{"id":321169,"date":"2025-08-06T00:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321169\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T00:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:38:16","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-star-lands-role-on-escape-to-the-country-in-major-career-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321169\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing star lands role on Escape to the Country in major career announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former Strictly Come Dancing star is showing some Birmingham-based prospective buyers his home turf in the rural Midlands.<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing star Richie Anderson <\/a>has landed a new role on Escape To The Country.<\/p>\n

The radio presenter appeared on Strictly in 2022<\/a>, partnered with Giovanni Pernice, however, they became the second couple eliminated, with Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal going on to win.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now been revealed that Richie will be joining the roster of presenters for the upcoming 26th series of Escape to the Country<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new instalment will span across 50 episodes, showing off various incredible rural landscapes across the UK.<\/p>\n

The popular daytime programme sees presenters joining prospective buyers looking to gain a view at some of the UK\u2019s most charming country homes, as they swap out life in the hustle and bustle of cities.<\/p>\n

\"RichieRichie and Giovanni were the second couple eliminated from Strictly in 2022(Image: Guy Levy\/BBC\/PA Wire )READ MORE: Princess Andre shares truth about Katie Price and Peter’s split<\/a>READ MORE: Peaky Blinders and Batman star is now top contender for next James Bond villain<\/a><\/p>\n

Richie\u2019s first episode will see him help a couple of born and bred Brummies to find the perfect character property on his home turf of the rural Midlands, the BBC<\/a> teased.<\/p>\n

The Radio 2 presenter, who is also a regular on The One Show and has been a part of the BBC\u2019s Eurovision Song Contest coverage in the past, said: \u201cIt\u2019s a real honour to be joining such an iconic TV programme and a brilliant family of presenters.<\/p>\n

\u201cEscape to the Country is one of the reasons I moved out of London for a quieter, more rural way of life.<\/p>\n

\"RichieRichie is a radio presenter and has covered Eurovision in the past(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to pass on my love of the countryside to our house hunters, and it\u2019s a privilege to share such a personal experience with them and help tell their story.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first episode is in my stomping ground in The Midlands, an area that is often overlooked when it comes to country life, so I can\u2019t wait to show you some hidden gems.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Comerford, Head of Naked West (a Fremantle label), also said: \u201cFor over two decades, Escape to the Country has brought heart and heritage to viewers.<\/p>\n

\"RichieThe BBC has teased Richie’s first episode of Escape To The Country(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt celebrates the character of the British countryside and the nation\u2019s superb historic rural housing stock. The series also helps real people take a leap into a whole new life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Richie to the Escape family of fantastic presenters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richie joins regular Escape to the Country presenters Alistair Appleton, Briony May Williams, Denise Nurse, Ginny Buckley, Jules Hudson, Nicki Chapman, Sonali Shah and Steve Brown, who will all feature across the new series.<\/p>\n

Escape to the Country will return with its 26th series to BBC One and iPlayer later this month.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Strictly Come Dancing star is showing some Birmingham-based prospective buyers his home turf in the rural…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,67962,4884,116285,1888,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-321169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-escape-to-the-country","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-richie-anderson","14":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114979032611258548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}