Alistair Appleton did not leave Escape to the Country ; he has been one of the presenters since 2007.

What the search shows

  • A BBC page still features him presenting the show.
  • Recent articles also describe him as part of the programme, not as someone who departed it.

Likely source of the question

People sometimes confuse his on-screen role with a personal move he mentioned in interviews: he said he escaped London for the countryside in 2013 and now lives near the sea in East Sussex.

Plain answer

So the answer is: he hasn’t left the show ; he’s still associated with it as a presenter.