Escape to the Country: Series 21
This series saw wheelchair rugby player Steve Brown join the presenting team and the last appearance by Margherita Taylor.
Season 21 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Escape to the Country Season 20.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
This series saw wheelchair rugby player Steve Brown join the presenting team and the last appearance by Margherita Taylor.
Episode Guide
Season 21 Progress Shield
Dorset
Sep 7, 2020 · 45 min
Nicki Chapman helps an animal-loving house hunter from a town in Oxfordshire, who has a generous budget of £700,000, to find a new village community in Dorset, ideally close to the
Dumfries & Galloway
Sep 8, 2020 · 45 min
Alistair Appleton helps an aspiring writer who wants to make a dramatic relocation from the frenetic bustle of east London to the rural idylls of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Bedfordshire
Sep 14, 2020 · 45 min
Margherita Taylor is in Bedfordshire with a sociable couple who have £500,000 to find the right country home to suit them and their pooches and to house their very own bespoke gard
Chiltern Hills
Sep 15, 2020 · 45 min
Today, a young married couple are looking to escape London’s Docklands and move to the beautiful Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire. Guided by Ginny Buckley, and with a healthy budg
Derbyshire
Sep 21, 2020 · 45 min
Jules Hudson is in Derbyshire with a recently married couple making an epic location shift, swapping the Blue Mountains in Australia for the wilds of the Peak District. They have a
Carmarthenshire
Sep 22, 2020 · 45 min
Ginny Buckley is house hunting with a couple who are looking to return to their Welsh homeland after twenty years of living in Oxford. The pair have a budget of £450,000 to find th
Yorkshire Dales
Sep 28, 2020 · 45 min
Jules Hudson teams up with a couple of keen horticulturalists who have £450,000 with which to find their ideal country home in the Yorkshire Dales, with the garden a top priority.
Norfolk
Sep 29, 2020 · 45 min
Ginny Buckley presents an arresting range of houses to a couple who have a substantial budget of £700,000 and are hoping to relocate their family to the wonderful Norfolk countrysi
Shropshire and Herefordshire
Oct 5, 2020 · 45 min
Nicki Chapman heads to the counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire to help a recently retired couple with a £550,000 budget find a dream country home that’s full of traditional pe
Cotswolds
Oct 6, 2020 · 45 min
Alistair Appleton guides a pair of budding entrepreneurs who want to escape to the Cotswolds. They have a generous £900,000 to play with, but the property must have the potential t
Devon
Dec 14, 2020 · 45 min
Heading west from Surrey to Devon, a young couple who met as students need Nicki Chapman’s help to find them a sizeable home to fit three generations of their family, and all for a
East Riding of Yorkshire
Dec 15, 2020 · 45 min
Armed with a top budget of £450,000, Jules Hudson property shops with a couple wanting to make a permanent move from Kent to the scenic East Riding of Yorkshire. They are in search
Surrey
Jan 4, 2021 · 45 min
A health-conscious couple from London enlist Sonali Shah to help them spend £1.3million on a detached property in Surrey with enough land to create a wellness retreat. Taking a bre
Pembrokeshire
Jan 5, 2021 · 45 min
An escapee from Surrey challenges Alistair Appleton to find her the perfect property in a county and a country she's never been to before, Pembrokeshire in Wales. For a very top bu
Dorset
Jan 11, 2021 · 45 min
With a budget of £450,000, a married couple looking to uproot from Greater Manchester seek the help of Jules Hudson to find a new family home close to the coast in glorious Dorset.
Lake District
Jan 12, 2021 · 45 min
Alistair Appleton helps a couple from Newcastle who want to turn the spectacular Lake District from a holiday destination into their permanent home. With a budget of £750,000, they
Rutland
Jan 18, 2021 · 45 min
In England’s smallest county, Rutland, a couple from Buckinghamshire with a budget of £500,000 ask Steve Brown and the team to find them a detached property with a garden big enoug
Devon
Jan 19, 2021 · 45 min
Sonali Shah is in Devon, accompanying a married couple from Berkshire with an impressive budget of £1,200,000. On today’s property shopping list is a five-bedroom detached property
Norfolk
Jan 25, 2021 · 45 min
A couple from Bedfordshire with a budget of £450,000 need Ginny Buckley’s help in Norfolk to find them the first house they are buying together. They would like a character propert
North Yorkshire
Jan 26, 2021 · 45 min
Steve Brown showcases some tempting properties to a young couple of keen cyclists who have a budget of £600,000 to make the move from London to the beautiful countryside of North Y
Cornwall
Feb 1, 2021 · 45 min
The stakes are high for Jules Hudson as he helps a couple wanting to uproot from Essex to find a modest cottage in Cornwall to call their forever home. The two nurses have a budget
Norfolk
Feb 2, 2021 · 45 min
Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk with a couple from Northamptonshire who have previously lived and worked all over the world. With a whopping £1 million to spend, the globetrotting pair
Staffordshire
Feb 8, 2021 · 45 min
A recently retired couple looking to downsize from their Essex home head to Staffordshire with Sonali Shah hoping to find peace, pubs and a detached home with a view. Sonali also v
North Wales
Feb 9, 2021 · 45 min
Two retired police officers with £600,000 explore the breathtaking landscapes of North Wales on a house-hunting expedition with Jules Hudson. The couple want a traditional Welsh ho
Wiltshire
Feb 15, 2021 · 45 min
Alistair Appleton tempts a newlywed Olympian and his wife to part with up to £525,000 for one of three fabulous properties on offer in wonderful Wiltshire. Away from the house hunt
North West Wales
Mar 8, 2021 · 45 min
In the stunning landscapes of north west Wales, Sonali Shah meets a couple from Warwickshire who have a dream of owning a property that would provide them with a home and the abili
Cotswolds
Mar 9, 2021 · 45 min
In the Cotswolds, Sonali Shah showcases three fabulous properties to a couple from Essex who are hoping their budget of £550,000 will buy them a new home with three bedrooms, one o
High Weald
Mar 15, 2021 · 45 min
A young, canine-loving couple from Hertfordshire are hoping for a fresh start in a new High Weald home and, with their budget of £600,000, Ginny Buckley has some tempting propertie
Suffolk
Mar 16, 2021 · 45 min
Jules Hudson helps a buyer who wants to relocate herself and her dog-grooming business to Suffolk with a budget of £320,000. Jules also takes a step into the past when he meets the
Wiltshire
Mar 22, 2021 · 45 min
Ginny Buckley is in Wiltshire with a young couple from London looking for a new home to house them and their 5 guinea pigs. They have £600,000 to spend and would like enough land f
Welsh Borders
Mar 23, 2021 · 45 min
Jules Hudson is on home ground in the Welsh Borders as he showcases some tempting houses to a retired couple who have a whopping £1 million to spend. Along with a characterful prop
Somerset
Jun 1, 2021 · 45 min
A young Essex couple need Nicki Chapman’s help to find them a new home in lovely Somerset. They have £725,000 to spend on a property for their growing family, preferably one that h
Cornwall
Apr 13, 2021 · 45 min
Returning home from South Africa, today’s buyer has a budget of £450,000 and heads west to Cornwall with Steve Brown to find a character property that has holiday let potential. St
Herefordshire
Apr 19, 2021 · 45 min
In his treasured home county of Herefordshire, Jules Hudson presents some fabulous, rural properties to a couple from Kent who have a budget of £700,000. Away from the houses, Jule
Somerset
Apr 20, 2021 · 45 min
Sonali Shah showcases some superb Somerset properties to a couple who have a budget of £700,000 and want a countryside home where they can upgrade an allotment to their very own ba
Hampshire
Apr 26, 2021 · 45 min
Nicki Chapman is on hand to help an artist find a period property in Hampshire with potential for a painting studio and a garden in which to practise yoga. Away from the property h
Devon
Apr 27, 2021 · 45 min
A couple wanting to make a new start in Devon enlist Jules Hudson’s house-hunting knowhow to find a detached, family home with a large garden for their two young children and some
Shropshire
May 3, 2021 · 45 min
There’s an urgent need for Alistair Appleton to find today’s buyers a new home in stunning Shropshire, as they have just sold their current house in Essex. For their budget of £375
Essex
May 4, 2021 · 45 min
Ginny Buckley meets a couple of Londoners who have a massive £1million to spend on a detached property in the Essex countryside with lots of space for family and friends. On a brea
Somerset
May 10, 2021 · 45 min
Sonali Shah helps a married couple who, after 40 years in the same house, are upping sticks to find their ideal rural property in Somerset for a £425k budget. Away from the country
Surrey
May 11, 2021 · 45 min
Jonnie Irwin is with a young couple wanting to escape London to build a new life in the Surrey countryside. They're hoping that their great £900,000 budget finds them a large home
Cotswolds
May 17, 2021 · 45 min
In the Cotswolds, Nicki Chapman and a couple from Scotland don't need to look too far to find the characterful cottage of their dreams for a £600,000 budget. Whist in the region, N
Oxfordshire
May 18, 2021 · 45 min
A musical couple from London need Steve Brown's help to unearth a new home in the Oxfordshire countryside. On the £950,000 shopping list is a detached property with space for a stu
Norfolk
May 24, 2021 · 45 min
A retired army couple looking to escape busy Bedfordshire enlist Margherita Taylor to help them spend their house hunting budget of £680,000 in the rural wilds of Norfolk. On the w
Dumfries & Galloway
May 25, 2021 · 45 min
Sonali Shah visits spectacular Scotland, making her way to Dumfries and Galloway with a married couple from London who are seeking a life-changing move. They’re hoping their £350,0
Wiltshire and Somerset
May 31, 2021 · 45 min
Travelling through the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset, Jonnie Irwin helps a pair of early retirees spend their whopping £1.3million budget on an impressive home in the countrys
Shropshire
Sep 6, 2021 · 45 min
With ambitions to start a cookery school in Shropshire, a couple from Hertfordshire get a helping hand from Nicki Chapman to spend £900,000 on a new home for their new life in the
West Wales
Sep 7, 2021 · 45 min
Jules Hudson joins a couple from Cambridgeshire for a packed few days in west Wales, skimming stones, learning Welsh and meeting a chef from France who loves to whip up tasty dishe
Cotswolds
Sep 8, 2021 · 45 min
Alistair Appleton gets a lesson in feng shui from today’s buyer who is looking to move from Greater London to a country cottage in the picturesque Cotswolds. Alistair also meets a
Dumfries and Galloway
Sep 13, 2021 · 45 min
In Dumfries and Galloway, Steve Brown helps a house buyer from the Lake District to find a home for her, her husband, their cat and not one but twelve motorcycles. The budget? £350
Cambridgeshire
Sep 14, 2021 · 45 min
Cambridgeshire keeps Nicki Chapman and a couple from London busy visiting a bespoke garden office, a co-housing development and a local florist, in between searching for a new hous
Cheshire
Sep 20, 2021 · 45 min
Jules Hudson is in Cheshire, helping a couple from Liverpool find an open-plan, three-bedroom house. Jules also meets a pampered pooch as well as local legend and internet sensatio
Devon
Sep 21, 2021 · 45 min
The bluebells are out in Devon as Sonali Shah helps a young couple search for a new home with enough land to start a glamping business. Along with the properties, they check out a