River Cottage (1999)
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.
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Episode 1 - Getting Started
Release Date: 2006-05-25Hugh looks back on his early days at river cottage offering advice to other as to how to start their own adventures into small holding.
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Episode 2 - A Garden of Delights
Release Date: 2006-06-01From putting in his first organic veg beds, running the gauntlet of pests, to harvesting bumper crops from his polytunnel. He also offer tips on how to triumph at the local Horticultural show.
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Episode 3 - Joy of Pigs
Release Date: 2006-06-08Hugh reminisces about his adventures with his pigs - from buying his first pig to training his breeding sow to hunt for truffles.
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Episode 4 - Friends and Neighbours
Release Date: 2006-06-15Good friends and helpful neighbours are an essential part of the rural idyll. Hugh recalls his initiation into the rural Dorset community.
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Episode 5 - Business and Barter
Release Date: 2006-06-22Hugh 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.
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Episode 6 - Chicken and Eggs
Release Date: 2006-06-29The difference between a vegetable garden and a smallholding is livestock, and every smallholder needs chickens. Hugh recalls his poultry learning curve.
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Episode 7 - Local Crafts and Customs
Release Date: 2006-07-06Hugh tells us about some of the local customs he learned.
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Episode 8 - The River and the Sea
Release Date: 2006-07-13Hugh explains how the river and sea offer the free food - from crabs and cuttlefish to eels and pike.
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Episode 9 - The Wild Larder
Release Date: 2006-07-20Hugh explains why wild food should be a part of the smallholder's diet.
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Episode 10 - Land and Livestock
Release Date: 2006-07-27Hugh decides to continue as a small farmer - but how far should he go?