Food and Drink

The story

Food and Drink is a long-running 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.

Created in 1982 by BBC producer Henry Murray from an original idea by Jancis Robinson, Fay Maschler and Paul Levy, 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 was instantly successful, drawing an average audience of 1.5 million a week, a high rating for BBC Two in the summer in the 80s.

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.

The theme music was by Simon May.

Food and Drink returned to BBC Two on 4 February 2013 co-hosted by Michel Roux Jr and Kate Goodman.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 2013 · 6 episodes Season details＋

Feb. 4, 2013

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Season 2 Season 2 1983 · 10 episodes Season details＋

April 28, 1983

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Season 3 Season 3 1994 · 7 episodes Season details＋

March 8, 1994

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Season 4 Season 4 1984 · 16 episodes Season details＋

Oct. 25, 1984

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Season 5 Season 5 15 episodes Season details＋

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Season 6 Season 6 15 episodes Season details＋

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Season 7 Season 7 16 episodes Season details＋

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Season 8 Season 8 16 episodes Season details＋

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Season 9 Season 9 15 episodes Season details＋

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Season 10 Season 10 15 episodes Season details＋

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Season 11 Season 11 19 episodes Season details＋

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Season 12 Season 12 20 episodes Season details＋

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Season 13 Season 13 1993 · 20 episodes Season details＋

Oct. 19, 1993

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Season 14 Season 14 15 episodes Season details＋

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Season 15 Season 15 1995 · 23 episodes Season details＋

Oct. 24, 1995

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Season 16 Season 16 1996 · 25 episodes Season details＋

Nov. 5, 1996

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Season 17 Season 17 1997 · 21 episodes Season details＋

Nov. 4, 1997

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Season 18 Season 18 1998 · 29 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 14, 1998

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Season 19 Season 19 1999 · 20 episodes Season details＋

Oct. 26, 1999

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Season 20 Season 20 2000 · 7 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 6, 2000

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Season 21 Season 21 2001 · 12 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 9, 2001

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Season 22 Season 22 2001 · 18 episodes Season details＋

May 9, 2001

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Season 23 Season 23 2001 · 10 episodes Season details＋

Dec. 11, 2001

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Cast

S Simon Bates A Antony Worrall Thompson J Jilly Goolden R Russell Harty J Jennifer PatersonSelf K Keith Floyd