A Cook on the Wild Side

A Cook on the Wild Side

A Cook on the Wild Side

Special Interest 1995

Available on Channel 4

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall travels along the canals of the UK, indulging in local cuisines using naturally sourced ingredients. He meets locals who shed light on the history of the ingredients and culture of that area.

Special Interest 1995

Starring Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

EPISODE 1

The Bain Marie

Hugh meets Ben Law, who has traded the rat race for a life of coppicing, charcoal burning and communing with nature. Ben introduces Hugh to the patient art of country brewing.

24 min 13 Mar 1997
EPISODE 2

Up the River Severn

Hugh witnesses the elver migration at the Severn estuary in Gloucestershire.

24 min 20 Mar 1997
EPISODE 3

Heading Salt Side

Hugh navigates the Fenland canal system; nettle soup.

24 min 27 Mar 1997
EPISODE 4

Yorkshire

Hugh's aquatic odyssey takes him northwards where the ladies of the Calder Valley prove harsh (but fair?) judges of his Dock Pudding.

24 min 3 Apr 1997

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Host
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Writer

About

A Cook on the Wild Side

SPECIAL INTEREST

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall travels along the canals of the UK, indulging in local cuisines using naturally sourced ingredients. He meets locals who shed light on the history of the ingredients and culture of that area.

Information

Studio: C4
Genre: Special Interest
Released: 1995

Languages

Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.