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The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook
2006 - 2008 0.0 (0 votes) 4 Seasons
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The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook

Overview

Two lifelong bikers and foodies, Dave Myers and Si King, take to the road to find gastronomic treats.

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David Myers
David Myers

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Simon King
Simon King

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Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (2009)

The BBC has edited some of the episodes into shorter runtimes to use as fillers. These spread across the seasons but are not really part of them.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Namibian BBQ
2009-04-13

Dave Myers and Si King hit the road in search of culinary experience and cultural adventure all over the world. Here, they find themselves in the Germanic town of Swakopmund on the Namibian coast, where they sample a traditional barbecue, or braai, and take to the air in a microlight. This is a 14 minute edit of Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 (Namibian BBQ)

Runtime: 14 min
Episode 2: Teatime Treats
2009-04-20

The boys set off for the Henley Royal Regatta and make teatime treats, including a Victoria sandwich and cookies with sour cherries and chocolate chips. This is a 15 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 2 (Teatime Treats)

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Celebration Cakes
2009-04-20

From birthday cakes to traditional wedding cakes, Simon King and Dave Myers delve into the world of celebration cakes and face their biggest challenge to date - making a five-tier wedding cake. The Hairies journey to Manchester to meet Helen and Jonnie, the couple who are prepared to let them loose on their wedding cake. The boys decide to bake a traditional fruit cake with a Hairy Bikers twist, using quantities of ingredients so large the cake has to be mixed in a wheelbarrow. This is a 14 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 4 (Celebration Cakes)

Runtime: 14 min
Episode 4: Romanian Cabbage
2009-04-27

Dave Myers and Si King hit the road in search of culinary experience and cultural adventure all over the world. They travel through Romania on a quest for great food, taking a trip to see the fairytale Corvin Castle - the start of the Dracula legend. Having cooked pork sarmales in baking heat by the drawbridge, what better way to cool off than a quick dip in a mud bath? This is a 15 minute edit of Season 1, Episode 5 and 6 (Transylvania)

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Bread
2009-04-22

Dave Myers and Simon King look at baking bread. They make a classic brown loaf to go with a ploughman's lunch, and brown ale and cheese bread, served with onion soup. This is a 14 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 1 (Bread)

Runtime: 14 min
Episode 6: Pies and Pasties
2009-04-23

Simon King and Dave Myers cook traditional pasties in Cornwall, pork pies at Melton Mowbray, and salmon coulibiac on the banks of the River Deveron. This is a 14 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 3 (Pies and Pasties)

Runtime: 14 min
Episode 7: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Bread
2010-08-05

Biking bakers Dave Myers and Simon King show how easy it is to bake white rolls in a Doncaster market, then commandeer a windmill in Lincolnshire to mill their own flour to make a classic brown loaf to go with the perfect ploughman's lunch. This is a 15 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 1 (Bread) This is a different episode to the other with same title that was broadcast earlier.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Side Breads
2010-08-06

Si King and Dave Myers conjure up homemade naan bread and a curry on the shores of the Derwent Valley in the Peak District, then bike back to Dave's kitchen to bake a fantastic brown ale and cheese bread, served with onion soup. This is a 15 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 3 (Bread)

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Savoury Pies
2010-08-09

Si King and Dave Myers visit Melton Mowbray to try their hand at making hand-raised pork pies at Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe then stop off at Dave's house to make two pies - a fancy chicken and wild mushroom pie and a more humble cheese and onion pie with parmesan crust. This is a 10 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 3 (Pies and Pasties)

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 10: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Homecoming Pies
2010-10-04

The bakers drive to Huntley in Aberdeenshire to sample an extraordinary range of pies including Scotch pie, macaroni pie and baked bean and mashed potato pie. Then they head off to the banks of the River Deveron to cook a salmon coulibiac to feed it to an assembled company of pipers and highland dancers. This is a 15 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 3 (Pies and Pasties)

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 11: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Cornish Pasty
2010-10-09

Dave and Si cook a traditional pasty at Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall and face the ultimate test - will the locals be impressed with their efforts? This is a 5 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 3 (Pies and Pasties)

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 12: The Hairy Bakers Shorts: Apple Pie
2010-11-13

Si and Dave head to the Midlands to visit an orchard in Abberley, Worcestershire and produce a succulent, deep-filled apple pie. This is a 5 minute edit of Season 4, Episode 3 (Pies and Pasties)

Runtime: 5 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2006)

Dave Myers and Si King hit the road in search of culinary and cultural adventure

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Namibia (1)
2006-01-17

Dave and Si, travel to the Germanic town of Swakopmund, on the Namibian coast. First on the menu is a traditional barbecue, or braai; and to find the right spot among the massive dunes, the boys take to the air in a microlight. Having gorged themselves on crocodile satay and oryx rolls, they explore a Bavarian café and a township shebeen, before being treated to their first taste of a mopane worm. This is followed by local crayfish, taken from the ocean by the pair

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Namibia (2)
2006-01-24

The pair travel to the north of Namibia. They visit the Himba tribe, one of the last nomadic people to fully preserve their traditional way of life. They encounter ostrich (and a giant fried egg for breakfast), giraffe, and the rare desert elephants of Kaokoland. The boys pitch tent in strange fairy circles, and they roast lamb in an earth pit, and try the local sport of long-distance spitting using springbok droppings.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Isle of Man
2006-01-31

Si and Dave travel to the Isle of Man by boat, cooking crab soufflé and sea bass on the voyage, before visiting the TT Races on the island.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Ireland
2006-02-07

Travelling aboard an old horse-drawn caravan, the pair go in search of the perfect Irish stew, on the way encountering many other Irish delicacies.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Transylvania (1)
2006-02-14

Traveling around Romania, the bikers go to Bucharest and visit the local food markets. In Targu Jiu they look at the sculptural art of Brancusi and then Corvin castle, the birthplace of Dracula. Finally the boys end up with an outdoor mud bath.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Transylvania (2)
2006-02-21

Visiting Sighisoara, the pair examine Hungarian influences on the food. The pair make dill blinis and spicy Romanian sausages before visiting a very colourful cemetery.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2006)

Dave Myers and Si King hit the road in search of culinary experience all over the world

6 episodes

Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2007)

The Hairy Bikers go in search of top food and great places

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: India: Part One
2007-03-22

The Hairy Bikers roar back into action with a madcap tour of South India, starting in Madras, now known as Chennai, a riot of hustle and bustle and colours and flavours and bullock carts, and heat, lots of heat!

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: India: Part Two
2007-03-29

The Hairy Ones travel through the Cardamom Hills high up into tea country, where the Raj still lingers, and Si finds an astonishing piece of his family history.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Argentina: Part One
2007-04-05

The Hairy Ones are in the world's eighth biggest country, dividing their time between the full-on urban buzz of Buenos Aires, and the beauty of a traditional estancia, or ranch

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Argentina: Part Two
2007-04-12

t's time for Dave Myers & Si King to head south, leaving Buenos Aires behind as they begin their long ride to Patagonia.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Belgium: Part One
2007-04-19

Si and Dave hop the Channel and find themselves in the alternative universe of Belgium, birthplace of surrealism and the finest chips in the world.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Belgium: Part Two
2007-04-26

Things get really surreal in Brussels when Si and Dave meet a statue of Tintin and walk their way into a Magritte painting, and then try to corner a couple of Members of the European Parliament to find out what's happening to Europe's traditional foods.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Morocco: Part One
2007-05-10

The Boys begin their adventures in Marrakech, where Si acquires a carpet and Dave acquires a King Cobra on his head. After treating the locals to a Kefta Tagine cooked in the city's historic square, they go back to school to learn how to cook a classic pastilla.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Morocco: Part Two
2007-05-17

Si and Dave head into the film town of Ouarzazate, or "Hollywood with camels" as they describe it.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2008)

Dave Myers and Simon King take to the road to find the very best in baking in Britain

4 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Bread
2008-08-18

This programme looks at bread. As a nation, we routinely consume ciabatta, focaccia and naan, but how many of us can turn out a decent loaf? The biking bakers show how easy and rewarding it can be, visiting Doncaster market and baking a healthy white roll for the perfect bacon and sausage buttie.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Teatime Treats
2008-08-25

When it comes to afternoon tea, the British like nothing more than a sweet treat to go with it. The Hairy Bikers, Dave and Si, set off for the Henley Royal Regatta, and on their journey they fill their hampers with cakes and treats made along the way. But why do the British have such a love affair with teatime treats? In their quest to find out, Dave and Si stop off at a swanky hotel to examine the history and conventions of tea, where they are forced to don suits.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Pies and Pasties
2008-09-01

The Hairy Bikers take their longest trip in the baking series, from Cornwall to Scotland. Dave and Si start in the far south west, cooking traditional pasties at Geevor tin mine in Cornwall. Once made, the pasties - and the boys - face the ultimate test: the locals. Are the pasties good enough to impress? They then head northwards to the Midlands and visit an orchard in Abberley, Worcestershire, to produce an apple pie. From there it's on to Melton Mowbray, where they try their hand at making pork pies. Heading north, the boys' journey takes a detour via Dave's house, where they rustle up two of their favourite pies. For Si it's a chicken and wild mushroom, while Dave opts for a more humble cheese and onion pie.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Celebration Cakes
2008-09-08

From novelty cakes to birthday cakes, and croque-em-bouche to traditional wedding cakes, presenters Simon King and Dave Myers delve into the world of celebration cakes and face their biggest challenge to date. In this programme, the Hairies are tasked with making a five-tier wedding cake. On a quest to find out more, Dave and Si visit Patisserie Viennoise in Otley, Yorkshire, where they learn about the art of chocolate. To get up to speed cake-wise, Dave and Si start by making not one, but two tailor-made birthday cakes for four-year-old twins.

Runtime: 29 min

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