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  • 1997-03-13T00:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 25m
  • 1h 40m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Reality
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s first television production, where his reputation was initially that of a chef who is prepared to try cooking everything; he has an unorthodox style of TV presentation. Hugh’s initial exposure came in Cook on the Wild Side, an exploration of earthy cuisine. His habit of "picking up roadkill and eating the hedgerows that earned him his nickname of Hugh Fearlessly-Eatsitall". This is a wonderful first 10 part series from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall that laid the ground work for The River Cottage & The River Cottage HQ. See Hugh “hit the road” in this wild food adventure.

4 episodes

Season Premiere

1997-03-13T00:00:00Z

2x01 The Bain Marie

Season Premiere

2x01 The Bain Marie

  • 1997-03-13T00:00:00Z25m

The Bain Marie is christened and launched in March, when signs of spring are extremely thin on the ground. As Hugh peers over the steering wheel at the dreary, cold landscape, he is soon…

1997-03-20T00:00:00Z

2x02 Up the River Severn

2x02 Up the River Severn

  • 1997-03-20T00:00:00Z25m

Hugh wends his way up the river Severn, a route which is simultaneously being taken by millions of baby eels - or elvers - who have miraculously found their way here from their birthplace…

1997-03-27T00:00:00Z

2x03 Heading Salt Side

2x03 Heading Salt Side

  • 1997-03-27T00:00:00Z25m

Hugh is leaving behind the inland waterways and heading "salt side", chugging his way towards a seashore forage in the Wash, but first he must run the gloomy gauntlet of the depressingly…

Season Finale

1997-04-02T23:00:00Z

2x04 Yorkshire

Season Finale

2x04 Yorkshire

  • 1997-04-02T23:00:00Z25m

Hugh's waterborne zig-zag across Britain brings him to heart of Yorkshire, along canals formerly bustling with the boom of the textile industry. At the peak of the industrial revolution…

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