Jules Hudson goes house hunting with an ambitious professional couple who have a substantial budget of £800,000 to invest in their country home. While in the county, Jules visits the Didcot Railway Centre and gets the inside track on how volunteers have spent over 40 years preserving the heritage of the Great Western Railway engines.

Alistair Appleton goes on a charm offensive as he helps a house buyer with £300,000 find her perfect character cottage in rural Warwickshire. Alistair also visits Ryton Gardens and finds out how its heritage seed library is collecting and preserving hundreds of rare vegetable varieties for generations of future gardeners.