The Bikers explore the incredible influence the monarchy has had over the food we eat.
The Bikers explore how our love affair with bread has evolved over centuries
The Bikers explore the history behind the vegetarian society.
The Bikers explore the amazing food available in our British waterways
The Bikers discover how necessity often forced British cooks to pull out all the stops.
The Bikers explore how the British have managed to create fantastic dishes even at times of war, when food is often scarce, and try their hand at rabbit stew and carrot cake.
The Bikers explore Britain's national love of picnics, celebrating classics such as the cornish pasty and the scotch egg, and baking a luxurious dundee cake.
The Bikers continue their journey through time, celebrating British food. Here, they go gourmet with lobster, truffles, chocolate and the best cuts of meat on offer.
The Bikers continue their journey through time, celebrating British food. Here they look at how the flavours of the Mediterranean have influenced British cuisine.
The Bikers cook dishes from their favourite cookbooks and meet food historian Ivan Day.
The bikers take to the undergrowth in search of delicious free food.
The Bikers look at fish, shellfish and the history of Billingsgate Market.
The bikers explore the history behind the boom in pub food and snacks
The bikers explore how some of our tastiest treats have evolved from a need to preserve.
The bikers create some classic puddings and explore the history behind our favourites.
It's worth cooking ingredients to perfection - however long it may take.
The duo explore how our love affair with Beer and Cider has evolved over centuries.
The hairy duo discover the history behind some of the nation's most iconic pies.
The duo explore how Britain's love affair with takeaway food has evolved.
The duo explore how the British love affair with sugar has evolved over centuries.
The duo look at all the food festivals in the calendar that allow the British to indulge.
The bikers create mouth-watering dishes with rabbit, grouse and venison.
The duo explore the origins of Britain's favourite spices and visit a chilli festival.
High tea is a truly British invention, and the bikers can't resist a mid-afternoon snack.
The duo look at how our morning meal continues to change and evolve through time.
Britain's skill at growing veg has inspired some amazing dishes.
The Bikers explore how the foodie customs associated with wedding ceremonies have evolved.
The Bikers explore how certain British ingredients combine to make classic pairings.
The Bikers explore how our love affair with cheese has evolved over centuries.
The Bikers explore how certain ingredients and recipes can make you feel good.
They show us that there is so much more to British fowl than roast chicken. They cook up a storm with a duck tikka and one pot partridge recipe before tasting a slice of history from a traditional Yorkshire Christmas pie packed with delicious birds, as well as revealing the history behind the famed Norfolk black turkey.
They brave the high seas to celebrate our island nation's incredible fishing industry. From sardines on toast to a spicy fish curry, they show us how versatile British fish dishes can be. They also revisit the history of traditional Welsh coracle fishing before travelling to the Isle of Wight to see how other species can replace our over-fished favourites.
They explore the history behind our greatest staple food: the humble potato. From a warming Lancashire potato and butter pie to a delicious chicken casserole with potato cobbler, recipes showing the unassuming spud at its best. We see how British potato vodka is winning global awards and remember a dark time in Welsh history when the chippies almost ran out of chips!
They celebrate the great British marketplace and the delicious food we get from it. In the Best of British kitchen the Bikers make the most of the market fudge stall with a rich walnut and fudge cake and prepare two seasonal soups. They also travel to Britain's foodie heartland in Ludlow to peruse the market stalls at the food festival and discuss the impact the supermarket has had on the food we eat.
They they explore the impact our colonial past has had on our food. From the chai in their bread and butter pudding to the India Pale Ale in their sausage casserole, many recipes owe much to the Empire. They also explore the history behind gin and tonic as well as Lee and Perrins, both of which arose from our imperial history.
The Bikers remind us that we are not really an island nation, but rather a nation of islands - over 5,000 make up the British Isles and many of these have fascinating culinary histories. The Bikers make a delicious tempura dish from the Queenie Scallops caught off the Isle of Man and a rich cranachan with Islay whisky, before travelling to the Isle of Wight to enjoy a Michelin starred chef's taste of the island and revealing the little known Jersey delicacy - the ormer.
This time they celebrate Britain's taste for the exotic, one of the driving forces of our culinary history. They prepare a classic chilli ginger bread and show how to make the perfect sushi, travel to Tatton Park in Cheshire to see how the pineapple was once the most expensive and exotic dish available to polite society, and reveal the history behind a piece of exoticism closer to home: the Onion Johnnie Man.
The Bikers explore our world-class beef. Known as 'le rosbif' to our continental neighbours, the Bikers celebrate this nickname with a beef and suet pudding and oxtail soup. They visit a farmer focussing on the future of British beef with his elite wagyu cattle, discover the history of the much maligned beef dish, tripe, as well as learning how to roast an ox whole.
This time they revisit the 1970s, a decade which is all too often unfairly stigmatised for its food. They show how a well prepared chicken cordon bleu and banoffee pie can be a contemporary gastronomic delight, before heading to a restaurant whose menu is a real slice of the 1970s as well as celebrating a decade which gave us both the self-sufficiency movement and instant food!
This time they look across the Channel to see how our French cousins have influenced the way we cook and eat over the centuries. The Bikers prepare a delicious roast chicken with forty cloves of garlic and a delicate mille feuille, they also show us that Britain is now leading the way in many traditional 'French' areas for gastronomy, from award winning English wines to outstanding Scottish garlic.
This time they celebrate the British love-affair with pigs and pork, perhaps the animal which has given more to British food culture than any other. They prepare a traditional gala pie and a sumptuous rolled pork loin with apricots and ginger. They also explain the important role the family pig has played in our history and travel to Butts Farm in Gloucestershire to see how one couple are keeping our heritage pig breeds alive in modern Britain.
Today they make the most of Britain's outstanding shellfish, cooking up a hearty beef and oyster pie and an exquisite crab and scallop mornay. They help throw a crayfish party on the banks of the Thames and also explore the history of a British classic now almost forgotten: the winkle.
Today they reveal the British obsession with apples, as well as the slightly smaller passion for pears. They combine two of Britain's greatest ingredients in a beef and apple tagine, before creating a sumptuous pear frangipane tart. They also visit a heritage orchard sampling some of the 2,000 apple varieties in the UK and explore the history of Wassailing.
This time they explore the 'special relationship' between America and Britain's culinary cultures. They make a rich clam chowder and even richer chocolate brownies before visiting the Savoy to discuss the history of the cocktail. Plus they show how the farmer's market is one of the UK's favourite American imports.
This time they dive into the British woodlands, revealing the hidden foodie gems that can be found within them. They prepare a wild boar ragu from the beasts which once roamed free and a creamy bramble fool plucked from the hedgerow. They also explore the long history of poaching in the UK and show how, with a bit of know-how, the woodland can become a medicine cabinet as well as a larder.
This time they focus on British sheep, which have provided us with milk, meat and wool for thousands of years. In the Best of British kitchen they rustle up a classic hogget and barley stew and tender lamb chops with kidneys, they help cook and eat a mouth-watering dish brought from North Africa, mechoui lamb, and reveal the history of the hardy seaweed-eating sheep found on the island of North Ronaldsay.
Today the Bikers enjoy the flavours of home as they explore Britain's love of comfort food. As well as a classic rice pudding, the Bikers prepare their own tastes of home, with Dave's stuffed cabbage leaves and Si's flat rib broth. They also reveal the history of the school dinner and see what comfort food means to all Britons, from the Notting Hill Carnival to Shabbat dinner.
This time they return to the 1960s, a decade of music, fashion and food trends which are still with us today. They prepare steak diane and profiteroles, meet a restaurateur who made eating out cool and revisit a time when the motorway café was the height of sophisticated dining.
This time they explore the delicious relationship between food and faith and celebrate the vast range of faith-based dishes available in Britain today. They rustle up a delicious Simnel cake and a mouth-watering beef brisket, as well as revealing the history of the hot cross bun and dropping in on an Ethiopian Christmas Feast.
This time they pay tribute to Britain's dairy industry in all of its forms. Whether milk, cheese, cream or yoghurt, it is an industry to be proud of and the Bikers will prepare a classic cheese and onion turn-over and a delicious Trinity Cream, before making some historic British milk puddings and revisit the history of school milk and British cheddar.
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. There was a time when the British pub was pretty much a male-only establishment and food, at best, was a bowl of nuts and some pork scratchings. Today most British pubs depend on the income from food and some dishes have become pub classics. The bikers explore the history behind the boom in pub food and snacks and recreate mouthwatering dishes that would make any publican proud. They also try their hand at making cider - the traditional way. Stunning food and fascinating stories told by the nations favourite culinary duo.
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The British have a knack for gardening, and through good times and bad the country's skill for growing veg has inspired amazing dishes. The bikers also explore the history behind the Vegetarian Society and how the movement is now part of the mainstream.
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. They explore the fantastic food available in British waters. Whether freshwater or from the coast, Britain has an amazing natural larder. The hairy duo try their hand at fly-fishing for trout.
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. Throughout history, the British diet has evolved as recipes and ingredients from other countries were adopted, adapted and traded. Nowadays British food is a celebration of many cultures. Dave Myers and Si King look at how this has come about and create their favourite dishes.
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. Brits certainly love a bit of stodge. The hairy duo create some classic puddings and pies as they explore the history and traditions behind Britain's favourites.
The motorcycle duo take a culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. For centuries the British have hunted and foraged food from the land and coast. The bikers create mouthwatering dishes with the best free produce found in Britain. Stunning food and fascinating stories told by the popular culinary pair.
The Hairy Bikers take a culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The British certainly love any excuse to put on a spread. Thankfully, there are plenty of food festivals and family occasions in the calendar that allow the public to indulge. Stunning food and fascinating stories told by the popular culinary duo.
The Hairy Bikers take a culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. They explore how people learned preserving techniques and created stunning foods such as cheese. With their unique banter and camaraderie, the Hairy duo make their own version of a traditional curd tart and taste some of the UK's finest cheeses.
The Hairy Bikers take a culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The foodie pair love any excuse for a good feed, so today they sing the virtues of two mealtimes that are often overlooked. For some breakfast can be the best meal of the day and the Hairies create a wholesome feast. High tea is a truly British invention, and the bikers can't resist a mid-afternoon snack.
The Hairy Bikers take a culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The pair indulge their foodie passion by creating truly mouth-watering dishes that are extravagant and use the finest ingredients. The British certainly know how to put on a show and nowhere is this more evident than in food. With lobster, chocolate and the best cuts of meat on offer, the bikers are going gourmet.
