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The sun shines on Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen in Weymouth as they scour the region to discover local dishes and culinary treats from this beautiful seaside town. Fish is top of the menu and there's plenty of fresh seafood for them to sample. After an ice cream on the beach, it's off to the countryside to eat portland lamb, but when it comes to tasting the world's hottest chilli, the dorset naga, Terry is rendered speechless!
Sir Terry Wogan and cabbie Mason McQueen are in the ancient market town of Devizes where they're on the hunt for the finest flavours in town. Their culinary curiosities spur them on to sample local foods including the famous Wiltshire cured bacon. Navigating the famous Calne locks helps them work up enough of an appetite to appreciate a home-made bread and butter pudding and they travel back in time to have a slice of Jane Austen's favourite cheesecake.
Sir Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen have arrived in York, the ancient capital of the north where they sample the famous York ham and the confusingly named savoury duck. Mason tries his hand at making chocolate using ancient Aztec methods before they head to Ampleforth for a drop of the strong stuff with the father abbot. It all ends in a riotous Viking feast, hosted by Eric the Red.
Sir Terry Wogan and cabbie Mason McQueen have pulled into the Worcestershire town of Evesham, situated in the fruit and veg basket of England. Here they meet a plum charmer, play football for Growers United and sample a pork pie wedding cake. They also find time to dine in one of Britain's oldest inns and sample the delights of the asparagus festival.
Sir Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen make their own pilgrimage to Canterbury in Kent in their culinary quest to discover the weird and wonderful foods of Kent. They visit Canterbury Cathedral and find out how it helped feed hundreds during the Second World War. They call in at a train shed which is now home to a flourishing food market, before popping across to Whistable to sample their lesser-known shellfish delicacy of whelks. And after Mason has a go at leather on willow, everything stops for tea at Kent's County Cricket ground.
In Scarborough, Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen enjoy some top-notch food served up at one of the country's oldest seaside resorts. Their quest to find the best local fare takes them to the harbour, a fish-and-chip café with a glamorous history, a train trip and a tea dance at Scarborough Fair where there are over 30 different varieties of cake for them to taste!
Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen's motoring tour to search out the very best food in our country takes them to the ancient city of Chester. Their first pit stop is to a cheese shop to taste the county's famous Cheshire cheese before heading off to a new type of farmers' market to get stuck into tasting local producers' specialities. History is everywhere in this town and they eat baked potatoes in Roman ruins, a Chester tart next to the city walls, pasta in the cathedral and to top it off are served a Civil War feast at one of the town's oldest pubs!
Sir Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen are in Bristol, rubbing shoulders with some Elizabethan pirates and learning all about an ancient system of cultivation which uses fish waste as fertiliser. In between, they visit an Aladdin's cave of exotic spices and cook up some Gujurati street food, help decorate a chocolate SS Great Britain and take a trip back to the 70s.
Sir Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen are in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. They take a stroll around the historic Pantiles, an old Regency arcade which is choc a bloc today with food shops including one for very discerning dogs. They have a cooking lesson from celebrity chef Rosemary Schrager, where Terry is severely chastised for his poor culinary skills. Mason's driving abilities are put to the test on the narrow country lanes and their visit to the garden of England is topped off a visit to a hop farm.
It's a trip to Wales for Sir Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen to track down the foodie delights of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire. They have a busy visit and are impressed by the variety of locally produced food on offer in the market town known as the gateway to Wales. They feast on a Nepalese curry, drink Welsh wine, have a go at making sweets that the miners would have taken down the pit, drop into a Michelin-starred restaurant and at a BBQ at the castle are serenaded by a male voice choir.
