Or they want open-plan and are shown cottages with small kitchens. Obviously, they are limited to what properties are on the market with sellers who are willing to have their homes filmed, but still, sometimes the properties shown are wildly off the mark. Something to note is that two-thirds of the time, we are not told what happened next and if the buyer even ended up moving to that part of the country. That seems to really frustrate American viewers who are used to American property shows. But I know for a fact that the American house-hunting shows are staged, and the couples have already bought the final property and only pretend to look at other ones. I prefer not to be lied to.
