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Season 1 – Escape to River Cottage

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall escapes the London rat race to live in the Dorset countryside.
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Escape to River Cottage — Season 1

Escape to River Cottage — Season 1

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Anthony Hitchens

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Barbara Gunning

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Sue Smith

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Serena Hitchens

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Dennis Cheeseman

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Frank Biddlecombe

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 18, 1999 Hugh arrives at the gamekeeper's cottage. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 25, 1999 Hugh's been at River Cottage for a month, and the Dorset downsizer's crop of vegetables is doing well, so it's on to pike fishing and fruit picking. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 1, 1999 Hugh enters his produce into the local Beaminster Summer Show and accepts a jam-making challenge by the Beaminster WI before tracking spider crabs. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 8, 1999 Hugh takes evasive action with the mice in his house; Hugh is reunited with a childhood hero to search for prawns aboard his fishing boat. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 15, 1999 Hugh wants the river to make a contribution to his larder so he sets eel traps; learning to make Dorset cider; Hugh joins a local pheasant shoot. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 22, 1999 After seven months of life in Dorset, Hugh prepares a feast to thank all of his friends who have made life on his smallholding possible. Details
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Escape to River Cottage — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Zam Baring, Andrew Palmer, Billy Paulett
Executive Producer
Nick Powell
Screenwriter
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Network
Channel 4
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Special Interest, Nature
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Mar 18, 1999