Dankers are stay-at-home mother Suzanne, former antiques dealer Howard and their two young sons from Terenure in Dublin. They moved to Marbella, Spain in July 2007. Suzanne set up a wedding planning business for Irish couples hoping to marry in Spain, whilst Howard hoped to set up his own antiques business. The episode follows their first year in Spain. Episode two Barbara Owens from Knocklyon, Dublin and Welshman Lee Darch are a couple with two young daughters and Barbara has a 17-year-old son, Marti. They managed to sell their Knocklyon home in July 2008 just before the property bubble burst in order to fund their move to Dénia, Spain. Lee is a builder by trade but plans to set up a fishing business in Spain. Episode three Adrian and Michelle Barry from Kildare and Cork have been married for two years and left behind a daily commute from Kildare to Dublin and two well-paid jobs in finance and IT to move to Austria in July 2007 where they set up a ski chalet business. Episode four Tarja Owens and Niall Davis from Bray and Dublin moved to Northern Italy for a six-month trial due to their belief that it would have better mountain cycling training resources. They intend to set up a mountain biking tour business. As professional athletes they do not earn very much and they have short careers. Tarja is helped in her endeavours by local hotel owner Merco but Niall's focus is on training which presents difficulties for Tarja. Reaction John Boland of the Irish Independent referred to the Dankers of series two's opening episode as a "charmless couple" he was willing to "hurriedly bypass" in his argument that the BBC had entertained him more than RTÉ. References External links The Great Escape at RTÉ Television COCO Television 2006 Irish television series debuts 2009 Irish television series endings Irish documentary television series