Escape To The Country: Last News

Alistair Appleton, the beloved host of Escape to the Country, was viewers' rock during Monday's emotional episode.The BBC favourite started the show introducing Kerry, a solo home seeker who'd spent over 20 years in her Maidstone three-bed, but with her heart set on Dorset since forever, especially with her children fully grown. Sharing with fans, Kerry admitted, "My heart has always been in Dorset even though I've been away for so long.To finally be coming back is just amazing." On this particularly poignant chapter, after reuniting with her mum following four decades apart due to her mum leaving when she was 16, as reported by Somerset Live, Kerry had £375,000 to splash on her dream home – envisioning double bedrooms, workspace, and a lush garden oasis.

Jules Hudson, the much-loved BBC presenter from Escape to the Country, Springtime on the Farm, and Countryfile, has had his fair share of financial woes, including a whopping £60,000 loss due to scammers and the pandemic. Despite being a familiar face on our telly for nearly two decades, Jules enjoys a peaceful life away from the limelight in Herefordshire with his wife, Tania Fitzgerald, and their son Jack.The couple, along with their two Labradors Teddy and Lolo, relish the rural life, far from the city's hustle and bustle. At 54, Jules has candidly talked about his financial struggles, especially the significant loss he endured due to fraudsters.

Escape to the Country returns with presenter Alistair Appleton helping to help a couple from Worcestershire find themselves the perfect home in Cornwall with a budget of £650,000.The episode will air on Saturday (26 October). Alistair isn't the only host to help families make the move to the country, his co-host Ginny Buckley also assists them showing off potential places they can live.

Escape To The Country fans have noticed the striking resemblance between the show's presenter Ginny Buckley and her 15-year-old son, Zak, describing the teenager as her 'double'. Ginny, who can be seen the small screen for the property show today (Friday 18 October), shared a carousel of pictures to Instagram with her son back in August to mark his birthday. And as followers took to the comment section to wish Zak a happy birthday, many also noticed how alike he and his mum are.

Escape to the Country's Nicki Chapman has described being diagnosed with a brain tumour as "the most frightening experience of her life".The 57 year old presenter opens up about her harrowing ordeal in her heartfelt new memoir So Tell Me What You Want, which is on sale now. In her deeply personal narrative, Nicki shares the turmoil she faced after finding out about her benign brain tumour in 2019. "Receiving that news was, without doubt, the most shocking and frightening experience of my life - even worse than being chased by an elephant on safari with the Spice Girls." Following a triumphant operation to excise the tumour, Nicki has thrown herself into advocacy work for the Brain Tumour Charity, inspired by her own battle.

Escape to the Country star Denise Nurse had shared a rare photograph of her husband and son, after they embarked on a "personal challenge".The TV star explained the emotional reason behind the challenge, as well as rare glimpse into her family life. Denise, 48, who is also a lawyer and entrepreneur, tends to keep her private life out of the spotlight. Not much is known about her husband or son, but it is understood she married in 2015.

Escape to the Country star Nicki Chapman has shared a look inside her colleagues' stunning intimate countryside wedding. Nicki, 57, took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from the intimate celebrations, held in Bunbury on Saturday, July 27. "This time last weekend….

Escape To The Country returned this week after taking a few weeks off due to the BBC’s coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics, and it came back with a bang. In the episode, host Nicki Chapman was seen emotional admitting she was ‘jealous’ over the ‘best room she’s ever seen’ on the show which has been airing for over two decades.The episode involved a couple, Andra and Dan who were living in Manchester at the time, but were hoping to up sticks to the Chesire countryside with their young daughter.The pair requested a four bedroom, detached family home with a large, private garden, as Nicki took them around a wide and very tempting selection of properties, including one that left them in tears.

Popular BBC daytime series Escape to the Country is best known for helping prospective house hunters find their dream homes in the countryside, but one participant found things got a bit heated in a segment that had the house buyers trying out some local chillies with presenter Margherita Taylor. Property hunters Ronnie and Claire from Watford were looking for a countryside home in Bedfordshire, and in between looking at the properties on offer in the area, Margherita took them to the Love My Chillies farm in Blunham to discover more about the region and to sample the crop.

TV presenter Jules Hudson helps house hunters find beautiful countryside homes within their budgets on BBC’s Escape to the Country, but even though he has an eye for a bargain, Jules has admitted that even he can be taken in by a scammer. In an interview with This Is Money, Jules recounted his biggest money mistake.

Alistair Appleton is a familiar face from the BBC's Escape to the Country, having been a mainstay on the show since 2007, earning him a dedicated fan base. He presents the show alongside names including Ginny Buckley and Nicki Chapman. Born and raised in Hampshire, 54 year old Alistair graduated from the University of Cambridge with a 2:1 in English Literature.

Escape to the Country star Jack Drury has addressed public backlash to the episode of the BBC show featuring himself and his girlfriend, after viewers were left stunned by the couple's £850,000 budget for their first home. Speaking to The Express, Jack revealed that the broadcast was "a very fair reflection of the three days we had with the team".

Season 24 of BBC's Escape to the Country has taken viewers to locations including Pembrokeshire, Northumbria, the Scottish Lothians, Lincolnshire, the Peak District, and the Welsh Borders. On Monday, 10 June, episode, Denise Nurse is in Suffolk, helping a couple find a new home in a more rural setting, where they can enjoy retired life together, closer to the coast, lakes or waterways.

Escape To The Country presenter, Alistair Appleton, has spoken out candidly about how he craved a different type of escape during his early days on TV, as he battled with drink and drugs outside of work. The presenter and psychotherapist, who returns to his role on BBC One on Friday, 7 June, first started presenting the show in 2007.

A Place in the Sun's Jasmine Harman shared an emotional wish following the death of co-star Jonnie Irwin. When A Place in the Sun celebrates its 20th year on our screens on Monday 29 April, it'll be a poignant moment for host Jasmine as her close friend and co-star of almost two decades, Jonnie Irwin, won't be there with her.The presenting duo kicked off their journey in February 2004 when they first hosted an episode of A Place in the Sun on Channel 4 and they quickly became close. With Jonnie's tragic passing from lung cancer at the tender age of 50 this February, Jasmine is steeling herself for an incredibly emotional episode.

Escape to the Country presenter Nicki Chapman has told of her shock when she learnt that her brain tumour had mysteriously disappeared.Speaking on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast, the BBC host, 55, recalled that she broke down in tears after being told that her brain tumour had vanished while she was filming the hit property programme last year.The star underwent surgery to remove the tumour in 2019, but only part of it could be removed safely.The TV personality revealed that she was filming the popular BBC property show when she received a call from her consultant.Nicki told Kate: "Back in October I was having my yearly scan with my fantastic consultant, who knows that I adore him."I tell him regularly in front of my husband how much I adore him and the NHS that looked after me and continue to look after me so well."And he rang me, and I was standing in a field, because now we do phone appointments, we don't do it face to face," she explained.Nicki went on: "So he rang me with my latest scans, and I was standing in a field and the Escape to the Country crew were moved away."I knew I was getting the call, so they moved away, and they gave me some privacy and I'm looking at all these pigs."The star continued to share that she broke down following the news, and still gets emotional now when talking about the moment.She said: "The amazing consultant rang me and said, 'The tumour, Nicki, has gone, for the moment it's disappeared'."I was sobbing and he was like, 'Nicki, Nicki', I'm like, 'No, no, no.'"She added that the medical professional was unable to explain why the brain tumour had disappeared.Nicki, who named her tumour 'Bert', went on: "I said, 'Do we know why?'"He said, 'No, these things happen'."I

Escape To The Country presenter Jonnie Irwin, 47, has taken to Instagram to showcase an incredible extension that a couple who appeared on the show have added to their home.The BBC and Channel 4 host gave his 26,200 followers an insight into the stunning treehouse, before admitting that he'd "love a couple of days" there with his wife, away from his three children.Walking into the property, Jonnie gave his followers some background information.He said in a social media video: "Today I'm revisiting a couple that bought a house with me on Escape To The Country four and a half, five years ago and they told me they built a treehouse."Well it's a treehouse, it's in some trees but it's something quite special that I've never seen before," he