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A Cook on the Wild Side

All Episodes 1995 - 1997

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  • 1995-08-08T23:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 4h 10m (10 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.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

1995-08-08T23:00:00Z

1x01 Wales

Series Premiere

1x01 Wales

  • 1995-08-08T23:00:00Z25m

Out on the road, Hugh attempts to fish for his evening meal, a white witch stirs him up a rejuvenating brew and a former poacher shows him how to trap a rabbit for a stew flavoured with the day's gatherings - honey.

1995-08-15T23:00:00Z

1x02 Suffolk

1x02 Suffolk

  • 1995-08-15T23:00:00Z25m

Hugh goes in search for some Norfolk poachers to help him hunt game for a pie and with help seeks out wild plants as flavourings. At the end of the day, Hugh has all the ingredients but worries about the ethics of a poacher and a gamekeeper sitting at his table.

1995-08-22T23:00:00Z

1x03 Cornwall

1x03 Cornwall

  • 1995-08-22T23:00:00Z25m

In search of a diet with low cholesterol and less cost Hugh encounters two vegans who try to convert him to their philosophy of eating and continues his search for the prize fish for his soup.

1995-08-29T23:00:00Z

1x04 New Forest

1x04 New Forest

  • 1995-08-29T23:00:00Z25m

In this episode Hugh abseils down a cliff in search of samphire, and is cooked a weird meal by a group of travellers. He brings dessert - gooseberry icecream, made from berries collected earlier that day.

1995-09-05T23:00:00Z

1x05 Scotland

1x05 Scotland

  • 1995-09-05T23:00:00Z25m

Hugh scours the Western Isles in search of a free meal and goes scuba diving for scallops, before learning how to make heather ale.

1995-09-12T23:00:00Z

1x06 London

1x06 London

  • 1995-09-12T23:00:00Z25m

Hugh heads to London to see what its wild larder offers. Having turned down Trafalgar Square pigeon he heads to suburbia in search of garden snails, which contribute to the evening's feast - snails in garlic butter, grilled mullet and summer berry pudding.

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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