The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook
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| The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook | |
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 Dave and Si tucking in |
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| Format | Cookery/Travel |
| Starring | Dave Myers and Si King |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 29 min. per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC |
| Original airing | 2004 |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook (The Hairy Bikers Ride Again for the third series) is a BBC television cookery and travel program, that has, so far, run for three series and a Christmas special. It is presented by the Hairy Bikers; Dave Myers and Si King, both of whom from northern England, as they travel around the world on their motorbikes tasting the local cuisine, and experimenting with making it themselves. They also talk about the culture and the history of the area that they are visiting, with a sense of humour and passion that has been praised by critics and fans.
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[edit] Episode List
Episodes (except the winter special) bear the on-screen title Si and Dave do [location], with part 1 or part 2 appended where necessary.
[edit] Pilot
[edit] Series 1
- Namibia
- Namibia
- Isle of Man
- Ireland
- Transylvania
- Transylvania
[edit] Series 2
[edit] Series 3
- NOTE - The second Belgium episode was moved to the end of the series because it featured interviews with MEPs and due to the Local Elections which took place shortly after the broadcast, could not be shown (see Purdah).
[edit] Winter Special
Aired in 2007. Titled The Hairy Bikers Come Home, this one-off programme featured the Bikers looking at their own British (more specifically, northern English) cuisine. They visit Dave's hometown of Barrow-in-Furness and visit a local pie shop, before being invited to an Oriental cuisine by some of the town's large Thai community. They stop at various other locations including Bury Market sampling such foods as Black Pudding before tasting the famous cumberland sausage on top of an old Roman fort in Cumbria, before finally heading east to Si's hometwon of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
[edit] Books
A hardback book was released to accompany the first two series. A second one has been released to coincide with the third series' release.
[edit] DVD release
The first two series have been released onto a Region 2 DVD, although the Portugal episodes are not included.
[edit] External links
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