Simon Bates
Food and Drink (1982)
Season 19
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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S19E1 - Series 19, Episode 1
Oct. 26, 1999, midnight
S19E2 - Series 19, Episode 2
Nov. 2, 1999, midnight
S19E3 - Series 19, Episode 3
Nov. 9, 1999, midnight
S19E4 - Series 19, Episode 4
Nov. 16, 1999, midnight
S19E5 - Series 19, Episode 5
Nov. 23, 1999, midnight
S19E6 - Series 19, Episode 6
Nov. 30, 1999, midnight
S19E7 - Series 19, Episode 7
Dec. 7, 1999, midnight
S19E8 - Series 19, Episode 8
Dec. 14, 1999, midnight
S19E9 - Series 19, Episode 9
Jan. 3, 2000, midnight
S19E10 - Series 19, Episode 10
Jan. 11, 2000, midnight
S19E11 - Series 19, Episode 11
Jan. 18, 2000, midnight
S19E12 - Series 19, Episode 12
Jan. 25, 2000, midnight
S19E13 - Series 19, Episode 13
Feb. 1, 2000, midnight
S19E14 - Series 19, Episode 14
Feb. 8, 2000, midnight
S19E15 - Series 19, Episode 15
Feb. 15, 2000, midnight
S19E16 - Series 19, Episode 16
Feb. 22, 2000, midnight
S19E17 - Series 19, Episode 17
Feb. 29, 2000, midnight
S19E18 - Series 19, Episode 18
March 7, 2000, midnight
S19E19 - Series 19, Episode 19
March 14, 2000, midnight
S19E20 - Series 19, Episode 20
March 21, 2000, 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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