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Season 1 – Rick Stein's Cornwall

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Rick Stein champions the food, culture and history of Cornwall.
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Rick Stein's Cornwall — Season 1

Rick Stein's Cornwall — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Jan 4, 2021 Rick explores the place where his passion for Cornwall began - his family home at Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast, where as a child he would go fishing with his father. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 5, 2021 Deep in the Cornish countryside, Rick Stein meets an extraordinary family who make some of the best Gouda cheese in Britain, from which he cooks a tortilla dish with caramelized apples, onions and Cornish Gouda. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 6, 2021 Rick Stein meets a young chef, Tom Adams, who runs a leading field-to-fork restaurant in Cornwall, where they grow all of their own food and have a small herd of Mangalitsa pigs. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 7, 2021 The town of Launceston in east Cornwall is bypassed by many who visit the county, yet Rick discovers that it's home to an unusual superstition and a rare type of Norman castle. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 8, 2021 Rick Stein meets his good friend, the actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who fell in love with Cornwall in the 1960s when he escaped London to develop his famous character, Dame Edna Everage, with near-disastrous consequences. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 11, 2021 Rick journeys inland from the majestic Camel Estuary to one of Britain's finest vineyards, where he joins in harvesting the grapes to discover that the Cornish weather is perfect for making some of the best wine in the country. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 12, 2021 Rick explores one of Cornwall's hidden secrets, the secluded and stunning Fowey Estuary. On a boat trip with a friend, he learns about the history of the area and gets a unique view of the beautiful buildings along the river bank. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 13, 2021 Rick heads out to sea to go fishing for lobsters with his old friend, celebrity chef Nathan Outlaw, and learns about a new conservation program that is making lobster fishing a sustainable enterprise. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 14, 2021 At Golitha Falls, Rick meets Dawn French, Britain's queen of comedy, who has made Cornwall her home; in the shadow of Devonport Dockyard, he boards the world's busiest chain ferry to cross the wide River Tamar. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 15, 2021 Rick heads into the bowels of Cornwall, deep into the china clay pits to discover what is known locally as white gold, one of this county's most important industries. He then climbs the Cornish Alps, huge slag heaps created by the clay mining. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 18, 2021 Rick explores the postwar British modern art movement in the seaside town of St. Ives before fishing for mullet at the Lizard Peninsula and learning about Cornwall's unusual emblem at Land's End. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 19, 2021 On the beautiful Roseland Peninsula, Rick begins his journey at a spot thought to have been visited by Jesus, which inspired the hymn Jerusalem; in the picturesque town of St Mawes, he embarks on a tour of the bay with Alex and Olga Polizzi. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 20, 2021 Rick is at Tintagel, Cornwall's most mythical location, where he discovers that it was an important port with Europe and the birthplace of the legend of King Arthur. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 21, 2021 Rick explores West Penwith's rich and diverse history, from Lamorna Cove to the UNESCO-protected tin and copper mining area of Botallack. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 22, 2021 As Rick's Cornish odyssey comes to an end, he takes a city break in Truro, where he discovers an unusual ghost story and tours the magnificent cathedral. Details

Season Info

Director
Matt Bennett
Executive Producer
Tom Hutchings
Network
BBC
Genre
Documentary, Travel, Special Interest
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 4, 2021