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 - Growing Your Own
Release Date: 2005-10-19Hugh's journey towards self-sufficiency started out with a modest vegetable patch and a handful of animals, but he soon realised the importance of growing your own fruit, vegetables and meat.
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Episode 2 - Thrift and Graft
Release Date: 2005-10-26From learning to make felt from his sheep's fleeces to trying to revive traditions of tripe eating at the local farmers market, Hugh's determined that no part of his precious livestock should ever go to waste.
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Episode 3 - Going Local
Release Date: 2005-11-02Continuing his retrospective assessment of the vital elements of rural life, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back on his ever-increasing commitment to sourcing his food locally.
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Episode 4 - The Wild Harvest
Release Date: 2005-11-09Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back on the part that wild food has played over his six years of Dorset downshifting.
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Episode 5 - One for the Pot
Release Date: 2005-11-16Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back on his experiences of bagging 'one for the pot' from the rabbits that are eating his lettuces.
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Episode 6 - Feasting and Fun
Release Date: 2005-11-23Hugh revisits some of his finest food gatherings, including a blossom party picnic and an annual cider knees-up.