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There’s no place quite like Argyll and Bute, or so says Denise Nurse’s buyer, who wants to return there from Kent. Taking a break from the house hunting, Denise hops on a ferry to the Isle of Bute to meet an artist who takes his inspiration from the landscape and the wildlife that lives there.

Having recently returned from Bermuda, today’s couple are bracing themselves for an exploration of Northamptonshire’s property, people and places, guided by Steve Brown. Steve also meets a social media influencer and a local food producer, some of whose secret spicy recipes were handed down by her grandmother.

Nicki Chapman is on an emotional house hunt, helping a couple fulfill a long-held dream of moving to the Scottish countryside of Ayrshire. Alongside a selection of the region's best properties that a budget of £450,000 can buy, Nicki also pays a visit to the 18th-century Dumfries House, home to one of the finest collections of furniture in the world.

Nicki Chapman heads to the south Wales countryside to help a couple with £500,000 to spend on relocating from Newport to a village community. While in the region, Nicki visits the only whisky distillery in Wales which uses the mineral-rich water of the Brecon Beacons - to potent effect.

Jules Hudson heads to West Sussex to help a couple on a budget of £700,000 find their first shared home together. Jules also finds time to meet master craftsmen keeping the county's traditional trug-making heritage alive.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple of property hunters who believe they were born to live in the country. With £550,000 to spend, the buyers are seeking their first rural home together in Cornwall. Away from the house hunt, Jonnie is tempted by a career change as he experiences life on the Helford River.

Nicki Chapman helps a couple to kick off their retirement in the Wiltshire countryside with a healthy budget of £600,000 to spend on their rural relocation. While in the county, Nicki visits a Wiltshire British factory with a sporting pedigree.

Nicki Chapman has a challenge on her hands helping to uncover a new rural home in the Cotswolds for a couple with very exacting requirements. While in the region, Nicki rubs shoulders with three Olympic heroes.

Jules Hudson is in the Cotswolds helping a house hunter who is hoping to find a home with B&B potential on a budget of £500,000. While in the region, Jules learns how the fertile soil of the Vale of Evesham is responsible for one of the country's most celebrated vegetables.

Alistair Appleton goes property hunting with a couple of returning expats. With a generous budget of £950,000 to spend, our buyers want to rediscover rural life in West Sussex. Away from the house hunt, Alistair explores the largest conservation project of its kind deep underground in the South Downs.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple of new parents to find their dream family home in the Scottish Borders. With a generous budget of £650,000 to spend, they're hoping the house will offer business potential too. While in the area, Jonnie visits a pioneering marine research station.

Aled Jones heads to Gloucestershire with a couple aspiring to find a country home with a £750,000 budget. During his journey, Aled visits Chedworth Roman Villa, and unearths what the excavations reveal about British domestic and social life back in the 4th century.

Jonnie Irwin is property shopping with a retired couple who are planning to return to a more rural life in the Somerset/Dorset borders on a budget of £460,000. While in the area, Jonnie meets a farmer who has discovered a unique way of preserving a crop more closely associated with France.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple of busy Londoners find a home, business and slower pace of life in the Suffolk countryside with a generous £850,000 budget. Away from the house hunt, Jonnie steps back in time to the Stone Age and learns the art of flint napping.

Jules Hudson helps a vivacious mother and daughter double act hunt for a country home in Norfolk with a budget of £335,000 budget. There are tears plus lots of laughter as they tour a selection of beautiful East Anglian properties. Away from the house hunt, Jules follows a paper trail to uncover an endangered decorative heritage craft.

Alistair Appleton joins forces with a spiritual businesswoman and her best friend to help find a calming Hampshire home on a budget of £950,000. Taking a breather from the property search, Alistair takes a very deep breath when he experiences the giddy heights of Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower.

Jules Hudson is on a property-hunting mission spanning Somerset and Devon's Exmoor National Park with a couple who have a £550,000 budget and a love of carpentry and the coast. Along the way, Jules visits the Wool Marketing Board's fleece-sorting depot in South Molton which grades and sells sheep wool from across the south west region, and which contributes to Britain's £35 million wool industry each year.

Ginny Buckley is on a house-hunting mission in rural Devon with a couple excited at the prospect of buying their first home together with their £525,000 budget. While in the county, Ginny heads to Salcombe Bay and sets sail in a Salcombe yawl, once a traditional fishing vessel and now a popular racing yacht, which has special design features to help chart these choppy waters.

Alistair Appleton helps a father-in-law and daughter-in-law duo who are looking for a sizeable home in rural County Durham. With a substantial budget of £700,000 to fund the property purchase, will they manage to find a home to suit three generations? Away from the house hunt, Alistair gets to taste the local tipple.

Nicki Chapman is in Cornwall with a young couple looking for a complete life change and who have a very generous budget of £1.3 million to spend on a new rural home. While in the county, Nicki learns how a simple switch in our eating habits could not only help the marine environment but also save us money.

Nicki Chapman helps a buyer to find a rural home in Devon where she can escape London life and nourish her creative spirit. While in the county, Nicki drops in on a one-of-a-kind business where she learns about the ancient craft of leather tanning.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple of golf fanatics to find a slice of rural heaven in the Cotswolds. With a budget of £500,000, are they ready to leave the urban bustle of London? Away from the house hunt, Jonnie meets the bovine lawnmowers restoring a precious Cotswold habitat.

Nicki Chapman has a challenge on her hands as she tries to find a couple of history lovers a home and business in North Yorkshire that will also accommodate their nine children. Away from the property hunt, Nicki meets a new generation of national park rangers.

Nicki Shields goes property shopping in Cornwall, hoping to find the perfect home for a couple wanting to relocate their whole family on a budget of £450,000. While in the area, Nicki turns her hand to the county's favourite dish and gets a lesson in crimping.

Jules Hudson heads to South Wales to help a couple with a healthy £550,000 budget who are in rural-property-buying limbo. Besides the house hunt, Jules discovers how Welsh woollen blankets - made in its traditional textile mills - still hold such widespread design appeal in the modern era.

Today, Margherita Taylor is in Suffolk with a house hunter who has his best mate in tow on his quest to find a low-maintenance rural home with a great garden for wildlife, on a £490,000 budget. Margherita also turns her attention to the county’s maritime heritage when she gets hands-on with traditional skills and techniques at Suffolk’s International Boatbuilding Training College.

Nicki Chapman is house hunting with a young family who are looking for a new home and a new life in the East Sussex countryside on a healthy £750,000 budget. While in the county, Nicki samples historic Rye's most celebrated seafood.

A couple from Kent want to head west to Cornwall to house-hunt for a property where they can create a wellness retreat, and Jules Hudson is just the man to help them find it. Taking a break from the search, Jules hopes to catch a glimpse of a recently released family of beavers.

Two Eurovision enthusiasts need Denise Nurse’s help to find them, and their cat Larry, a new home in the Cumbrian countryside. Away from the house hunting, Denise meets up with a young family of keen climbers and outdoor adventurers who made their own escape to this beautiful county.

With a budget of £375,000, Ginny Buckley goes house hunting for a rural home in North Devon and land for animals is top of the wish list. During her time in the county, Ginny joins the harvest at a traditional Devonshire orchard where over 70 of the country's heritage apple varieties are grown.

Three dogs and their two owners want to make their dream countryside escape from the busy port city of Southampton to beautiful, rural Herefordshire, where Denise Nurse is ready and waiting with the front door keys to a selection of new homes with exceptional potential.

Chris Bavin is on hand to make the rural English dream a reality by presenting some beautiful properties to a couple returning to the UK after 20 years living abroad in Canada. They have a big budget to spend on a new home and are open to the countryside in either Worcestershire or Warwickshire.

Having sold up his home in the large Bedfordshire town of Luton, today’s buyer has already relocated to a rental in Derbyshire, but has called on the expertise of Sonali Shah to help him source his very own property in the countryside, where he can entertain family and friends. For a real flavour of local life, they sample traditional Bakewell puddings and tarts, as well as some exotic cuisine from much further afield.

Who better to show a young couple with a growing family from London around Kent than local girl Nicki Chapman? Away from the house hunt, Nicki takes a trip down memory lane, meeting up with her best friend from school, before they join Nicki’s mum at the family’s beach hut in Herne Bay.

Chris Bavin and today’s couple marvel at Shropshire’s stunning countryside in between checking out some tempting homes from the county’s property market. Taking time away from the house search, Chris’s taste buds are in for a treat when he meets a local chef who uses seasonal local food, much of which he forages for himself.

Suffolk is today’s destination for Steve Brown. He is joined by a couple from London who have £575,000 to spend on a new home from where they want to kick-start a new life in the countryside. Steve also meets an inspirational pair of young farmers who, despite having full-time jobs elsewhere, find time to farm 70 acres using ethical and sustainable methods.

Alistair Appleton is in his element today as he visits the spectacular Perth and Kinross countryside, on a mission to help a young couple from Edinburgh realise their dream of a new lifestyle in a rural home. Aside from property, a visit to the coast to learn about one of the world’s most advanced wind turbines leaves Alistair full of hope about the future of the UK’s renewable energy.

A young couple from London have £325,000 to spend on a new rural home, and it’s Sonali Shah who is leading the search in the Monmouthshire countryside. Sonali takes her buyers to visit a market garden using a novel ‘no dig’ growing method that aims to preserve the soil with a lot less backbreaking work!

There’s a sense of urgency today in the Welsh Marches as Sonali Shah helps a couple who have already sold their old house to find a new one with enough land to be self-sufficient. Together they visit a community project where locals get to take home and enjoy the vegetables and fruits of their labour.

Alistair Appleton shows today's buyer around Pembrokeshire. Whilst in the Welsh county, Alistair takes time out to test the therapeutic benefits of a dip in the cold sea, wearing nothing warmer than his swimming trunks.

Jules Hudson unearths some excellent and innovative property choices in the magical landscape of Perth and Kinross for his buyer’s budget of £210,000. Jules also gets to mess about in a boat on the king of Scotland’s rivers, the magnificent Tay, where he learns about the efforts being made to conserve its salmon population.

A first-time buyer has decided to leave the home where she grew up in the outskirts of Birmingham for a new one in the nearby Shropshire countryside. Nicki Chapman shows her what the stunning county has to offer and helps out by pulling pints for the locals at a community-owned pub.

Jonnie Irwin takes in the delights of Derbyshire with a couple from Leeds who want to see a range of rural properties with all the trimmings. Jonnie takes time out to visit a repair cafe where, over a coffee and slice of cake, environmentally minded customers can take household items to be mended instead of thrown away.

With their entire belongings in two rucksacks, today’s couple have spent the last six years travelling the globe. With £325,000, the pair have decided they need a base in the Wiltshire countryside, and Alistair Appleton is the man to show them what this gorgeous county has to offer. Alistair also meets an intensive care nurse at her much loved and fruitful allotment.

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 lovely shepherd's hut and a luxury treehouse. Sonali also visits a farm that grows a number of delicious lettuce varieties without using soil.

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 house to entertain in. The young buyers are hopeful their budget of £850,000 will buy them a three-bedroom property with his and hers workspaces.

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? £350,000 for a detached, rural home with at least a double garage. Whilst there, Steve crashes a wedding and discovers why Gretna Green is the wedding capital of the country.

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 group of artists drawing inspiration from the magnificent trees at Westonbirt Arboretum.

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 countryside. They are after a characterful and spacious period property with at least four bedrooms and separate studies, but the most vital feature turns out to be sky high ceilings!

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 wish list are three bedrooms, some land, a potential income and seclusion. Taking a break from the properties, Margherita learns about the world’s most expensive spice, saffron.

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 breather from house hunting, Sonali immerses herself in the county’s ancient woodlands as she learns about the Japanese practice of forest bathing.

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 to develop a boutique country holiday let. Alistair also spends an exhilarating day at the University of Bath as he launches himself on to the UK’s only bobsleigh and skeleton push-start track.

Jules Hudson joins a couple with a budget of £400,000 in their search for the perfect retirement retreat in the Cornish countryside. Taking some time out from house-hunting, Jules visits the National Lobster Hatchery to lend a hand to their conservation work.

Alistair Appleton leads a couple with a budget of £320,000 in their search for a countryside home on the Staffordshire-Derbyshire border. Alistair also puts his tailoring skills to the test when he visits the factory of heritage knitwear brand John Smedley.

Jules Hudson brings his enthusiasm and rural property expertise to the North Wessex Downs as he helps a couple who have £775,000 to find a characterful country house. Whilst in the area, Jules also pays a visit to Highclere Castle to learn about the fascinating foreign finds within the walls of the impressive Wiltshire home.

Jules Hudson joins a couple who hope to realise their dream of escaping to Devon. They have a generous budget of £1.4 million, and hope to find a property with land, a self-contained annex and lots of room for guests. Away from country homes, Jules visits a sustainable family farm producing food in harmony with nature.

Nicki Chapman has the tough, but rewarding task of finding the perfect country home for a house hunter and his wife who have a £450 000 budget to escape suburban Surrey and the home he has lived in for more than 60 years. The house hunt may come up roses in more ways than one as Nicki also gets to grips with all things horticultural when she’s invited to an exquisite garden for tea, cake and a spot of pruning just before its grand open day.

Alistair Appleton is in rural Somerset with a couple of family-focused sport enthusiasts, who have a £1 million budget with which to buy a country home with views and a garden for football. While in the county, Alistair also learns the endangered craft of handmaking paper and sees how it’s been championed by the same family for four generations.

Jules Hudson is in Suffolk on a grand property search with a couple hot-footing it from the other side of the world to set down roots in the British countryside for their £900,000 budget. While in the county, Jules meets a dynamic dairy farming family whose customers are queuing up to buy their fresh milk straight from the farm's vending machine.

Jonnie Irwin is on property hunting mission with a couple who have a £750,000 budget to make a move from the Essex coast to the Suffolk countryside. Aside from houses, Jonnie ventures into fields of golden rapeseed to find out how the oil of this humble plant has fast become a store cupboard staple.

Nicki Chapman scours Somerset's rural property market with a fun-loving couple who have a £400,000 budget and a desire to quit living in a Surrey commuter town to free up more time for their hobbies in their new country home.

Alistair Appleton travels to Suffolk with a retired couple who have £525,000 to find their dream country home with an annexe for mum. Away from the house hunting, Alistair visits a pioneering farm where local volunteers dig deep and share the rewards of their harvest.

Alistair Appleton is in rural Shropshire with a couple who want their £500,000 budget to give them and their young children a life in the outdoors with community close by. While in the county, Alistair visits the mansion of Attingham Park to see the recent restoration successes for himself, as well as discovering some intriguing stories from its past.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple scour the Somerset countryside for the finest rural homes they can buy for their £900,000 budget, complete with space for a helipad. Along the way, Jonnie meets Taunton farmer Ed Ling, who was the bronze medal winner in trap shooting for Great Britain at the Rio Olympics. Ed and wife Abby take a break from the harvest to show Jonnie how to trap shoot like a professional.

Sonali Shah is in rural Somerset helping a retired teacher return to her West Country roots and find her country home with a £385,000 budget. While in the county, Sonali visits a local farm which has diversified into lavender growing. With the fields in full bloom, Sonali sees how the crop is harvested and has a chance to try her hand at making traditional lavender products.

Ginny Buckley is on a house-hunting mission to help a couple with a £525,000 budget find a country home in north Cornwall to retire to. Along the way, Ginny visits the annual Royal Cornwall Show, which has showcased the county's heritage for over 220 years. While there, Ginny samples the traditional nettle-covered yarg cheese and sees if a very rare breed of sheep manages to win a best-in-class rosette.

Margherita Taylor is property-hunting in Shropshire with a couple of keen gardeners on a £425,000 budget who want to buy a country home with ample space for them and their hot tub. While in the county, Margherita samples some of Shropshire's pioneering local produce at Chadwell Park Farm, which has successfully turned its hand to making vegetable juices from its salad crops.

Jules Hudson is property shopping in Cambridgeshire with young newlyweds who have £800,000 and want to escape London in favour of some space and serenity in the country. During his time in the county, Jules can't resist the chance to get up close and personal with some iconic aircraft at his favourite museum.

Sonali Shah is property shopping in Norfolk with a dog and horse-loving couple who have an £850,000 budget to find a dream country home with enough land for all their animals. Sonali also visits a unique collection of vintage engines, organs and fairground rides.

Jules Hudson helps a pair of returning expats find their ideal country home in North Wales with a budget of £350,000. Whilst in the region, Jules heads out with a local fisherman to gather wild mussels using an ancient method that has been used on Wales' northern coast for 200 years.

Jonnie Irwin helps a house-hunting couple who met while travelling the world as airline cabin crew. They plan to find their feet in rural Shropshire and have a healthy £550,000 with which to purchase their new country home. While in the county, Jonnie helps bring in a crop which gives beer its bitter flavour.

Nicki Chapman helps a couple relocate to the Gloucestershire countryside with a healthy budget of £550,000 to spend. While in the region, Nicki explores the extraordinary collection of an English eccentric.

Jules Hudson helps a couple of retirees find a cosy and characterful property in the Dorset countryside. They have a healthy budget of £700,000 to fund their rural dream. While in the county, Jules learns the country art of thatching.

Nicki Chapman house hunts with a newly married couple who want to escape London life and move closer to family. The hunting ground is the rural East Midlands, and there's a £400,000 budget to fund their country relocation. While in the area, Nicki takes a fancy to some award-winning feathered friends.

Nicki Chapman goes house hunting with a couple of childhood sweethearts who are seeking a rural retreat in Somerset after living in urban Croydon all their lives. They have a generous budget of £800,000 to fund their country relocation. While in the area, Nicki visits a local business which has an association with some famous names.

Jules Hudson house hunts with a newlywed couple who plan to escape London life for the more rural surrounds of Hertfordshire. They have a healthy budget of £750,000 to fund their country dream. While in the county, Jules visits a conservation project which aims to protect the UK butterfly population.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple swap urban London life for rural Somerset. They are seeking a home with holiday business potential and have a healthy budget of £650,000 to fund the move. While in the area, Jonnie visits the world's largest balloon factory to learn what keeps them aloft.

Jonnie Irwin is property shopping with a couple of university sweethearts buying their first home together in the countryside. The North Yorkshire property hunt has a healthy budget of £650,000. While in the area, Jonnie visits the widest home in the country.

Jules Hudson is house hunting with a couple who plan to swap suburban Essex for a more peaceful life in rural Worcestershire. They have £350,000 to fund their rural dream. While in the county, Jules is shown the art of foraging for food in the Cotswolds.

Jules Hudson helps a multilingual couple seek a translation to a more rural setting in the Herefordshire countryside. They have £500,000 to spend on their country relocation. Away from the property shopping, Jules visits the eco-friendly energy project that's hotting up in the county's woodland

Nicki Chapman is in Cornwall helping a couple swap their urban lives in Hertfordshire for a more peaceful life in the countryside. They have £350,000 to spend on their rural retreat. While in the region, Nicki strikes gold with the county's historic export.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple trade in the bright lights of Bristol for the rolling hills of West Somerset, with a healthy budget of £475,000 to fund the rural relocation. While in the area, Jonnie gets bogged down on Exmoor as he inspects a moorland conservation project.

Alistair Appleton is house hunting with a couple looking to buy their first home together in the Northumberland countryside on a budget of £300,000. While in the county, Alistair discovers how a house in rural Northumberland was at the forefront of technological progress in the nineteenth century.

Jules Hudson is house hunting with a couple looking for a new rural home in the Wiltshire countryside. They have a generous budget of £600,000 to spend on their dream country property. While in the region, Jules visits a fitting memorial to the troops who passed through the county on their way to the Western Front.

Jonnie Irwin is in Wales property shopping with a couple looking for a home and business in the Carmarthenshire countryside. They have a generous budget of £600,000 to spend on their rural dream. Away from the house hunt, Jonnie visits a community-run business making the country's national instrument.

Jules Hudson is house hunting with two sisters who dream of escaping their urban homes and moving to the Devon countryside on a budget of £490,000. Away from the property search, Jules tries his hand at one of the county's oldest trades.

Sonali Shah is house hunting with an airline pilot who is looking for a new home in the Herefordshire countryside with a budget of £450,000 to spend. Will his fiancée approve of his choice? While in the county, Sonali is shown an extraordinary ancient manuscript at Hereford Cathedral.

Jonnie Irwin helps a couple of childhood sweethearts relive their youth while property hunting in the Devon countryside with a generous £900,000 budget. While in the county, Jonnie visits a historic wool mill that was saved by the local community.

Alistair Appleton helps a couple of newlyweds escape London and find their first home together in rural Cambridgeshire with a budget of £325,000. While in the county, Alistair meets a farmer who's diversifying into the most unusual of livestock.

Nicki Chapman is hoping to find a young family their first home together, so they can move from rented accommodation near Gatwick Airport to the peace of the Oxfordshire countryside with a budget of £500,000. While in the region, Nicki visits Blenheim Palace to learn the role played by the estate in the First World War.

Jules Hudson travels through Staffordshire to find the perfect rural home for a recently retired couple for a budget of £400,000. They may need to downsize to get what they want, which could prove a challenge. Away from the house hunt, Jules gets up close to the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found.

Jules Hudson is on a rural property hunt in Somerset, where he helps a family of six with a budget of £360,000 to find their dream rural home. Away from the house search, Jules visits a historic ship, SS Great Britain in Bristol.

Nicki Chapman is in Kent, property shopping with a young family who are desperate to break free from the capital to find their perfect rural home in Kent, with a generous £900,000 budget. While in the county, Nicki visits historic Hever Castle, where Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII did their courting.

Jonnie Irwin takes up the challenge of helping a London couple with a big business idea find a rural home and enough land to live off in South Wales. Jonnie also lends a hand helping to save one of Wales's rarest species. (N.B. Due to one of the house hunters being a convicted sex offender, a fact he hid from the programme's production team and that only came to light once it had aired, this episode has never been broadcast again)

Alistair Appleton rises to the challenge in Shropshire, as he helps a husband and wife with a unique house-hunting technique. For their generous budget of £700,000, they are looking for a dream home and space for a chocolate business. While in the county, Alistair pays a visit to an historic film set.

Jules Hudson heads to Nottinghamshire to help a retired teacher with a £330,000 budget find a rural home where she will be able to entertain friends. The presenter also learns about the harsh realities of life in a 19th-century workhouse on his travels through the county.

Jonnie Irwin's house hunt gathers pace as he helps a novelist mother and her horse-loving daughter find a charming equestrian home for £620,000 in the Devon countryside. Plus, Jonnie learns why cob forms the building blocks of Devon's architecture, and how the use of this natural material is far from mud in the 21st century.

Jonnie Irwin is in Somerset with a couple who have £550,000 to find a country home with scope for a bed and breakfast aimed at long-term carers. While in the county, Jonnie visits the original home of cheddar cheese and has a taste of how it is traditionally made, and then matured, in the Cheddar Gorge caves.

Nicki Chapman joins a recently reunited couple on their property search in West Sussex. Although the budget is £600,000, finding additional space for their six award-winning dogs could be a challenge. Away from the house hunt, Nicki visits the Goodwood estate, and learns how its organic ancestral farm is championing the preservation of livestock breeds that are native to the county.

Jules Hudson takes on a property hunt with scale, as he helps a couple with £850,000 find a rural property in Norfolk to house them, some relatives and an expanding business. Away from the search, Jules visits a local RSPCA centre to learn more about their efforts to protect the county's wildlife.

Jules Hudson is in Devon helping a couple leave the Surrey suburbs for pastures new after 20 years. With a budget of £700,000, they are spoilt for choice, with both an 18th-century farmhouse and a former coaching house on offer. And Jules discovers the meaning behind the expression 'keeping your nose to the grindstone'.

Alistair Appleton is in Shropshire, helping a couple make the move from waterside apartment living in Portsmouth to the pastoral perfection of rural Shropshire. With a budget of £600,000, this move is about getting back to basics. Beekeeping, growing fruit, rearing chickens and village life are all on the agenda.

Jules Hudson is in Carmarthenshire with an ex-fireman and his wife, who are looking for a country estate with potential to set up a holiday let business for people with disabilities, all for a budget of £800,000. And Jules finds out about the Welsh Rare Plant Project at the National Botanical Garden of Wales.

Aled Jones is in North Yorkshire helping a young couple on a rural property hunt with a budget of 850,000 pounds. The buyers are looking to apply their culinary skills to forming a business and need a large detached home with a fabulous kitchen.

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 enough for a vegetable patch. Continuing the horticultural theme, Steve visits Barnsdale Gardens to see for himself the legacy left by one of the country’s best loved gardeners, the late Geoff Hamilton.

Jules Hudson is in Devon, helping a couple with a budget of 450,000 pounds find a home with bags of West Country character. We step back in time as Jules is given a private tour of Castle Drogo, the last castle to be built in England.

Alistair Appleton travels to north Devon to see if he help can cook up the perfect rural home for a pair of baking enthusiasts with a budget of £450,000. Away from the property search, Alistair travels to Arlington Court to see one of the best collections of 19th-century horse-drawn vehicles in the country.

Alistair Appleton travels to the Worcestershire countryside to help a career-driven couple move closer to their family and friends, on a budget of £400,000. Away from the property search, Alistair meets up with a group of local residents known as Gasketeers who have come up with an illuminating solution to preserve Worcestershire's gas lamps.

Nicki Chapman puts her best foot forward in North Yorkshire, and helps a couple of keen walkers find their country home for £500,000. Away from the property search, Nicki meets a Whitby jet jeweller and unearths this natural gem's links to the county.

Jonnie Irwin heads to Norfolk to help a house-buying couple find their ideal rural home. While there, he teams up with a local master thatcher on the job and discovers how Norfolk reed is woven into the county's building heritage.

Jules Hudson helps a couple to leave London and find a dream home in the Somerset countryside. They have a very healthy budget of £1 million with which to do it. While in the county, Jules visits Weston-super-Mare, where some impressive sand sculpture is on display.

Ginny Buckley travels to the Somerset countryside to help a couple with a £450,000 budget find their very own patch of greenery after 18 years without a garden. Whilst in the county, Ginny visits the Rural Life Museum to join the medieval multimillion-pound refurbishment project.

Jules Hudson is helping a self-confessed city-lover to break free from the big smoke and find some countryside calm where she can raise her young son. With a budget of £850,000, Gloucestershire is the chosen location, and her little sister is coming along for support.

Jonnie Irwin helps a house-hunting couple with a £750,000 budget break away from their London suburb and find a rural family home in North Yorkshire. While in the area, Jonnie learns how to make a traditional wooden walking stick from a craftsman based in the heart of the Yorkshire Moors.

Ginny Buckley helps a couple with a £600,000 budget relocate to the Lancashire countryside, putting them a healthy distance from their grown-up children. Along the way, Ginny heads to the Victorian seaside resort of Blackpool and gets her teeth into the heritage of the stick of rock.

Jonnie Irwin goes house hunting with couple who have a healthy £900,000 budget and want to start a new life closer to loved ones in the Worcestershire countryside. Jonnie also visits brine springs at Droitwich Spa to meet a family breathing new life into the region's salt heritage for the first time in a century.

Nicki Chapman is on a house-hunting mission in the Shropshire countryside, balancing the dreams of a father who has a £475,000 budget and wants to head for the hills, while his daughter wants him to live closer to a community.

Nicki Chapman is on an emotionally charged property search in rural Somerset, helping a couple invest their £500,000 budget in a home that strikes the right balance between country charm and practical open plan. Nicki also visits Barley Wood, a beautiful walled kitchen garden resurrected by chef brothers who use what they grow in their inventive dishes.

Jonnie Irwin’s house searching mission is with a couple of creative Californians keen to make a lifestyle leap to the Welsh borders with their £500,000 budget. Away from a hunt full of property style surprises, Jonnie goes llama trekking in Herefordshire’s Golden Valley and sees how llamas are living very happily in the UK countryside.

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 visits a celebrated Victorian pottery that is now a modern-day hub of art, design and training.

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 dishes using locally made mead. Jules even has time to help the couple look for a three-bedroom home with a holiday let or annexe and an acre of land, all for a budget of £425,000.

A new house in the Hampshire countryside is needed for a young couple and their two dogs, and Sonali Shah is on hand to show them the best property the county has to offer for their £500k budget. Whilst there, Sonali visits a contemporary and stylish family home and discovers why its energy bills are virtually nonexistent.

Having spent many happy family holidays in Cornwall, a couple from Hertfordshire now want to make England’s most south-westerly county their permanent home, and Steve Brown is just the man to help them realise their dream. The trio also meet a local ceramicist and take part in an Escape to the Country pottery throwdown.

The beautiful Wye Valley may not be too far from Bristol, where today’s couple are from, but it’s a whole world away in terms of lifestyle. Steve Brown has some tempting properties up his sleeve, and during some downtime all three manage to unwind and enjoy the scenery with a leisurely canoe ride on the River Wye itself.

Wanting to be close to the coast, today’s rural relocators have a £650,000 budget, and it’s Jonnie Irwin who’s on hand to help them start a new life by finding a new home in Devon. Jonnie also visits Beer, a picturesque fishing village long associated with smugglers, where he tries not to disturb the residents of the local caves.

Sonali Shah is property hunting in the Derbyshire countryside with a couple who have a £450,000 budget and hopes that this move will transport them to a village with community spirit and a complete change of scenery.

Jules Hudson is in North Wales helping a couple to find their first home together. Their dream Welsh rural property needs to come with a price tag of £300,000. Jules gets to experience the dramatic local landscape first-hand as he tries white-water rafting.

Sonali Shah is house hunting with a couple who have a budget of £650,000 and want to quit the city to find a house with great entertaining potential in the Cheshire countryside. Sonali also delves into the region's manufacturing heritage at one of the country's best preserved textile mills from the Industrial Revolution.

After tying the knot last year, a super-active and self-employed couple now have desires for a new rural backdrop for their married life and business. Jules Hudson is helping them find that base in the Welsh borders with a budget of £365,000.

Alistair Appleton guides a couple who want to switch their lives from the bustle of Bristol to the fresh country air of the Wye Valley on a budget of £300,000. While exploring the River Wye, Alistair also discovers the slippery challenges of sustainably sourcing and restocking the European eel.

Steve Brown marvels at the spectacular scenery on offer in Scotland's Perth and Kinross and beyond as he helps a couple with three children from a city in Essex find their dream home in the countryside. They need a big garden, good transport links and want to be within half an hour of a rugby club.

Nicki Chapman is in Cambridgeshire helping a couple from south east London with a budget of £625,000 to find an idyllic rural home closer to their family. Nicki also visits a fenland potato farm, where she develops a brand new flavour of crisp.

Nicki Chapman puts her best foot forward in North Yorkshire on a house hunt for a pair of keen walkers with a budget of £400,000. While in the county, Nicki gets the inside track at England's oldest horse race, the annual Kiplingcotes Derby.

Alistair Appleton goes on a charm offensive as he helps a house buyer with £300,000 find her perfect character cottage in rural Warwickshire. Alistair also visits Ryton Gardens and finds out how its heritage seed library is collecting and preserving hundreds of rare vegetable varieties for generations of future gardeners.

Jonnie Irwin comes to the aid of a couple who are desperate to relocate and be near their daughter in rural Herefordshire. With a budget of £400,000 to spend, can he help them find what they're after? While in the county, Jonnie also meets a family of dairy farmers with some innovative methods.

Nicki Chapman is in the North Yorkshire countryside helping a father and daughter team search for a new rural home. With a budget of £550,000 to spend they need a property to house the whole family. Away from the property hunt, Nicki tries her hand at restoring a historic stained-glass window.

Sonali Shah goes house hunting in Devon with a couple of childhood sweethearts who have spent the last 20 years living in France. While in the county, Sonali gets wet exploring one of Devon's most celebrated rivers in a unique way.

Alistair Appleton helps a house-hunting couple find a country home with their £700,000 budget and get back to nature in Buckinghamshire. While in the area, Alistair visits an entrepreneurial snail farm which produces high-end snail caviar, where he samples this unusual gastronomic delicacy.

Sonali Shah heads to the north Devon countryside to help a career-minded couple with £950,000 to spend on a family home and start up a holiday-let business. While in the county, Sonali visits the UK's first Unesco biosphere reserve to learn about the long-term ambitions to connect people and nature, as well as the efforts to conserve one of the most fragile grassland areas in the south west of the country.

Alistair Appleton is on a unique house-hunting mission in Herefordshire, helping two brothers who have pooled their resources to have £800,000 to find the right country home where they can live together. And it's the perfect time to be in the region, as Alistair is given an exclusive invitation to experience the best in British agriculture at the Royal Three Counties Show.

Nicki Chapman heads to the Welsh Borders with a retired couple of keen gardeners who have £500,000 to plough into buying a peaceful home in the country. While in the area, Nicki meets one of the very few weathervane makers left in the UK and, while trying her hand at creating one, she learns why it has been such a striking symbol gracing the tops of churches and manor houses across the countryside for centuries.

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 budget of £900,000, the wish list includes a remote period house with spectacular views. Alistair takes time away from the property search to visit a forward-thinking farm which specialises in edible insects.

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 country. Getting to know the area and local producers, they all visit a small farm which supplies veggies to local restaurants and cafes.

Three generations of the same family need help from Jules Hudson to find them a new home in rural Norfolk. In the kitty is £800,000 for a four-bedroom house, an annexe for Granny and enough land for a Shetland pony. Jules also needs a keen eye to spot some of the world’s rarest - and most camera-shy - deer and antelope at a local safari park.

Sonali Shah joins a couple with an exceptional budget who are planning a rural relocation in Devon while also seeking out a substantial business opportunity in the countryside. Besides the house hunting, Sonali dons her climbing boots as she scales a dramatic Devonian landmark.

Jonnie Irwin has an especially challenging task on his hands as he tries to find a family home in rural Surrey for three generations. Their property hunt is helped by an exceptional budget, but will he manage to satisfy the needs of all family members?

Sonali Shah is down on the Dorset coast with a couple who are hoping to find literary inspiration and some seaside serenity for their £500,000 budget. Whilst in the region, Sonali meets a pair of printmakers already taking influence from the county's rural splendour for their beautiful handcrafted designs.

Jonnie Irwin is house-hunting for a handsome country property in Oxfordshire with a couple who have a healthy £900,000 budget. While in the county, Jonnie finds out about making charcoal the environmentally friendly way and samples some food smoked using locally sourced wood.

Jules Hudson heads to the Isle of Arran to house-hunt with a novelist and her husband who are in search of writing inspiration from the Scottish wilderness for their £375,000 budget. Along the way, Jules discovers the positive benefits to Arran’s marine habitats and the local fishing industry since Scotland’s first ‘No Take Zone’ was introduced.

Jules Hudson crosses the Solent to property shop on the Isle of Wight with a couple who have a £750 000 budget to find their dream island home with holiday-let potential. During his journey, Jules gets an intimate glimpse into 19th-century royal life when he visits Osbourne House, one of Queen Victoria's favourite homes.

Alistair Appleton takes up the reins on a property search in the Norfolk countryside with a young animal loving couple who have a budget of £750,000 to find an equestrian home that provides them with income potential.

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. Jules is in his element when he meets one of the county’s blacksmiths, who specialises in restoring relics of bygone eras using traditional techniques.

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, Alistair’s ball skills are challenged as he tries his hand at the little-known sport of stické tennis.

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 of which could be used as a home office. Sonali also visits a local quarry from which Cotswold stone is supplied for use in new builds and conservation projects.

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 property, they are after somewhere with holiday-let potential or space for a glamping business. Jules is also in his element when he meets experts in traditional construction methods, who are keeping heritage building skills alive.

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 hunt, Nicki visits the South Downs National Park and gets involved in a tree-planting initiative to mark the park’s tenth anniversary.

Having met just 18 months ago, today’s couple are wasting no time and are selling up their homes to find a new one together, in the countryside of Cumbria or Lancashire. Briony May Williams is there to help with their property search, and whilst in the region she also visits one of the finest restaurants in the country.

Alistair Appleton is in Hebridean heaven on Lewis and Harris, helping a couple with a £400k budget to relocate to this beautiful, rugged Scottish island. As well as exploring the island and a handful of its properties, Alistair meets a host of welcoming locals and visits a tweed mill to discover how the exclusive fabric is made.

Jules Hudson is house-hunting with a couple from Essex with £450,000 to spend, who are seeking a rural home with business potential in North Wales. While in the area, Jules visits one of Snowdonia's hidden treasures that has been opened up to the public for the first time in 140 years.

Nicki Chapman heads to the Monmouthshire countryside to help a couple who have a love of the outdoors and dogs as they aim to buy their first home together with their £700,000 budget. While in the county, Nicki heads into the woods and, under the watchful eye of an expert fungi forager, learns about the art of edible mushroom picking.

Denise Nurse helps a couple of returning expats find a new home in the Somerset countryside with a budget of £400,000 to spend. While in the region, Denise discovers how the Victorians turned a pile of putty into a work of art.

Ginny Buckley is tasked with helping a couple who have £375,000 to find their forever home in the Dorset countryside. Ginny also visits the renowned Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy and takes an exhilarating trip in a traditional sailing vessel.

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 of £340,000 for a property with character in a rural location. Jules also heads inland to inspect a plantation of trees normally found down under, and for the first time in his life, he tries an oyster!

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 property with a good-sized garden for some new canine companions. Ginny also heads to Great Yarmouth, where she straps in for a white-knuckle ride on one of the country’s last remaining wooden rollercoasters.

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 income potential. Whilst in the county, Jules gets stuck into some woodcraft using nothing but steam to sculpt some impressive interior design pieces.

A London couple are swapping the sound of the Bow bells for cow bells, as Jules Hudson helps them to spend their £500,000 budget on a house with a music room and a dog-friendly garden in the Derbyshire countryside. Whilst there, they meet one of the county’s silver bands, and Jules works up an appetite as he harvests some delicious mushrooms cultivated in an old converted mill.

A newly engaged couple from Cheshire want to buy their first home together in rural Northumberland, where Jules Hudson is on hand to show them a selection of houses that matches their wish list. A secluded location along with enough land to have a holiday let are their top priorities.

Margherita Taylor is on a house-hunting mission in the Dorset countryside, helping a couple with £500,000 find a character property with space for entertaining and a baby grand piano, as well as an outdoor setting to keep a keen gardener busy. Along the way, Margherita heads out to the oyster beds of Poole harbour to discover more about how they are farmed and harvested sustainably to meet popular demand.

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 garden pub. Aside from houses, Margherita discovers the county’s agricultural pedigree when she encounters some wonderfully preserved vintage tractors.

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 want a property with the wow factor and spectacular views to boot. On the beach, Nicki helps a local chef to cook a classic dish, using seasonal shellfish from the nearby coast.

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, Nicki drops in on show jumping legend and double Olympic gold medalist Nick Skelton, along with his sons Harry and Dan, who are following in their father's ‘hoof' prints.

Jules Hudson is in Devon helping a mother and daughter team find a country home for themselves and their three Shetland ponies. With a budget of £450,000, Mum's after something traditional while her daughter is after a contemporary feel, so who will get her way?

Denise Nurse helps a family swap city living for a life in rural Sussex. Land is the all-important ingredient as they are hoping to set up a fitness boot camp business. So when Denise delivers a delightful 1930s period house with over three acres and on budget at £750,000, it's game, set and match.

Nicki Chapman is in Northumberland in search of a property for a farmer's daughter. With a budget of £450,000, we head west to the farming stronghold of the Northumberland National Park to find acreage.

Jules Hudson is in Powys, Mid Wales, helping a self-employed couple seek out a more relaxed lifestyle. With their budget of £665,000 they are amazed at how far their money stretches, but will a seven bedroom Victorian property be a step too far?

Alistair Appleton dons a kilt as he goes property-hunting in the Scottish Borders for a couple of lottery winners who are seeking a family home with a budget of 550,000 pounds. But will the regal splendour of an 18th-century vicarage prove too much?

Aled Jones is in rural North Yorkshire helping a family relocate from Essex. With a budget of £500,000, they have already ruled out 30 properties, so Aled has his work cut out trying to find something which is close to perfection. A Victorian house-keeper's cottage comes fairly close, but can it beat the mystery house, a barn conversion?

Nicki Chapman is in Hampshire with a couple of retired ex-pat house hunters who have a budget of £650,000 for their new rural home. Emotions run high for the big homecoming when they set eyes on a pretty brick-and-timber property dating back to 1630. Nicki also finds out what it takes to be a commoner in the New Forest National Park.

Jonnie Irwin helps a young family with ambitions of grand country living in Essex. They have a budget of £750,000 to spend and, presented with a couple of barn conversions and a Georgian manor house, are spoilt for choice. Jonnie also goes dredging for oysters in the creeks of the Blackwater River.

Denise Nurse is in Lincolnshire, showcasing some fabulous converted windmills for this episode's house buyers. With a budget of £500,000, it's not just our house hunters we have to please - their 13 horses will be making the move too, so at least ten acres of land plus stables are required.

Jules Hudson is in the Lake District with a couple looking for a rural retreat to create a classy bed and breakfast, so a period property with character is on the menu. With a healthy budget of 1.15 million pounds, could a three bed private house and an impressive ten bed high end guest annexe be just the job?

Jules Hudson takes on the mammoth challenge of helping a couple escape from Shanghai to Warwickshire with a budget of £800,000. Jules also meets up with the workers at Britain's longest established cycle manufacturer.

With a budget of £500,000, Jonnie Irwin heads to Dorset to help a creative couple buy their very first property together. During his journey, Jonnie meets up with a local farmer who is one of the leading British producers of a very French cuisine.

Jonnie Irwin is in Herefordshire helping two sisters with a budget of £600,000 find the ideal country home for them and their mother. While in the county, Jonnie meets an inventive gardener who has built some rather eccentric architecture into his horticultural vision.

Denise Nurse helps a British couple with a budget of £300,000 to repatriate to rural Somerset after living and working abroad for 30 years. During her journey, Denise meets up with a local water buffalo breeder, and learns why these non-native cattle can thrive in the Somerset countryside.

Jules Hudson goes property hunting in Somerset to help a couple who are planning to take early retirement with a substantial budget of £750,000 to fund their new rural home. Whilst there, Jules meets a willow farmer and learns how the crop is interwoven into the county's landscape and handicraft heritage.

Alistair Appleton helps a keen baker and his business-focused wife find a rural home in Yorkshire, with a budget of £350,000. While in the county, Alistair scales the heights of York Minster and gets a preview of the remarkable restoration work under way on its famous stained-glass windows.

Denise Nurse helps a pair of retired teachers find a country retreat, with a budget of £475,000, in Warwickshire. Denise also visits Baddesley Clinton, a magnificent manor house within the county, and home to a fascinating history.

Jules Hudson takes on a property-hunting mission in Devon with a couple who are looking for a country home that can also house one of their parents and B&B guests. While in the county, Jules indulges his love of local ale and enjoys a taste of the home-grown malting process at a traditional malt house in Newton Abbot.

Jonnie Irwin comes to the aid of two retired healthcare professionals who have £475,000 to find a country home with their field of dreams in Cumbria. While in the county, Jonnie heads to the Lyth Valley and learns about the area's damson-growing heritage.

Denise Nurse tries to bring harmony to a house search in Suffolk, where a couple with £350,000 have different views on their perfect country home. During her journey, Denise visits the RNLI lifeboat station in Lowestoft and takes the helm in a training rescue exercise at sea.

Nicki Chapman heads for the Cumbrian hills in a bid to find a country home for a creative couple with a budget of £400,000. Away from the search, Nicki visits the home of Victorian writer and social reformer John Ruskin, and discovers more about his link to the Lakeland landscape, and how his ideas are still relevant in the modern era.

Jules Hudson takes on a property-hunting mission with a husband and wife who are fed up with life in their southern England commuter belt. On a budget of £375,000, they are looking to 'semi-retire' to the Highlands of Scotland and pursue new ventures. During his journey, Jules comes face to face with Scotland's very own native wild cat.

Jonnie Irwin travels to Northumberland with a young couple who want to escape their cramped London lifestyle and move back to the north east, where they first met. And with a top budget of £650,000 it is not just a home they want; they also have serious business ambitions. While in the county, Jonnie visits the impressive gardens at Alnwick Castle.

Jonnie Irwin is in North Yorkshire with a young family who have a budget of £350,000 to spend on a dream rural home. While in the county, Jonnie learns about the 'Mouseman', a legend in the world of handcrafted furniture.

Nicki Chapman embarks on an emotional house hunt with a couple armed with a £420,000 budget, who are chasing a country dream in Somerset. Away from the property search, Nicki visits the historic Haynes Motor Museum.

Alistair Appleton goes property shopping with a couple from Essex who want to escape to rural Suffolk with a budget of £400,000. Away from the house hunt, Alistair gets to grips with some unusual heritage vegetables.

Nicki Chapman journeys through Devon, helping a couple find a new life and possible business in the Devon countryside with a budget of £550,000. While in the county, Nicki gets carried away with the fun of the fair.

Jonnie Irwin is helping an entrepreneurial couple flee city life and find a new dream home and a new business in the Cheshire countryside, on a budget of £650,000. Away from the house hunt, Jonnie visits one of Cheshire's most iconic structures that dominates the local landscape.

Alistair Appleton helps a couple who have been married for 35 years find their very first home together in Dorset, on a budget of £650,000. While in the area, Alistair meets a cantankerous character who has been a familiar face on Weymouth beach for well over a hundred years.

A pair of property hunters have left their wives at home as they go in search of a new rural property to accommodate their extended family in the Wiltshire countryside. Away from the house hunt, Nicki Chapman visits Salisbury Cathedral to learn about its 32-year-old restoration project.

Jules Hudson is property shopping with a couple of nature lovers who yearn for great views and open spaces, and they're willing to move 500 miles to the Scottish Highlands to find them. With a budget of £325,000, can Jules find them their dream home? Away from the house hunt, Jules samples a Scottish brew of a rather different kind.

Jonnie Irwin is house-hunting with a couple who plan to escape the busy Bedfordshire town of Luton for the peace and quiet of the Norfolk countryside, on a budget of £450,000. While in the county, Jonnie samples a tasty local delicacy.

Sonali Shah helps a couple with a budget of £550,000 ditch their busy lives beside the English seaside and embark on a quieter life in rural north Wales. While in the area, Sonali learns how a pretty plant is threatening the local landscape.

Nicki Chapman helps a couple leave the busy town of Hull to find a home in rural Lincolnshire with bed and breakfast potential on a budget of £300,000. While in the county, Nicki gets a taste of the latest superfood.