Food and Drink is a British television series on BBC Two. First broadcast between 1982 and 2002, it was the first national television programme in the UK to cover the subject of food and drink without cookery and recipe demonstrations.
The first series was presented by Simon Bates and Gillian Miles, and introduced Jilly Goolden in her first regular television appearances as the programme's wine expert.
Russell Harty presented filmed location reports from exceptional restaurants around Britain. This series featured the innovative idea of a small contributing audience of 20 people who were called "tasters and testers". The first series broadcast in the summer months but drew an average audience of 1.5 million a week, a high rating for BBC Two in the summer in the 1980s.
A spin-off panel game, Food and Drink Summer Quiz, aired during the main show's summer break in 1987.
Revival
Food and Drink returned to BBC Two on 4 February 2013 stylized as Food & Drink, but shown on TV as food & drink, co-hosted by Michel Roux Jr and Kate Goodman.[1] A Christmas special aired on 18 December 2013, followed by a second series in early 2014.
A third series was broadcast in 2015. Michel Roux Jr was replaced by Tom Kerridge as main presenter whilst Kate Goodman was replaced by Joe Wadsack.
food, drink, british, television, series, first, broadcast, between, 1982, 2002, first, national, television, programme, cover, subject, food, drink, without, cookery, recipe, demonstrations, country, originunited, kingdomoriginal, languageenglishno, series23,. Food and Drink is a British television series on BBC Two First broadcast between 1982 and 2002 it was the first national television programme in the UK to cover the subject of food and drink without cookery and recipe demonstrations Food and DrinkCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series23 original 3 revival No of episodes371 original 27 revival ProductionRunning time30 minutesProduction companyBazal Productions now Remarkable Television DistributorEndemol UKReleaseOriginal networkBBC TwoPicture format4 3 original 16 9 revival Original release6 July 1982 1982 07 06 13 April 2015 2015 04 13 Contents 1 History 1 1 Revival 2 Transmissions 2 1 Original 2 1 1 Series 2 1 2 Specials 2 2 Revival 2 2 1 Series 2 2 2 Specials 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe first series was presented by Simon Bates and Gillian Miles and introduced Jilly Goolden in her first regular television appearances as the programme s wine expert Russell Harty presented filmed location reports from exceptional restaurants around Britain This series featured the innovative idea of a small contributing audience of 20 people who were called tasters and testers The first series broadcast in the summer months but drew an average audience of 1 5 million a week a high rating for BBC Two in the summer in the 1980s Later series were presented by Chris Kelly and chef Michael Barry with wine experts Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke A spin off panel game Food and Drink Summer Quiz aired during the main show s summer break in 1987 Revival Edit Food and Drink returned to BBC Two on 4 February 2013 stylized as Food amp Drink but shown on TV as food amp drink co hosted by Michel Roux Jr and Kate Goodman 1 A Christmas special aired on 18 December 2013 followed by a second series in early 2014 A third series was broadcast in 2015 Michel Roux Jr was replaced by Tom Kerridge as main presenter whilst Kate Goodman was replaced by Joe Wadsack Transmissions EditOriginal Edit Series Edit Series Start date End date Episodes1 6 July 1982 10 August 1982 62 28 April 1983 30 June 1983 103 8 March 1984 19 April 1984 74 25 October 1984 26 February 1985 155 29 October 1985 4 March 1986 156 30 October 1986 10 March 1987 177 27 October 1987 1 March 1988 168 15 November 1988 14 March 1989 169 28 November 1989 20 March 1990 1510 30 October 1990 22 February 1991 1511 15 October 1991 10 March 1992 1812 20 October 1992 19 March 1993 2013 26 October 1993 5 April 1994 2114 8 November 1994 28 February 1995 1615 24 October 1995 16 April 1996 2316 5 November 1996 20 May 1997 2317 4 November 1997 31 March 1998 2018 14 September 1998 12 April 1999 2819 26 October 1999 21 March 2000 1920 6 September 2000 18 October 2000 821 9 January 2001 27 March 2001 1222 16 May 2001 16 October 2001 1823 11 December 2001 5 March 2002 10 Specials Edit Entitle Air DateChristmas Special 19 December 1983Christmas Special 20 December 1984Anton Goes to Sheffield 28 October 1985Christmas Special 17 December 1985Right Again Anton 10 November 1986Christmas Special 17 December 1986Summer Quiz 6 editions 14 July 1987 18 August 1987Raymond Blanc 26 October 1987Antonio s Italy 8 November 1988Christmas Quiz 22 December 1988Carluccio s Italy 2 editions 12 August 1989 19 August 1989Shepherd s Chinese Challenge 24 November 1989Christmas Special Mastercook 19 December 1989A Man s Place 28 October 1990Christmas Special 18 December 1990American Special 8 October 1991Christmas Special 17 December 1991A Cook s Tour of Central Europe 13 October 1992The Great Euroguzzle 9 August 1993Choice Cuts 2 editions 16 23 August 1993Secrets of the South 1 November 1994A Taste of the New World 19 December 1994Christmas Special 17 December 1996 Revival Edit Series Edit Series Start date End date Episodes1 4 February 2013 11 March 2013 62 27 January 2014 18 August 2014 103 2 January 2015 13 April 2015 10 Specials Edit Entitle Air DateChristmas Special 18 December 2013References Edit The Times Kate GoodmanExternal links EditFood and Drink at BBC Online Food and Drink at IMDb Food and Drink at BFI Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Food and Drink amp oldid 1077599646, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
