Rick Stein's Cornwall
Rick Stein's Cornwall is a TV show on BBC2. Rick Stein shares his love and passion for the people and places of his beloved Cornwall. The program has been available since 2026. A total of 40 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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30:00Rick Stein's Cornwall
Rick travels across the Roseland Peninsula - starting at a spot thought to have been visited by Jesus - before visiting picturesque St Mawes and the attractive village of Mousehole.
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30:00Rick explores the post-war British modern art movement in St Ives, fishes for a mullet on the Lizard Peninsula, and learns about Cornwall's unusual emblem at Land's End.
30:00Rick heads into china clay pits to discover what is known locally as white gold - one of Cornwall's most important industries - cooks a simple sea bass, and visits his niece at Land's End.
30:00At Golitha Falls - where the River Fowey tumbles down to the sea - Rick meets Dawn French, who has made Cornwall her home. Later, he boards the world's busiest chain ferry.
30:00Rick heads out to sea on the wild north Atlantic coast to go fishing for lobsters with his old friend and celebrity chef Nathan Outlaw, then helps to cook a lobster risotto.
30:00Rick explores one of Cornwall's hidden secrets - the secluded and stunning Fowey Estuary - and makes a delicious pancake with a wild blackberry compote and Cornish clotted cream.
30:00Rick journeys on the majestic Camel Estuary to one of Britain's finest vineyards before casting his line to hook Britain's fastest fish and learning about an ambitious new idea for Cornwall.
30:00Rick meets good friend, actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who fell in love with Cornwall in the 1960s when he escaped London to develop his now-famous character Dame Edna Everage.
30:00Rick discovers an unusual superstition and a rare type of Norman castle in Launceston, before meeting musicians Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall in the far west of Cornwall.
30:00Rick meets young chef Tom Adams, who runs Combeshead Farm, a leading field-to-fork restaurant in Cornwall. Rick then tries out a new recipe - pork chops with a sloe berry sauce.
30:00Rick takes us to meet an extraordinary family who are making some of the best Gouda cheese in Britain and discovers the origins of the sea shanty in the fishing village of Mevagissey.
30:00Rick takes us to the place where his passion for Cornwall began - his family home at Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast, where he would go fishing with his father as a child.
Series 3
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30:00Rick spends a surreal afternoon watching a German film crew at work on a Cornish romance and discovers a brain-boosting mushroom, which he promptly puts in a stir-fry.
30:00Rick catches up with best-selling author Patrick Gale on the trail of Second World War poet Charles Causley before heading home to whip up his favourite sea bass dish.
30:00Rick finds out about the back-breaking work done by women in Cornwall's mines, gets a little merry on botanical spirits, and adds a cheeky nip to a yummy clementine trifle.
35:00Rick enjoys one of the world's most scenic ferry crossings, rustles up a vegetarian tart, and investigates the Cornish influence on Oscar-winning composer Malcolm Arnold.
30:00Rick visits a deer farm near Bodmin Moor, makes a stunning but simple venison wellington, and defines the Cornish sense of humour over a pint with comedian Jonny Cowling.
30:00Rick goes fishing under sail for his favourite oysters, makes a delicious fish soup, and discovers the all-but-forgotten story of Cornwall's ancient capital of Lostwithiel.
30:00Rick soaks up the ambience at one of the UK's last live cattle markets, is in the mood for steak and kidney pudding, and sets sail out of Falmouth in a hand-built boat.
35:00Rick discovers Europe's largest tea plantation on the banks of the River Fal, bakes a simple yet sumptuous fruited tea loaf, and finds out how Cornwall inspired Charles Dickens.