Alistair Appleton Biography – Alistair Appleton Wiki
Alistair Appleton is a British television presenter, broadcaster, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher. Currently, he is the presenter of BBC One’s television program Escape to the Country.
Appleton was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He went to study at St. Johns Catholic School in Portsmouth for his 10 O-levels and 3 A-levels. After that, he proceeded to Gonville and Caius College, at the University of Cambridge, in 1988 and took up a course in English Literature. While in school, Appleton sang in the chapel choir, acted in a number of productions, and rowed for his team in college. He was a member of the European Theatre Group of Cambridge University. He went on to graduate with a second upper degree and left the United Kingdom for Poland. While in Poland, he started writing poems, editing a children’s anthology as well as teaching at the University of Gdansk in Poland.
Afterward, he began teaching English in eastern Germany and became a translator and journalist for Deutsche Welle television. His popularity was propelled when he became a presenter for Deutsche Welle’s youth popular culture show “Heat”. He made his way back to the United Kingdom in 1999 where he acted in a series of commercials such as BBC One’s Garden Invaders (2001), Cash in the Attic (2002–05), and BBC Food’s Stately Suppers (2005). He was also cast in Doctor Who’s episode of Army of Ghosts. He has hosted many television specials that include The Proms.
Appleton has been cast in the German film “The 8th Deadly Sin”. He has also appeared in Footballers’ Wives, and the documentary The Man Who Drank the Universe. Beginning in 2000, Appleton pursued meditation particularly training in the Buddhist tradition. Since 2004, he has also worked outside Buddhism working with ayahuasca at the Spirit Vine Ayahuasca Retreat Center in Brazil. He studied with the contemporary Vajrayana teacher, Reggie Ray. He graduated with an MA in Advanced psychotherapy at the Minster Centre in London in 2014 and is a psychotherapist in Brighton.
He promoted the BBC American series Cash in the Attic in 2007 but was not present in the series. He has been the presenter of Escape to the Country on BBC television since 2007. He has also fronted Cash in the Attic, House Doctor, and Stately Suppers. In January 2016, he also appeared on Celebrity Mastermind and ranked second with 21 points, with a specialist subject of 20th-century European classical music.
Appleton has a background as a psychotherapist and teaches meditation in classes and retreats in the United Kingdom. As a resident of Brighton, he has a therapy practice in the area and is fully accredited as a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, the therapy governing body, and works mostly one-to-one.
Alistair Appleton Escape to the Country
Appleton has been a presenter on Escape to the Country since 2007. In 2021, he never spoke about leaving the show to focus on his mental well-being. In an interview, he said, “Television always comes with a shelf life anyway… Nothing goes on forever.”
He added that his priorities are different now than when he was in his 20s. “You know, in my 20s all I wanted to be was a famous TV presenter, and by the time I turned 30 I was already seeing that was a very dangerous path for me because I knew that it would just mean more anxiety, more laying value on external looks,” he told Mind-Springs.
Alistair explained he was “pretty unhappy” and was “drinking a lot, doing a lot of drugs, going out a lot”.
Appleton added if he were to continue with television, the series would have to have a “mental health” or “therapeutic angle”.
Alistair Appleton Age
How old is Alistair from Escape to the Country? He was born on February 12, 1970, in Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom.
Alistair Appleton Husband
He is married to his husband and partner Daniel. The couple lives in f Newhaven, East Sussex. Appleton is openly gay and came out of the closet while in university. In an article in Gay Times, however, he admits he only fully accepted his sexuality when he lived in Poland and Germany.
Alistair Appleton Family
His parents are his father Peter and Sally née Cooper (mother). He has an older brother. Appleton grew up in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, where as a boy he sang in the church choir at St Faith’s Church.
Alistair Appleton Home
The television presenter is a resident of New Haven, East Sussex. He lives in a 1930s French sea captain’s cottage in the port with his partner Daniel.
Alistair Appleton Height
How tall is Alistair Appleton? He stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.86 meters) tall.
Alistair Appleton Nationality
Appleton is of British nationality. He was born and brought up in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Alistair Appleton Net Worth
Alistair Appleton’s net worth is unknown.
Alistair Appleton Instagram
His Instagram handle is @alistair_appletons_mindsprings.
