Food and Drink

British television series

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Food and Drink

Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 23 (original)
3 (revival)
No. of episodes| 371 (original)
27 (revival)
Production
Running time| 30 minutes
Production company| Bazal Productions
Original release
Network| BBC Two
Release| 6 July 1982 (1982-07-06) –
13 April 2015 (2015-04-13)

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.

## History

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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.

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

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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.

## Transmissions

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### Original

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#### Series

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Series | Start date | End date | Episodes

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1 | 6 July 1982 | 10 August 1982 | 6
2 | 28 April 1983 | 30 June 1983 | 10
3 | 8 March 1984 | 19 April 1984 | 7
4 | 25 October 1984 | 26 February 1985 | 15
5 | 29 October 1985 | 4 March 1986 | 15
6 | 30 October 1986 | 10 March 1987 | 17
7 | 27 October 1987 | 1 March 1988 | 16
8 | 15 November 1988 | 14 March 1989 | 16
9 | 28 November 1989 | 20 March 1990 | 15
10 | 30 October 1990 | 26 February 1991 | 15
11 | 15 October 1991 | 10 March 1992 | 18
12 | 20 October 1992 | 19 March 1993 | 20
13 | 26 October 1993 | 5 April 1994 | 21
14 | 8 November 1994 | 28 February 1995 | 16
15 | 24 October 1995 | 16 April 1996 | 23
16 | 5 November 1996 | 20 May 1997 | 23
17 | 4 November 1997 | 31 March 1998 | 20
18 | 14 September 1998 | 12 April 1999 | 28
19 | 26 October 1999 | 21 March 2000 | 19
20 | 6 September 2000 | 18 October 2000 | 8
21 | 9 January 2001 | 27 March 2001 | 12
22 | 16 May 2001 | 16 October 2001 | 17
23 | 11 December 2001 | 5 March 2002 | 10

#### Specials

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Entitle  | Air Date

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Christmas Special | 19 December 1983
Christmas Special | 20 December 1984
Anton Goes to Sheffield | 28 October 1985
Christmas Special | 17 December 1985
Right Again, Anton! | 10 November 1986
Christmas Special | 17 December 1986
Summer Quiz | 6 editions 14 July 1987 – 18 August 1987
Raymond Blanc | 26 October 1987
Antonio's Italy | 8 November 1988
Christmas Quiz | 22 December 1988
Carluccio's Italy | 2 editions 12 August 1989 – 19 August 1989
Shepherd's Chinese Challenge | 24 November 1989
Christmas Special "Mastercook" | 19 December 1989
A Man's Place? | 28 October 1990
Christmas Special | 18 December 1990
American Special | 8 October 1991
Christmas Special | 17 December 1991
A Cook's Tour of Central Europe | 13 October 1992
The Great Euroguzzle | 9 August 1993
Choice Cuts | 2 editions 16–23 August 1993
Secrets of the South | 1 November 1994
A Taste of the New World | 19 December 1994
Christmas Special | 17 December 1996

### Revival

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#### Series

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Series | Start date | End date | Episodes

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1 | 4 February 2013 | 11 March 2013 | 6
2 | 27 January 2014 | 18 August 2014 | 10
3 | 2 January 2015 | 13 April 2015 | 10

#### Specials

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Entitle  | Air Date

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Christmas Special | 18 December 2013

## References

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1. ^ The Times: Kate Goodman

## External links

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* Food and Drink at BBC Online
* Food & Drink at IMDb: 1982, 2013
* Food and Drink at BFI

*[No.]: Number