West Penwith is as far west as it is possible to go in mainland England. Rick explores its rich and diverse history, from Lamorna Cove, made famous through song and art, to the UNESCO-protected tin and copper mining area of Botallack, where Rick talks with a mining explorer.\n\nWith the Atlantic sea mist enveloping the landscape, Rick follows an ancient track in search of Cornwall’s oldest building. And from the safety of his kitchen, Rick tells us how, as a young lad on the Lizard Peninsula, he fell in love for the first time and tasted his first exotic French fish stew, known as a bouillabaisse.
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Series 3: Episode 10
Rick drops in on the fishing port of Boscastle and finds a fabulous seafood restaurant in a building that once housed rockets used to fire safety ropes out to sinking ships. A t ...
26-07-2024
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Series 3: Episode 9
Rick’s idea of bliss is to spend an afternoon scaling and gutting a freshly caught sea bass before using it to make a simple yet delectable dish which ranks amongst his ab ...
25-07-2024
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Series 3: Episode 8
Rick delves into the stories of those who worked in Cornwall’s mines, from the men who laboured in extreme heat a full hour’s journey beneath the earth's surface to ...
24-07-2024
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Series 3: Episode 7
Rick boards the King Harry Ferry to enjoy a crossing voted one of the most scenic in the world. Once safely across the River Fal, he explores his passion for fresh and unusual s ...
23-07-2024
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Series 3: Episode 6
Rick meets Pip and Matt Smith, with their herd of 600 red deer, on a north Cornish farm that has been in Pip’s family for over three centuries. With some very fine organic ...
22-07-2024
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Series 3: Episode 5
Rick encounters a fishing method frozen in time, going under sail without engines or winches for what he considers to be the best oysters in the world. Back on dry land, he cook ...
08-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 4
Rick glimpses life in Cornwall 2,000 years ago as he explores the atmospheric ruins of the ancient village of Carn Euny. He soaks up the lively ambiance of Truro cattle market, ...
07-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 3
Rick visits Europe’s largest tea plantation beside the River Fal in Cornwall, where conditions are just right for the perfect cuppa. He indulges in his greatest pleasure, ...
06-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 2
Rick meets the author of The Salt Path, Raynor Winn, and her husband Moth in the ancient apple orchard where she and Moth make delicious cider, filtered through straw, in the wa ...
05-03-2024
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Series 3: Episode 1
Rick returns to Cornwall in the spot where his passion for seafood began, at the exposed rock pools below his parents’ old house on the Cornish Atlantic coast. With his fr ...
04-03-2024
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Series 2: Episode 11
Rick joins a team diving for razor clams, which he takes back to the kitchen to make a quick but tasty dish of grilled shangurro clams. At the end of Newlyn Pier, Rick visits a ...
21-08-2023
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Series 3: Episode 4
Rick glimpses life in Cornwall 2,000 years ago as he explores the atmospheric ruins of the ancient village of Carn Euny. He soaks up the lively ambiance of Truro cattle market, ...
07-03-2024
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Series 2: Episode 4
Cornwall has more than its fair share of folktales. Perhaps the most famous is found near Land’s End, where Rick recounts the tale of the Mermaid of Zennor.\n\nA short dis ...
10-08-2023
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Series 1: Episode 12
Rick is on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula. He begins his journey at a spot thought to have been visited by Jesus, which inspired the hymn Jerusalem. At the picturesque town of ...
01-08-2023
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Series 1: Episode 5
Rick Stein meets his good friend, the actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who fell in love with Cornwall in the 1960s when he escaped London to develop his now famous character, ...
21-07-2023
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Series 2: Episode 5
Following in the footsteps of one of his literary heroes, Rick roams the dramatic north Cornish coast to tell the story of one of Britain’s best-loved writers, Thomas Hard ...
11-08-2023
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Series 3: Episode 1
Rick returns to Cornwall in the spot where his passion for seafood began, at the exposed rock pools below his parents’ old house on the Cornish Atlantic coast. With his fr ...
04-03-2024
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Series 2: Episode 8
On a visit to a dairy, Rick meets a man who is paid to eat 700 samples of cheese a week and cooks his sumptuous cheese and chive scones. His next stop is the salty old fishing t ...
03-02-2022
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Series 3: Episode 6
Rick meets Pip and Matt Smith, with their herd of 600 red deer, on a north Cornish farm that has been in Pip’s family for over three centuries. With some very fine organic ...
22-07-2024
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Series 1: Episode 13
Rick is at Tintagel, Cornwall’s most mythical location, where he discovers that it was an important trading port with Europe and the birthplace of perhaps Britain’s ...
02-08-2023
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