Escape to the Country: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Buckinghamshire
May 14, 2007
Melissa Porter helps Sixties pop icon Jess Conrad and his wife Renee leave behind the Denham home they have shared for more than 40 years and find the perfect property in the count
Northamptonshire
May 15, 2007
Alistair Appleton helps Andrew and Lisa Donley, who want to move to Northamptonshire.
Dorset
May 16, 2007
Jules Hudson is on the hunt for the perfect country escape for Emma Cook and Malachi Trout, who live in Twickenham and are desperate to move to Dorset. Emma wants to live by the co
North Devon
May 17, 2007
Alistair Appleton helps James and Monica, who live in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and are keen to trade in city life for the wilds of north Devon.
Lincolnshire
May 18, 2007
Jules Hudson is in Lincolnshire helping house hunters Warren Archer and Steven Barritt from Maidenhead to find their perfect new home.
Devon
May 21, 2007
Melissa Porter goes house-hunting for Jacqueline and Geoff Hughes from Surrey who are relocating to east Devon to start a new life with their three young daughters
Shropshire
May 22, 2007
Alistair Appleton is in rural Shropshire with Jackie and Joe Barnes, who want to move from Milton Keynes to near Ludlow.
North Cornwall
May 23, 2007
Alistair Appleton is helping Felicity and Philip Wright to find the perfect house in North Cornwall, where they hope to start a diving business.
Cotswolds
May 28, 2007
Alistair Appleton comes to the aid of Paul and Nicki Jukes who want to move from Windsor to the Cotswolds before their new baby is born. While the couple have a reasonable budget,
East Sussex
May 29, 2007
Alistair Appleton helps a couple from Norwood search for a dream home in the picturesque east Sussex countryside that will satisfy their needs
Hampshire/Surrey Borders
May 30, 2007
Alistair Appleton house-hunts for a couple who are desperate to relocate for work reasons. They are after a three-bedroom house and have a healthy budget but Alistair has problems
The Lincolnshire Fens
May 31, 2007
Melissa Porter meets Milka and Brian Rusk who are desperate to leave Darlington and start a business in Lincolnshire. They want to buy a country pub to run an African-themed restau
Hampshire
Jun 4, 2007
Melissa Porter helps Noreen and Danny French try and find the perfect property for their escape to the country. Danny is an air traffic controller and is due to make the move to th
Staffordshire
Jun 5, 2007
Melissa Porter is house hunting with Jenny Bowen and Simon Whittles, who are keen to trade life in Birmingham for a village in Staffordshire. They want a country home with all the
Carmartenshire
Jun 6, 2007
Allan and Susan Sneller are being shown a selection of country houses by Jules Hudson in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The couple are keen to quit the rat race of the South East fo
Gloucestershire
Jun 7, 2007
Jules Hudson has four properties arranged for Roy and Clare King to view in Gloucestershire. The couple currently live in South East Wales and are keen to find a house big enough f
Suffolk
Jun 8, 2007
Melissa Porter is in Suffolk with Elaine and Alan Tomlinson from Kent on a quest to find them their perfect country home. They have a healthy budget to spend but want a lot for the
The Lincolnshire Fens
Jun 18, 2007
Melissa Porter helps house hunt the perfect country home in Wiltshire.
Surrey to South Devon
Jul 9, 2007
Jules Hudson is helping John and Sally Salter from Surrey find their ideal country retreat in South Devon. They are keen to start a dog agility business so are looking for a countr
Peak District
Jul 10, 2007
Jules Hudson is on the hunt for the perfect country property for Steve and Joanne Smith from Sheffield. The couple are keen to move to the Peak District and want an isolated locati
Oxfordshire
Jul 11, 2007
Jules Hudson is joined by Vanessa and Katie Novak from Sutton Coldfield, who are viewing country retreats in Oxfordshire. Can mother and daughter agree on what they really want, an
North Yorkshire
Jul 16, 2007
Alistair Appleton helps Amanda and Sarah Holland from Huddersfield find their ideal 1.1 million pound home in North Yorkshire. Will he manage to find a house that mother and daught
Somerset
Jul 17, 2007
Melissa Porter is house hunting in Somerset with Mark and Kelly Milsom who want to start a kennel business. They would like a house in a rural location with lots of land, but will
Westbury-on-Tryn to Wiltshire
Jul 18, 2007
Melissa Porter is trying to find the perfect country property for Kaya Halil and Nazife Yilmaz from Essex.
Sussex Borders
Jul 23, 2007
Jules Hudson goes house hunting with Martin Harvey and Joanna Whitehorn from Croydon, who are looking for a country retreat on the Surrey-Sussex border.
Mid Devon
Aug 22, 2007
Jules Hudson helps John and Sally Salter from Surrey find their ideal country retreat in South Devon. They are keen to start a dog agility business, so are looking for a country ho