River Cottage

Synopsis

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer, and campaigner on food and environmental issues, leaves London to pursue an ambition of self-sufficiency, growing his own vegetables and raising his own animals in Dorset.

First Air Date: 1999-03-18

Last Air Date: 2012-09-19

Number of Seasons: 16

Number of Episodes: 95

Created By: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Networks: Channel 4

Top Cast

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as Himself

Seasons

Escape to River Cottage (1999) - (7 Episodes)

Return to River Cottage (2000) - (7 Episodes)

River Cottage Forever (2002) - (9 Episodes)

Tales from River Cottage (2006) - (10 Episodes)

Beyond River Cottage (2004) - (10 Episodes)

The View from River Cottage (2005) - (6 Episodes)

River Cottage Road Trip (2005) - (2 Episodes)

The River Cottage Treatment (2006) - (3 Episodes)

River Cottage: Gone Fishing (2007) - (3 Episodes)

River Cottage: Spring (2008) - (4 Episodes)

River Cottage: Autumn (2008) - (5 Episodes)

River Cottage: Summer's Here (2009) - (4 Episodes)

River Cottage: Winter's on the Way (2009) - (5 Episodes)

River Cottage: Every Day (2010) - (9 Episodes)

River Cottage: Veg Every Day (2011) - (8 Episodes)

River Cottage: Three Go Mad (2012) - (3 Episodes)

Escape to River Cottage (1999)

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes in search of an alternative lifestyle. He's constantly on the lookout for free food, and also grows his own vegetables, fruit and herbs and rears his own stock.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (1999-03-18)

Hugh arrives at River Cottage, a former Gamekeeper's cottage in west Dorset. He sets about removing the plants from the garden and starts planting his vegetables.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (1999-03-25)

Hugh's been at the cottage a month, his vegetables have been planted and they are growing nicely. Pike is on the menu today, but he'll have to catch one first. There's also a trip to the local fruit farm for a day's fruit picking with the transient eastern European workforce.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (1999-04-01)

The vegetables are doing so well, Hugh decided to enter them at the Beaminster Show. He also enters the Home Craft section with his own jam and a sponge cake. Then it's off on a fishing trip for spider crabs.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (1999-04-08)

Hugh has discovered that he is not alone at River Cottage, there are mice at the cottage and he wants rid of them - by humane means. There's an early start to try and bag a roebuck and a nostalgic reunion with a childhood hero as he goes in search of prawns.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (1999-04-15)

Hugh decides that the river that give the cottage its name should contribute to his larder. So he has an eel trap made and puts it to use in the river. He also spends the day as a pheasant beater being paid with pheasant not money for his day's work. Then it's a lesson in cider making with the Chiddick Cider Circle. He tests the theory that the cider's purity will never result in a hangover.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (1999-04-22)

The day has arrived for Hugh's pigs to go to slaughter. He intends to use "everything but the oink", so enlists the help of Ray and Victor. Then it's party-time to say thank you to everyone who has helped him over the summer with one of his pigs helping to provide food for the guests.
Ep. 7: Christmas at River Cottage (1999-04-29)

Christmas Special at River Cottage

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River Cottage (1999)