Presenter Alistair Appleton is best known for helping prospective homeowners find their dream property in the countryside on the BBC series Escape to the Country but his husband Daniel Martin has a very different career. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Alistair Appleton , known for his role on the BBC show Escape to the Country has delighted fans by sharing some rare snaps of his other half. Working alongside names like Ginny Buckley and Nicki Chapman, Alistair has become a familiar face since joining the show back in 2007.
Having been brought up in Hampshire, the TV presenter who is now 54, graduated from the esteemed University of Cambridge with a commendable 2:1 in English Literature. After finishing his degree, Alistair journeyed to Poland to teach at the University of Gdansk, the Mirror reports. Eventually, he relocated to Germany where he became a translator and journalist for Deutsche Welle, laying the foundations for his broadcasting career.
As his television career continued to thrive, Alistair had ambitions away from the entertainment industry. In 2014, he acquired an MA in Advanced Psychotherapy from London's Minster Centre. Describing his change in direction during a chat with Hampshire Life magazine, he stated: "I loved that work so much that I started to get a bit disenchante.