River Cottage
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer, and campaigner on food and environmental issues, leaves London to pursue…
Documentary • Series • 1999 • 16 seasons
Starring: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Created by: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
S1 E1 - Episode 1
Hugh arrives at River Cottage, a former Gamekeeper's cottage in west Dorset. He sets about removing the plants from the garden and starts planting his vegetables.
Mar 18, 1999
S1 E2 - Episode 2
Hugh's been at the cottage a month, his vegetables have been planted and they are growing nicely. Pike is on the menu today, but he'll have to catch one first. There's also a trip to the local fruit farm for a day's fruit picking with the transient eastern European workforce.
Mar 25, 1999
S1 E3 - Episode 3
The vegetables are doing so well, Hugh decided to enter them at the Beaminster Show. He also enters the Home Craft section with his own jam and a sponge cake. Then it's off on a fishing trip for spider crabs.
Apr 1, 1999
S1 E4 - Episode 4
Hugh has discovered that he is not alone at River Cottage, there are mice at the cottage and he wants rid of them - by humane means. There's an early start to try and bag a roebuck and a nostalgic reunion with a childhood hero as he goes in search of prawns.
Apr 8, 1999
S1 E5 - Episode 5
Hugh decides that the river that give the cottage its name should contribute to his larder. So he has an eel trap made and puts it to use in the river. He also spends the day as a pheasant beater being paid with pheasant not money for his day's work. Then it's a lesson in cider making with the Chiddick Cider Circle. He tests the theory that the cider's purity will never result in a hangover.
Apr 15, 1999
S1 E6 - Episode 6
The day has arrived for Hugh's pigs to go to slaughter. He intends to use "everything but the oink", so enlists the help of Ray and Victor. Then it's party-time to say thank you to everyone who has helped him over the summer with one of his pigs helping to provide food for the guests.
Apr 22, 1999
S1 E7 - Christmas at River Cottage
Christmas Special at River Cottage
Apr 29, 1999
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About This Show
River Cottage
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer, and campaigner on food and environmental issues, leaves London to pursue an ambition of self-sufficiency, growing his own vegetables and raising his own animals in Dorset.
Documentary • TV Series • 1999
Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- First aired
- Mar 18, 1999
- Last aired
- Sep 19, 2012
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 95
- Network
- Channel 4
- Language
- English
- Score
- 10.0 out of 10 from 2 votes