Rick Stein's Cornwall

  • Premiered: Jan 2021
  • Episodes: 40
  • Followers: 2
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Monday at 18
  • Documentary Food Travel

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Season 1
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Episode 1
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Air date
Jan 04, 2021
In this episode, Rick takes us to 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.
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Episode 2
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Air date
Jan 05, 2021
Rick Stein takes us to meet an extraordinary family who are making some of the best Gouda cheese in Britain. In the fishing village of Mevagissey, he discovers the origins of the sea shanty.
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Episode 3
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Jan 06, 2021
Rick Stein meets young chef Tom Adams, who runs Combeshead Farm, a leading field-to-fork restaurant in Cornwall. Here, Rick tries out a new recipe – pork chops with a sloe berry sauce.
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Episode 4
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Jan 07, 2021
Rick discovers an unusual superstition and a rare type of Norman castle in Launceston, before meeting musicians Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall in the far west of Cornwall.
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Episode 5
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Jan 08, 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 now famous character Dame Edna Everage.
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Episode 6
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Jan 11, 2021
Rick journeys the majestic Camel Estuary to one of Britain’s finest vineyards, before casting his line to hook Britain’s fastest fish and learning about Tim Smitt's ambitious new idea for Cornwall.
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Episode 7
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Jan 12, 2021
Rick explores one of Cornwall’s hidden secrets, the secluded and stunning Fowey Estuary. Later on, he makes a delicious pancake with a wild blackberry compote and Cornish clotted cream.
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Episode 8
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Jan 13, 2021
On the wild north Atlantic coast, Rick heads out to sea to go fishing for lobsters with his old friend and celebrity chef Nathan Outlaw, before helping to cook up a lobster risotto.
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Episode 9
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Jan 14, 2021
At Golitha Falls, where the River Fowey tumbles down to the sea, Rick meets Dawn French, who has made Cornwall her home. Later, he boards the world's busiest chain ferry and cooks up a delicious duck.
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Episode 10
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Jan 15, 2021
Rick heads into the china clay pits to discover what is known locally as white gold, one of Cornwall’s most important industries. Later, he cooks a simple sea bass and visits his niece at Land's End.
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Episode 11
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Jan 18, 2021
Rick explores the postwar British modern art movement in the seaside town of St Ives, before fishing for a mullet at the Lizard Peninsula and learning about Cornwall's unusual emblem at Land's End.
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Episode 12
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Jan 19, 2021
Rick travels across the Roseland Peninsula, starting with a spot thought to have been visited by Jesus before visiting picturesque St Mawes and the attractive harbourside village of Mousehole.
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Episode 13
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Jan 20, 2021
Rick is at Tintagel, Cornwall’s most mythical location and the birthplace of the tale of King Arthur. Later, he explores the role of Methodism in Cornish history and meets a family who grow saffron.
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Episode 14
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Jan 21, 2021
Rick explores the history of West Penwith, the farthest west place in mainland England. Later, he follows an ancient track in search of Cornwall’s oldest building.
1x15 Season finale
Episode 15
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Air date
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.

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