Hairy Bikers' Best of British
Hairy Bikers' Best of British is a documentary on BBC2. The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 49 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2024.
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Hairy Bikers' Best of British
The Bikers explore British beef by visiting a farmer looking to the future with his Wagyu cattle, discovering the history of tripe, and learning how to roast an ox.
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1:00:00The Bikers explore Britain's love of comfort food - as well as a classic rice pudding, Dave prepares stuffed cabbage leaves and Si makes a flat rib broth.
1:00:00The Bikers celebrate the humble spud - from a Lancashire potato and butter pie to a chicken casserole with potato cobbler - and look at British potato vodka.
1:00:00Those Great Brits the Hairy Bikers celebrate Blighty's best food - here they get a taste for the exotic and prepare a classic chilli gingerbread.
1:00:00Dave and Si explore British woodlands to reveal the hidden gems that can be found within them - they also make a wild boar ragu and a creamy bramble fool.
1:00:00The Bikers celebrate the British love affair with pork as they prepare a traditional gala pie and a sumptuous rolled pork loin with apricots and ginger.
1:00:00The Bikers celebrate our marketplaces, baking a walnut and fudge cake and travelling to Ludlow to peruse the market and discuss the impact of supermarkets.
1:00:00More treats from Blighty with those biker boys - here dishes include a tempura dish from the Isle of Man and a cranachan with Islay whisky.
1:00:00The Bikers reveal the British obsession with apples, its passion for pears - with dishes including a beef and apple tagine - and the history of Wassailing.
1:00:00The Bikers cook up a beef and oyster pie and a crab and scallop mornay. After throwing a crayfish party, they tell the story of an old classic: the winkle.
1:00:00The Bikers celebrate Britain's fishing industry, revisit Welsh coracle fishing and go to the Isle of Wight to see how other species can replace our over-fished favourites.
Series 1
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British cuisine. They explore how Britain's love affair with takeaway food has evolved and cook some of their favourites.
The bikers celebrate British food. The hairy duo find out who ate all the pies on the football pitch and discover the history behind some of the nation's most iconic pies.
The bikers continue their culinary journey of British food. The duo explore how our love affair with beer and cider has evolved over centuries.
The bikers celebrate British food. If you want something delicious, it's worth using the best ingredients and cooking them to perfection - however long it may take.
The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. Here, they create some classic puds and explore the history behind our favourites.
Dave and Si continue their journey through time, celebrating British food. Here they look at how the flavours of the Mediterranean have influenced British cuisine.
Dave and Si explore Britain's national love of picnics, celebrating classics such as the cornish pasty and the scotch egg, and baking a luxurious dundee cake.
1:00:00Si and Dave discover how necessity often forced British cooks to pull out all the stops in an effort to create tasty dishes, such as scotch broth, mince and dumplings.
Si and Dave explore the amazing food available in British waterways. The hairy duo try their hand at fly-fishing for trout and make a stuffed wild duck.