River Cottage

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  • Channel 4
  • Documentary Food

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5x1
Tales from River Cottage: Getting Started
Episode overview
Hugh looks back on his early days at river cottage offering advice to other as to how to start their own adventures into small holding.
5x2
Tales from River Cottage: A Garden of Delights
Episode overview
Hugh looks at how he has made the best use of the land that he has.
5x3
Tales from River Cottage: Joy of Pigs
Episode overview
The story of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's three years as a smallholder in Dorset. He reminisces about his adventures with his pigs - from buying his first pig to training his breeding sow to hunt for truffles.
5x4
Tales from River Cottage: Friends and Neighbours
Episode overview
Good friends and helpful neighbours are an essential part of the rural idyll. Hugh recalls his initiation into the rural Dorset community.
5x5
Tales from River Cottage: Business and Barter
Episode overview
Hugh believes that to achieve a thoroughly good living, you need to be ready to barter and heckle. He charts the rise of his own little enterprise, from the local farmers market to the tough streets of London.
5x6
Tales from River Cottage: Chickens and Eggs
Episode overview
The difference between a vegetable garden and a smallholding is livestock, and every smallholder needs chickens. Hugh recalls his poultry learning curve.
5x7
Tales from River Cottage: Local Crafts and Customs
Episode overview
Hugh tells us about some of the local customs he learnt.
5x8
Tales from River Cottage: The River and the Sea
Episode overview
Hugh explains how the river and sea offer the free food - from crabs and cuttlefish to eels and pike.
5x9
Tales from River Cottage: The Wilder Larder
Episode overview
Hugh explains why wild food should be a part of the smallholder's diet.
5x10
Tales from River Cottage: Land and Livestock
Episode overview
Hugh decides to continue as a small farmer - but how far should he go?

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