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A Taste of Britain
September 4, 2018 of the TV-show A Taste of Britain was broadcast by BBC2 on Tuesday 4 September 2018 at 15:45.
30:00A Taste of Britain lands in Somerset for this programme. Setting off from Ham Hill Janet and Brian come face-to-face with bison and wild boar at Wooden Top Farm. Brian grills wild boar fillet with roasted beetroot and cumin at Somerset's highest point.
30:00Oxfordshire is providing today's Taste of Britain and Brian and Janet start the programme in the UK's oldest botanic garden in Oxford.
30:00Windsor Castle is the backdrop for Brian Turner and Janet Street-Porter's introduction to this programme, which features culinary and historical treats from the area along the Thames. A quick hike along the Thames Path and Janet and Brian find Two Hoots cheesemakers, a family-run business famous for their Barkham Blue goat...
45:00Brian Turner and Janet Street-Porter find themselves on the Jurassic Coast of West Dorset. Brian cooks up a fabulous lobster with garlic butter on the quayside with a few whelks just for Janet. It's just the food for a fossil hunt on the World Heritage Site beach with top geologist Paddy Howe.
29:00Taste of Britain lands in North Yorkshire where Brian Turner and Janet Street-Porter start their journey on the magnificent Roman walls of York. While Janet follows in the footsteps of emperors and centurions, Brian heads off to see what local delicacies he can find at York's top food shop. Chickens fed on herbs are key to...
44:00A Taste of Britain brings Janet and Brian to Dorset and their first stop is Dorset Charcuterie where we see some parma-style ham being prepared and Brian makes a radish pickle to accompany cold meats.
44:00The show starts on the Cudmore Grove coastal path before Janet and Brian head to Mersea to meet a oyster farmer whose family have been farming the same native and rock oyster beds for decades.
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Thaxted near Saffron Walden welcomes Janet Street-Porter and Brian Turner for this episode of Taste of Britain that finds itself in North Essex. Guinea fowl are the order of the day for our first food producer visit and Brian uses it to cook a delicious supper dish with herbs. 45:00 Expired
Brian and Janet bring a taste of Britain to Gloucestershire in this episode. After setting off from Crickley Hill, the intrepid pair meet up with a local barefoot forager to explore the culinary secrets of some of the UK's oldest woodland. After some serious tree hugging, another opportunity to walk through the Cotswolds c... 44:00 Expired
In this episode of A Taste of Britain, we're on Brian Turner's home turf - West Yorkshire. Starting on the moors, it isn't long before Brian and Janet Street-Porter find themselves faced with a yorkshire pudding in one of Yorkshire's best-loved pubs. Then it's off to the rhubarb triangle to learn about Yorkshire's most fam... 44:00 Expired
Janet Street-Porter and Brian Turner start their tour of Cambridgeshire at the top of the Pitt Building in the heart of the university town of Cambridge. Brian finds out about the symbiotic farming methods native to the fens that see cattle and birdlife coexist and thrive, before creating a delicious glazed brisket with br... 44:00 Expired
In this episode of A Taste of Britain Janet Street-Porter and Brian Turner are in East Sussex.Episodes 2015 30:00
30:00West Sussex welcomes Brian and Janet for today's Taste of Britain. Things get off to a bubbly start at Nyetimber vineyard, producer of one of the UK's finest sparkling wines. Brian cooks up a dish of mussels using some of this lovely product before Janet sets off to visit Bignor Roman Villa on the South Downs.
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Warwickshire is the star of this episode of Taste of Britain and Janet and Brian start their tour of the county surveying the view from the Chesterton Windmill. Brian heads off to taste the local beer at the Purity brewery before making some beer-battered chicken goujons - perfect finger food. 29:00 Expired
Cheshire is the county getting the Taste of Britain treatment in this episode. Brian and Janet start their tour of the county overlooking the countryside from Alderley Edge before doing a spot of trout fishing nearby. 29:00 Expired
A Taste of Britain starts in Wells-next-the-Sea as Janet and Brian explore the beautiful county of Norfolk. First stop is at a farm that specialises in micro-herbs - everything from tiny coriander to micro-cucumbers - which all find their way to the best kitchens in the country. Inspired by the producer, Brian creates a di... 29:00 Expired
This episode sees Taste of Britain in one of Janet's favourite places in the country - Kent. Starting on the Oare Marshes, Janet takes Brian on a tour of the ancient town of Faversham before visiting one of the UK's only snail farms. Inspired by the gastropods, Brian cooks a snail frittata before Janet takes Brian to the G... 30:00 Expired
Monmouthshire in Wales is the setting for today's Taste of Britain. Janet and Brian start their trip at Kymin Hill overlooking the county town of Monmouth. First gastronomic stop is at Trealy Farm, home to award-winning charcuterie producer James Swift. Janet and Brian make lamb sausages which Brian cooks with a quick pick... 30:00 Expired
Taste of Britain is back in East Anglia today in the county of Suffolk. Brian and Janet start their journey in Orford before heading off to Highfield Farm for a spot of gooseberry picking and Brian's first recipe - a gooseberry and ginger biscuit fool.