Food and Drink
| Food and Drink | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Henry Murray |
| Presented by |
Simon Bates (1982) Gillian Miles (1982) Henry Kelly (1983–84) Susan Grossman (1983–84) Jilly Goolden (1983–1999) Michael Barry (1984–1999) Chris Kelly (1984–1999) Oz Clarke (1984–2002) Anthony Worrall Thompson (1999–2002) Emma Crowhurst (1999–2002) Michel Roux Jr (2013—2014) Kate Goodman (2013—2014) Tom Kerridge (2015—) Joe Wadsack (2015—) Arabella Weir (2015-) |
| Theme music composer | Simon May |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 25 |
| No. of episodes | 398 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bazal Productions (now Remarkable Television) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release |
Original series: 6 July 1982 – 5 March 2002 Revival series: 4 February 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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 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.
The theme music was by Simon May.
Food and Drink returned to BBC Two on 4 February 2013 stylised as Food & Drink, but shown on TV as food & drink, co-hosted by Michel Roux Jr and Kate Goodman. A Christmas special aired on 18 December 2013, followed by a second series in early 2014.
A third series began airing in January 2015. Michel Roux Jr was replaced by Tom Kerridge as main presenter whilst Kate Goodman was replaced by Joe Wadsack.
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