Escape to the Country Season 12, Episode 5: Dorset

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Wales

Nicki Chapman visits Gwynedd, North Wales, to help an artistic couple find a home with inspiring views for £450,000. While in Gwynedd, Nicki takes a tour of a local slate mine and learns how to craft one of the region's famous tiles.

45 min

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Yorkshire

Jonnie Irwin travels to Yorkshire to help find a rural home for a budget of 300,000 pounds. But there is a surprise in store for today's buyers.

45 min

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Hampshire

Alistair Appleton meets a couple with £1.5 million to spend on a Hampshire home.

45 min

4

Lincolnshire

Aled Jones helps some young newlyweds to buy their first home in Lincolnshire.

45 min

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Dorset

Jules Hudson goes on a £650,000 house hunt in Dorset.

45 min

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North Devon

Jules Hudson tries to find a home in Devon for two generations of the same family.

45 min

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Worcestershire

Alistair Appleton helps a couple find a home with B&B potential in the Malvern Hills.

45 min

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Rutland

Jules Hudson visits Rutland, England's smallest county, as he helps search for a home for £400,000 for a couple from London. While in Rutland, Jules gets to grips with a unique set of traditional steam trains being restored by local enthusiasts.

45 min

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Yorkshire Dales

Nicki Chapman searches for a home in the Yorkshire Dales for a budget of 420,000 pounds.

45 min

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Cheshire

Jules Hudson searches for a home in Cheshire for a couple with £1.2 million to spend.

45 min

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Northamptonshire

Nicki Chapman helps a couple who are about to be married find a £400,000 home.

45 min

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South Cumbria

Alistair Appleton house hunts in Cumbria with an active young couple.

45 min

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Devon

Aled Jones helps a couple hoping to find a home with holiday let potential in Devon.

45 min

14

Oxfordshire

Jonnie Irwin helps a newly-retired couple downsize to a smaller home in rural Oxfordshire.

45 min

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Hampshire

Nicki Chapman joins the house hunt with a retired couple of caravan-owners.

45 min

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Lancashire

Denise Nurse travels to Lancashire to help a family who have outgrown their London home.

45 min

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Oxon/Wilts

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple who want to leave their family home after almost thirty years.

45 min

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Carmarthenshire

Jules Hudson helps a couple who wish to move to the Carmarthenshire countryside.

45 min

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North Devon

Alistair Appleton helps a couple of young retirees find a new home in North Devon.

45 min

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Isle of Wight

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple and their autistic son find a home on the Isle of Wight.

45 min

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Llyn Peninsula

Nicki Chapman helps a couple, with a dream of mortgage free living, escape to North Wales.

45 min

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Wiltshire

Alistair Appleton travels to Wiltshire to help find a country home for a couple.

45 min

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Lancashire

Denise Nurse helps a newly engaged couple from London find their dream home in Lancashire.

45 min

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Powys

Jules Hudson helps a couple find a new home in the county of Powys in Wales.

45 min

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Cambridgeshire

Jonnie Irwin helps a retired couple who want to move closer to their grandchildren.

45 min

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South Wales

Jules Hudson helps a couple return to their roots in rural South Wales.

45 min

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Suffolk

Alistair Appleton helps a couple find a country home along the Essex/Suffolk border.

45 min

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Devon

Nicki Chapman is in Devon, helping a couple of retired teachers find a rural retreat.

45 min

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Norfolk

Denise Nurse helps find a family home for a couple and their two children in Norfolk.

45 min

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Norfolk

Jonnie Irwin travels to Norfolk to help a business woman find a home closer to her

45 min

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Berkshire

Jules Hudson helps a couple with £1.2M to spend, find their dream home in Berkshire.

45 min

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Shropshire

Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire, helping a couple buy a home for a budget of £550,000.

45 min

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Somerset

Nicki Chapman helps a retired couple escape to Somerset, with a budget of £350,000.

45 min

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Derbyshire

Jules Hudson helps a couple and their three-year-old daughter find a home for £450,000.

45 min

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Warwickshire

Nicki Chapman goes on tour with the Alcester Court Leet and becomes a guest ale taster.

45 min

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North Cumbria

Jonnie Irwin house hunts with a pair of avid walkers for a £600,000 house in Cumbria.

45 min

37

Somerset

Alistair Appleton is in Somerset helping a couple find a home for a budget of £400,000.

45 min

38

Lincolnshire

Jules Hudson helps two retired police officers swap their caravan for a rural residence.

45 min

39

West Sussex

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple find a new home in West Sussex for a budget of 700,000 pounds.

45 min

40

Herefordshire

Nicki Chapman helps two naval officers find a home in Herefordshire.

45 min

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Northamptonshire

Alistair Appleton helps a pair of car enthusiasts who want to move closer to Silverstone.

45 min

42

North Yorkshire

Jules Hudson helps a couple with 600,000 pounds find their dream home in North Yorkshire.

45 min

43

Chilterns

Aled Jones helps a couple with 500,000 pounds escape to the Chilterns.

45 min

44

North Devon

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple with a large budget of 1.2 million pounds.

45 min

45

Somerset

Jonnie Irwin attempts to find a country home for a family of returning ex-pats.

45 min

46

Monmouthshire

Alistair Appleton helps a couple to find a home in the Monmouthshire countryside.

45 min

47

Peak District

Jules Hudson joins the house search in the Peak District to help a military family.

45 min

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Gloucestershire

Denise Nurse helps a couple to find a home in rural Gloucestershire.

45 min

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Cornwall

Alistair Appleton goes house hunting in Cornwall with a couple with a budget of £875,000.

45 min

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Cotswolds

Alistair Appleton seeks a country residence in the Cotswolds for a couple of teachers.

45 min

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Dorset

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple who have lived in London nearly all their lives.

45 min

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Central Scotland

Denise Nurse helps a GP and his wife relocate to Stirling in Scotland.

45 min

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North Norfolk

Nicki Chapman helps a couple with a budget of 425,000 pounds who want to move to the north Norfolk coast. Nicki also heads to Blakeney Point to spot grey seals in their natural habitat.

45 min

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Wiltshire

Jules Hudson helps a first-time buyer who has spent more than 40 years in the same home.

45 min

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Shropshire

Jules Hudson helps a newly-married couple find a new home in the Shropshire countryside.

45 min

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Northern Ireland

Aled Jones joins the search in Northern Ireland to help a couple of newlyweds find a home.

45 min

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Kent

Alistair Appleton joins a couple of globetrotters who are now ready to put down roots.

45 min

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Wiltshire

Jules Hudson seeks out a rural retreat in Wiltshire for a couple with a £500,000 budget.

45 min

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Worcestershire

Alistair Appleton is helping a couple buy their first home together in Worcestershire.

45 min

60

Kent

Following a battle with breast cancer, these buyers have refocused their priorities and decided to move to rural Kent. With a budget of 700,000 pounds Nicki Chapman shows them three superb properties before heading off to the annual Whitstable Oyster Festival.

45 min

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Dorset

Aled Jones helps a couple with a 600,000 pound budget search for a country home in Dorset. Plus, Aled tries his hand at the traditional craft of blacksmithing.

45 min

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East Sussex

Alistair Appleton goes house hunting with a couple in East Sussex.

45 min

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Pembrokeshire

Jules Hudson helps a couple search for a country home on the Pembrokeshire coast.

45 min

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Suffolk

Nicki Chapman travels to the Suffolk countryside to help a couple find a new home for 500,000 pounds. While in Suffolk, Nicki gets a glimpse of some of the region's newly-born barn owls, part of a successful project to protect their declining numbers.

45 min

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Welsh Marches

Alistair Appleton joins the hunt for an artistic couple buying their first home together.

45 min

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Hampshire

Jules discovers the hidden secrets of watercress at one of Hampshire's farms.

45 min

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Devon

Denise Nurse helps a couple with a budget of £500,000 find a country home in Devon with a holiday let and enough land for goats. Away from the house hunt, Denise joins in the final harvest of the season at Devon's oldest vineyard.

45 min

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Nottinghamshire

Alistair Appleton helps a couple who want to escape to the Nottinghamshire countryside for a budget of 450,000 pounds. During his journey, Alistair heads to Southwell to uncover the story behind one of Britain's most famous apples, the Bramley.

45 min

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East Anglia

Jonnie slips on his dancing shoes for a routine showcasing Suffolk's musical heritage.

45 min

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North Devon

Jules Hudson travels to North Devon to help a military couple who are looking to put down roots in the countryside for a budget of £500,000. Plus, Jules catches up with a pair of escapees who found their dream home in a previous series.

45 min

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Surrey

Denise Nurse helps a family find a country home in the expensive county of Surrey.

45 min

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Cornwall

Nicki Chapman helps a buyer who has been dreaming of moving to Cornwall for over 30 years.

45 min

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North East Wales

Alistair Appleton helps a couple look for a country residence in north east Wales.

45 min

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Yorkshire Dales

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple relocate from Bishops Stortford to the Yorkshire Dales.

45 min

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Cornwall

Jonnie Irwin helps a retired Cornwall couple who are ready to tackle a renovation project.

45 min