Simon Bates
Food and Drink (1982)
Season 17
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.
Released Aug. 3, 1982
Episode 30 min
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S17E1 - Series 17, Episode 1
Nov. 4, 1997, midnight
S17E2 - Series 17, Episode 2
Nov. 11, 1997, midnight
S17E3 - Series 17, Episode 3
Nov. 18, 1997, midnight
S17E4 - Series 17, Episode 4
Nov. 25, 1997, midnight
S17E5 - Series 17, Episode 5
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S17E6 - Series 17, Episode 6
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S17E7 - Series 17, Episode 7
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S17E8 - Series 17, Episode 8
Dec. 23, 1997, midnight
S17E9 - Series 17, Episode 9
Jan. 6, 1998, midnight
S17E10 - Series 17, Episode 10
Jan. 13, 1998, midnight
S17E11 - Series 17, Episode 11
Jan. 20, 1998, midnight
S17E12 - Series 17, Episode 12
Jan. 27, 1998, midnight
S17E13 - Series 17, Episode 13
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S17E14 - Series 17, Episode 14
Feb. 10, 1998, midnight
S17E15 - Series 17, Episode 15
Feb. 17, 1998, midnight
S17E16 - Series 17, Episode 16
Feb. 24, 1998, midnight
S17E17 - Series 17, Episode 17
March 3, 1998, midnight
S17E18 - Series 17, Episode 18
March 10, 1998, midnight
S17E19 - Series 17, Episode 19
March 17, 1998, midnight
S17E20 - Series 17, Episode 20
March 24, 1998, midnight
S17E21 - Series 17, Episode 21
March 31, 1998, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 3, 1982
Last Air Date: March 11, 2013, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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