Escape to the Country signs Olympic legend, Loose Women star and Countryfile host for new celebrity series

BBC One announced the instrumentality of Celebrity Escape to the Country this December, featuring a popular sensation and a erstwhile victor of The Apprentice.

The star-packed spin-off builds connected the occurrence of the classic spot show, promising adjacent much agrarian glamour and celeb surprises.

This year's series stars Olympic champion Linford Christie OBE, philharmonic fable Alfie Boe OBE, broadcaster and writer Anita Rani, popular sensation H from Steps, renowned writer Kaye Adams and The Apprentice victor and entrepreneur Tim Campbell MBE.

The one-hour agelong episodes takes the celebrities connected an exploration beyond their accustomed municipality limits arsenic they look to find their cleanable state home.

They volition research the joys and challenges of uncovering the eventual agrarian retreat, whilst celebrating the quality of the British countryside.

Each occurrence volition not lone showcase the idyllic spot market, but besides the idiosyncratic stories down each celebrity’s determination to marque the large relocation to the quiescent of the countryside.

This comes aft past year's bid peaking astatine astir 3 cardinal viewers.

It starred Dr Ranj Singh, Chaser Jenny Ryan, Christopher Biggins and Strictly mates Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec.

The amusement is acceptable to proceed its occurrence with caller personage faces and caller agrarian locations.

Julie Shaw, Daytime Commissioner comments: “Our homes are cardinal to our consciousness of belonging, and uncovering a caller location is 1 of the biggest decisions immoderate of america volition ever make, celebrated oregon not famous.

"This bid we get an penetration into the celebrities, their careers and their families, fundamentally the travel they’ve been connected from wherever they began agelong earlier the cameras and spotlights.

"We screen the UK, including the beauteous hills and valleys successful the Vale of Glamorgan and Stirlingshire, helping radical to flight from world-famous cities similar Glasgow and London - it's a magical circuit astir immoderate of the UKs astir beauteous homes.”

Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak commissioning comments: “Last year’s Celebrity Escape to the Country was a existent Christmas dainty truthful we are delighted to bring it backmost for a 2nd series.

"We’ve a superb line-up of much-loved acquainted faces, with a unsocial penetration into their personalities arsenic they hunt for a imaginable caller home.

"And who doesn’t privation a sneak highest into what could soon beryllium a celebs surviving room?!”

Celebrity Escape to the Country bid 2 volition beryllium disposable to ticker connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer successful December.