Alistair Appleton is an English TV presenter, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher. He hosts the popular BBC2 show Escape to the Country, which is loved by viewers and gets around 2 million people watching regularly.
Alistair Appleton Biography
He was born on February 12, 1970, in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. He is 54 years old.
His career took off as a presenter for Deutsche Welle’s youth culture show Heat. In 1999, he returned to the UK and appeared in several commercials.
Alistair made his British TV debut in 2000, hosting Sky’s Hot TV and Channel 5’s popular show House Doctor.
Since then, he has achieved a lot, acting in the German film The 8th Deadly Sin, hosting several BBC home and garden shows, and making guest appearances in popular TV comedies.
Education & Family
His parents are Peter and Sally, and he has an older brother.
He did well in school, earning 10 O-levels and 3 A-levels at St. John’s Catholic School. In 1988, he went to the University of Cambridge to study English Literature at Gonville & Caius College.
During his time at university, he sang in the chapel choir, rowed for his college team, and acted in plays. After graduating with a 2.1 degree, he moved to Poland to teach at the University of Gdansk. Later, he taught English in East Germany and worked as a translator and journalist for Deutsche Welle TV.
Who Is Alistair Appleton’s Husband?
Alistair is gay and came out while he was at university. In an interview with Gay Times, he shared that he fully accepted his sexuality later, during his time in Poland and Germany.
As of August 2021, he lived with his husband, Daniel, in a 1930s French sea captain’s cottage in Newhaven, East Sussex.
In 2000, Alistair converted to Buddhism. Later, during a tough time in his 30s, he became interested in Ashtanga yoga. At one point, he even thought about becoming a monk in Thailand, but a friend persuaded him not to.
Career & Early Life
After graduating with a good degree, Alistair Appleton moved to Poland, where he wrote poetry, helped edit a children’s anthology, and taught at the University of Gdansk.
Later, he taught English in eastern Germany and worked as a translator and journalist for Deutsche Welle TV. His TV career started there when he became the host of the youth current affairs show Heat.
In 1999, Alistair returned to the UK and took on various TV roles. He appeared on Hot TV (2000), House Doctor (2000–03), Rhona (2000), Travel On (2001), Garden Invaders (2001), Cash in the Attic (2002–05), and Stately Suppers (2005).
He even played himself in the Doctor Who episode “Army of Ghosts” (2006). He also hosted The Proms and other TV specials.
Alistair did some acting too, including a role in Footballers’ Wives in 2002. In 2005, he made a short documentary called The Man Who Drank the Universe, about ayahuasca, a traditional Amazonian plant brew.
Since 2007, he has been a presenter on BBC’s Escape to the Country and hosted The Night Shift, a concert series by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in London.
In 2016, he appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, finishing second with his chosen topic of 20th-century European classical music.
Outside of TV, Alistair works as a psychotherapist in Brighton and teaches meditation. He completed a master’s degree in Advanced Psychotherapy in 2014.
Networth
There isn’t much information about Alistair Appleton’s net worth, but some sources estimate it to be around $1–2 million, earned from his work in television and psychotherapy.
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