Season 1 Episode 1 North Wales
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson travels across Britain meeting traditional food producers and people continuing ancient customs. In the first edition, he visits North Wales, where he farms mussels by hand, watches sea-salt being extracted from the Menai Strait, discovers how clogs are made and prepares a local dish of bacon, mussels and leeks
Season 1 Episode 2 Gloucestershire
Adrian Edmondson is in Gloucestershire, where he visits the River Severn, prepares a local delicacy of baby eels and learns about the unusual sport of shin-kicking. The writer and comedian also meets breeders of Gloucester Old Spot pigs before rustling up a gammon and apricot pie for a musician
Season 1 Episode 3 Lancashire Coast
Adrian Edmondson is on the Lancashire coast, where he learns how to make cheese and his own stick of Blackpool rock, goes shrimping in Morecambe Bay and prepares an alfresco meal from his caravan. He also finds time for a singalong with members of the George Formby appreciation society
Season 1 Episode 4 Fens
Adrian Edmondson visits the Fens, where he learns about the once-endangered Norfolk Black turkey and tries to catch rabbits with ferrets. He also discovers how to fish for eels and meets a group of step dancers and puppeteers, before cooking game pie in the open
Season 1 Episode 5 Cumbria
Adrian Edmondson is in Cumbria, where he gets to grips with the production of Cumberland sausages and tries to uncover the secret recipe for Grasmere gingerbread. The presenter's exploration of unusual British traditions and dishes also leads him to sample the sport of hound trailing and prepare a meal for local wrestlers
Season 1 Episode 6 Lancashire
Adrian Edmondson travels to Lancashire on his journey across Britain meeting traditional food producers and people continuing ancient customs. He gets covered in blood while making black pudding, visits the 500-year-old Bury Market, prepares a local dish for the Britannia Coconut Dancers in Bacup, and meets the owner of Fitzpatrick's, Britain's last remaining temperance bar
Season 1 Episode 7 Cornwall
Adrian Edmondson visits Cornwall, where he learns how to make a controversial Cornish pasty, dons a bee-keeping suit to collect honey and meets a farmer who builds his own traditional hedges. He also finds time to rustle up a local dish for members of a brass band
Season 1 Episode 8 Derbyshire
Adrian Edmondson experiences farm life with Derbyshire Gritstone sheep, turns his hand to dry-stone walling and visits the town of Bakewell to find out which dessert came first - the tart or the pudding. He also finds time to cook a local lamb dish for the Winster Morris Dancers
Season 1 Episode 9 Scotland
Adrian Edmondson heads to Scotland, where he helps make whisky, before travelling to the Strathmore Highland Games in the grounds of Glamis Castle, Angus. There he meets weight-throwers and caber-tossers, makes bridies and prepares a traditional meal for a group of dancers
Season 1 Episode 10 South Wales
In south Wales, Adrian Edmondson meets cockle-pickers near the Gower Peninsula and makes a traditional love spoon. He also goes mackerel fishing in Swansea and cooks cawl - Welsh stew - for a male voice choir
Season 1 Episode 11 Cheshire
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson visits Cheshire, where he helps to produce a local cheese, tries his hand at worm-charming and meets a world champion gooseberry-grower. He also makes jam and rustles up a Cheshire cheese soup for a tic-tac man at Chester Races
Season 1 Episode 12 Dorset
Adrian Edmondson visits Dorset, where he gets to grips with the traditional skill of thatching, plants and harvests watercress, and bakes an apple cake using a local recipe for a group of stave dancers. He also finds time to go blueberry picking and treat a few Dorset horn sheep to a manicure and haircut
Season 1 Episode 13 Norfolk
Adrian Edmondson is in Norfolk, where he catches crabs, visits the Cromer and Sheringham Crab and Lobster Fair, takes a lesson in local dialect, mills flour in the last commercially working windmill in the county and bakes a seafood treat for a group of shantymen
Season 1 Episode 14 Devon
Adrian Edmondson's journey takes him to Devon, where he buys fresh seafood at the Brixham Fish Market, visits a man who makes gin and prepares a squab pie for folk singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman
Season 1 Episode 15 North Yorkshire
Adrian Edmondson visits North Yorkshire, where he learns how to cure a ham the old-fashioned way and meets a hornblower who carries out one of the world's oldest daily ceremonies. He also rustles up a local sweet treat before preparing Yorkshire brack for the Muker Silver Band
Season 1 Episode 16 Leicestershire
Adrian Edmondson visits Leicestershire, where he meets a man who makes traditional Melton Mowbray pork pies, samples life in a monastery, helps produce some Stilton cheese and cooks up sweet biscuits called Bosworth jumbles for a group of handbell ringers
Season 1 Episode 17 South Yorkshire
Adrian Edmondson meets a champion Yorkshire pudding-maker in South Yorkshire, visits the Todmorden Agricultural Show and talks to a liquorice-grower in Pontefract. He also learns the difference between forced and outdoor-grown rhubarb and uses the ingredient to bake an old-fashioned rhubarb pie for the Grenoside Long Sword Dancers
Season 1 Episode 18 Somerset
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson's journey, in which he meets traditional food producers and people continuing ancient customs across the nation, continues with a visit to the West Country - specifically Somerset - where he takes part in mud fishing and learns how to make a willow coffin. He also finds time to spend a few hours tasting cider brandy before cooking a variation of a Cornish pasty called a `Priddy oggy' for folk duo Mrs Price's Parlour
Season 1 Episode 19 Northumberland
Adrian Edmondson's journey continues with a visit to Northumberland, where he rides the town boundary at Berwick-upon-Tweed on horseback, smokes kippers at Craster and meets a couple passionate about potatoes. He also cooks Pan Haggerty with kippers for folk-singing sisters Becky and Rachel Unthank in the grounds of Langley Castle in Hexham
Season 1 Episode 20 Kent
Adrian Edmondson's quest to find British traditions and foods ends in Kent, where he learns how bitter is made, and how it tastes, before getting to grips with seafood at the Whitstable Oyster Festival. He also rustles up a cherry batter pudding for a group of Morris men. Last in the series
Season 2 Episode 1 North East
New series. Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson embarks on another journey across Britain to meet traditional food producers and people continuing ancient customs. In the first edition, he visits the North East, where he tries his luck fishing for salmon and trout, learns the art of glass-blowing, and samples the regional delicacy of pease pudding and stotties
Season 2 Episode 2 The Peak District
Adrian Edmondson heads to the Peak District, where he steps on to the auctioneer's podium at Leek livestock market and meets Britain's last maker of traditional horticultural sieves. The presenter also learns about the distinctive-looking poultry of the area and treats musician Andy Cutting to a local snack in the countryside
Season 2 Episode 3 Berkshire
Adrian Edmondson travels to Berkshire, where he continues to explore Britain's traditional foods, crafts and customs. Today, he takes part in Hungerford's ancient Hocktide celebrations, mucks around with some pigs and tries his luck at the delicate art of fly-fishing. He then cooks up a much-loved regional pudding for a local silver band
Season 2 Episode 4 East Midlands
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson travels to the East Midlands, continuing his search for unique British food and traditions. He goes on the factory floor to discover the history behind Northampton's shoe-making industry. Plus, he meets a couple who produce a local colourful cheese, and serves up a local soup for some falconers on Bosworth's famous battlefields
Season 2 Episode 5 Suffolk
Adrian Edmondson heads to Suffolk, where he explores the county's unique British foods and traditional crafts. The presenter visits a cider-making business, has a go at the art of silk-weaving, is taught a 200-year-old method for curing ham and produces a famous local stew for some choral singers
Season 2 Episode 6 Cumbria
Adrian Edmondson travels to Cumbria, where he continues to explore Britain's traditional foods, crafts and customs. Today, he learns about Kendal Mint Cake, tries his luck at fishing the traditional Viking way, discovers the history of rum in the region and makes a spicy cake for local cloggers
Season 2 Episode 7 Norfolk
Adrian Edmondson visits Norfolk, where he meets a local egg producer and tries his hand at making a corn doll. The presenter is also reunited with eel catcher Peter Carter, who he met in the previous series, to see him demonstrate his century-old punt gun in action
Season 2 Episode 8 East Scotland
Adrian Edmondson travels to eastern Scotland, where he continues to explore Britain's traditional foods and ancient customs. Today, he meets brothers who are brewing medieval heather ale, visits a family of sporran-makers and samples Highland beef. He then cooks up a nourishing Scottish broth for some local singers
Season 2 Episode 9 Buckinghamshire
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson travels to Buckinghamshire on his search for the region's finest British foods. He meets the last remaining Aylesbury duck breeder and builds his own traditional Windsor chair. He also joins the mayor at High Wycombe's ancient `weighing-in' ceremony and treats a male barbershop choir to an unusually named local dish in the grounds of the Claydon Estate
Season 2 Episode 10 Yorkshire
Adrian Edmondson explores the Yorkshire region, where his birthplace Bradford is located. Here he meets a group of metalworkers who allow him to try his hand at making cutlery, and goes tea-tasting in Harrogate. He also finds the time to create a snack for a choir using an unusual local recipe
Season 2 Episode 11 Welsh Coast
Adrian Edmondson explores the Welsh coast to discover the region's finest food and crafts. He meets a butter-maker who is ensuring her 100-year-old family recipe continues, takes to the river in a traditional coracle, enjoys a slice of Bara brith at Britain's oldest Women's Institute, and goes back in time when he visits a Victorian Punch and Judy show. He also cooks some local sausages
Season 2 Episode 12 Staffordshire
Adrian Edmondson heads to Staffordshire, where he learns about oatcakes, pays a visit to the region's Marmite factory and explores the Potteries, where he is taught the art of producing ceramics by hand. Before he leaves the county, the presenter also meets dancers keeping an unusual ceremony alive and prepares a local dessert
Season 2 Episode 13 Northern Ireland
Adrian Edmondson explores Northern Ireland to discover the country's finest foods and crafts. He visits a famous apple orchard, is taught the traditional art of basket weaving, and uses a local recipe to bake soda bread. A dance group provides entertainment while the host prepares an Irish delicacy
Season 2 Episode 14 Cornwall
Comedian Adrian Edmondson explores Cornwall, learning about the region's sardine industry while enjoying a spot of night-time fishing. He also competes in a boat race and samples ale, before baking biscuits for a local group of harpists
Season 2 Episode 15 East London
Adrian Edmondson takes a trip to London's East End, where he makes an early morning call to the famous Billingsgate fish market and helps cook up a cockney feast of pie, eels and liquor sauce. Plus, the comedian explores an unusual Easter celebration and rustles up a treat for the local Pearly Kings and Queens from the back of his caravan
Season 2 Episode 16 Yorkshire Coast
Adrian Edmondson explores the Yorkshire coast to discover the region's finest food and crafts. He roams the North York Moors for some tasty mutton, goes in search of Whitby jet, and prepares gingerbread for members of the Scarborough Spa Orchestra
Season 2 Episode 17 Devon
Adrian Edmondson heads to Devon, where he learns about the oldest herd of red deer in Britain, is taught the basics of call-change bell ringing and meets some orange elephants roaming in the countryside. He also samples some local entertainment, courtesy of folk musician and singer Jackie Oates
Season 2 Episode 18 West Midlands
Adrian Edmondson explores the West Midlands to discover the region's finest foods and crafts. He discovers how British cuisine has been influenced by food cultures from overseas, visits a pork scratching factory, takes a handmade sports car for a test drive and learns how to make goat's cheese
Season 2 Episode 19 Jersey
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson's journey takes him off the mainland and to the largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey. He meets a turbot farmer with a rather unusual workplace, and gets in a tangle when he is taught the art of spinning wool. Plus, he tries some of the island's delicacies and cooks a meal for a brass band
Season 2 Episode 20 West Scotland
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson explores western Scotland to discover the region's finest traditional foods and crafts. He heads out to sea with a scampi fisherman, tries his hand at playing the bagpipes, and learns about the country's most famous delicacy - haggis - before cooking up a sweet treat for a local fiddle player
Season 2 Episode 21 Wales Inland
Adrian Edmondson explores Wales to discover its finest food and crafts. He uncovers the history of the Welsh Black cattle, learns how to make a traditional Welsh blanket, finds out what links the country with Italy, and cooks a local dish in the heart of the Brecon Beacons
Season 2 Episode 22 Northumberland
Adrian Edmondson heads to Northumberland, where he tours the coastline in search of lobsters and meets a pigeon-racer. He also talks to a strawberry grower and cooks a popular local dish for a group of pipers
Season 2 Episode 23 Sussex
Adrian Edmondson visits Sussex to discover the region's finest foods and crafts. He learns about farming Southdown sheep, makes his own cricket bat and goes foraging in the woods for wild mushrooms, before using a local fish recipe to prepare a dish for a group of musicians
Season 2 Episode 24 Shropshire
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson travels to Shropshire, where he visits a food producer who is helping to keep local fruit from disappearing. Plus, he visits a historic teddy bear factory and finds out about the region's famous fidget pie
Season 2 Episode 25 Gloucestershire
Adrian Edmondson travels to Gloucestershire, where he discovers a traditional method of making mustard and helps to prepare Britain's smelliest cheese. The actor and comedian also meets the country's last remaining master cooper
Season 2 Episode 26 North West
Adrian Edmondson explores the North West of England to discover its finest food and crafts. He fulfils a childhood dream when he visits a sweet factory, goes underground to see a salt mine, and cooks up a seafarer's favourite for some shanty men at Liverpool's Albert Docks
Season 2 Episode 27 Essex
Actor Adrian Edmondson heads to Essex, where he goes on a hunt for shellfish, visits a famous jam-maker and learns the traditional craft of horse-logging. Before he leaves the county, he cooks a treat for local folk band Mawkin
Season 2 Episode 28 Dorset
Adrian Edmondson travels to Dorset, where he continues to explore Britain's traditional foods, crafts and customs. He meets a couple who farm mushrooms, learns the art of scything and visits the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Adrian also cooks a local dish for a children's step-dancing group in the grounds of Kingston Lacy, a 17th-century country house
Season 2 Episode 29 Lincolnshire
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson visits the historic county of Lincolnshire, stopping at a family butchers that has been serving an unusual local delicacy since the 1900s. He also learns about the art of stone masonry at the top of Lincoln Cathedral, meets a farmer who keeps one of Britain's oldest breeds of cattle and cooks a regional snack for local folk singers
Season 2 Episode 30
Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson visits Co Down in Northern Ireland, where he explores the area's traditional foods and crafts. He spends a day harvesting potatoes, learns the secrets of one of the world's oldest fabrics, heads out on a boat in search of seaweed, and cooks a hearty dish for a family of award-winning local folk singers. Last in the series
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