Hairy Bikers Go North
After years of riding abroad, the Hairy Bikers, Si King and Dave Myers, are back home in the North of England on their most personal journey yet.
In this 8 x 60’ series for BBC Two they will travel from the west coast to the east, discovering the northern producers who are revolutionising the British food scene.
Each week they’ll base themselves in one stunning location and explore the changing area through restaurants, recipes, producers and inventive new food entrepreneurs.
This is a food adventure that explains where the bikers came from, taking them to the regions they grew up in and have shaped them. But it isn’t all familiar territory. Through the Peaks and Dales they uncover inventive new production methods, allowing the Bikers to create some incredible new recipes that showcase the allure of the mighty North.
They begin their journey In Lancashire, the red rose county and travel through Cumbria, Yorkshire, The Peak district in Derbyshire, Northumberland and Newcastle. Along the way they take in some of the best gastro pubs in the land, meet award winning local producers and an incredible range of young food entrepreneurs who are revolutionizing their local food scenes. They discover how tradition and the modern world are influencing one another in unique and exciting ways.