Patricia Llewellyn
Director
Two Fat Ladies (1996)
Season 1
Two Fat Ladies was a BBC Two television cooking programme starring Clarissa Dickson Wright, and Jennifer Paterson. It originally ran for four series, from 1996 to 1999. The show was produced by the BBC and has also appeared on the Food Network and Cooking Channel in the U.S. and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia.
Released Oct. 8, 1996
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Keywords: tmdb.traditional-food, tmdb.english-food, tmdb.fat-ladies, imdb.british-cuisine, imdb.fatty-foods, imdb.sidecar, imdb.local-ingredients + 10 more, imdb.anecdote, imdb.host-duo, imdb.life-experience, imdb.cooking-show, imdb.cookery, imdb.british-culture, imdb.travel, imdb.improvisation, imdb.lifestyle, imdb.cooking
Production Companies: Optomen Television, BBC, All3Media
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Fish & Shellfish
The ladies prepare a meal at The Shark's Fin restaurant in Mevagissey, Cormwall.
Recipes (or receipts):
Crab, corn & coriander fritter
Gigot of monkfish rosemarin with anchovies
Fish pie
Scallops with leeks
Oct. 9, 1996, midnight
S1E2 - Meat
The ladies go to Westonbirt School in Cornwall to cook for the lacrosse team.
Recipes (or receipts):
Beef a la Will Moreland
Chicken breasts with walnut l'aillade
Roast "Hedgehog" (meatloaf)
A.N.'s slow shoulder of lamb
Oct. 16, 1996, midnight
S1E3 - Fruits & Vegetables
The ladies fix dinner for the priests at Westminster Cathedral (not the famous Abbey).
Recipes (or receipts):
Bubble and squeak
Stuffed artichokes
Tomato summer pudding
Beanz meanz Fitz
Peaches Cardinal Hume
Oct. 23, 1996, midnight
S1E4 - Cakes and Baking
The ladies prepare cakes for a fait in Hallaton using a private kitchen of a friend of Clarissa's from her Women's Institute days.
Recipes (or receipts):
Ginger bread
Danish apple & prune cake
Galette des Rois aux amandes
Chopped walnut & coffee cake
Oct. 30, 1996, midnight
S1E5 - Game
The ladies go to Scotland to cook at Lennoxlove House in East Lothian which is owned by the 15th Duke of Hamilton.
Recipes (or receipts):
Partridges with cabbage
Pheasant and pickled walnut terrine
Duntreath roast grouse
Rabbit with anchovies and capers
Medallions of venison with blackberries
Nov. 6, 1996, midnight
S1E6 - Food in the Wild
The ladies go to Kielder Forest in Northumberland to cook for a Boy Scout Troop.
Recipes (or receipts):
Muttachar (spiced eggs)
Onion soup with Stilton
Trout from the Luau
Shooter's sandwich
Frittata with tomatoes, onions & basil
Nov. 13, 1996, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 8, 1996
Last Air Date: Sept. 28, 1999, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 2+
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