In 1999 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall decided to quit the bustle of London and take on the life of a smallholder at River Cottage, a former gamekeeper's cottage in Dorset. The aim: self-sufficiency; to grow his own vegetables and raise his own animals for food.
Over the years several series have been produced covering his experiences and watching his rural empire grow.
Aliases
- Beyond River Cottage
- Christmas at River Cottage
- Escape to River Cottage
- Return to River Cottage
- River Cottage Autumn
- River Cottage Christmas
- River Cottage Christmas Fayre
- River Cottage Christmas Feast
- River Cottage Every Day
- River Cottage Forever
- River Cottage Heroes
- River Cottage Pig in a Day
- River Cottage Road Trip
- River Cottage Spring
- River Cottage Summer's Here
- River Cottage Veg
- River Cottage Veg Heroes
- River Cottage Winter
- River Cottage Winter's on the Way
- River Cottage: Gone Fishing
- Tales from River Cottage
- The River Cottage Treatment
- The View from River Cottage
- River Cottage to the Core
1999-ben Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall úgy döntött maga mögött hagyja a nagy városi életet és London helyett Dorsetben vesz földet ahol kisgazdaként folytatja életét. Célja az önellátás, hogy saját zöldségeit termelje meg, állatokat tartson. A műsorban mindeközben a saját maga által termelt zöldségekből és húsokból készít ételeket.