Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Alistair Appleton is a familiar face from the BBC's Escape to the Country , having been a mainstay on the show since 2007, earning him a dedicated fan base. He presents the show alongside names including Ginny Buckley and Nicki Chapman . Born and raised in Hampshire, 54 year old Alistair graduated from the University of Cambridge with a 2:1 in English Literature.
Post-graduation and moved to Poland to teach at the University of Gdansk before relocating to Germany where he kick-started his broadcasting career with Deutsche Welle as a translator and journalist. As his TV career continued to flourish, Alistair bagged an MA in Advanced Psychotherapy at the Minster Centre in London in 2014. Speaking to Hampshire Life magazine in 2012, he revealed: "I loved that work so much that I started to get a bit disenchanted with all the crazy schedules of TV filming and I decided five years ago to re-train as a psychotherapist.
" He gushed about his life choices, saying: "That was the best decision of my life and I think I've hit my 40s in much better shape than I hit my 30s," reports MyLondon . Living the dream, Alistair has indeed made his own escape to the country, residing in a charming cottage near the Sussex coast with his husband Daniel Martin. He recently shared a picture o.
