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Summer's here and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall returns to River Cottage HQ to explore and celebrate the very best food that the season has to offer. Using delicious, local produce, Hugh offers up an array of seasonal offerings. From the first crop of peas to some barbecue favourites, Hugh cooks up indulgent summer delights from the edible joys of the garden, seashore, field and stream. In this series River Cottage celebrates the strawberry with a 500-person summer fete, Hugh spends an evening fishing for trout, goes shrimping on the beach and takes drastic action against the slugs that have been scoffing the young cabbages in the River Cottage kitchen garden! - Director:
- David Johnson
- Cast:
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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There is something especially pleasurable about the mix of whiling away a sunny day by the sea and filling up a bucket with natures finest free edible bounty. So, if the idea of digging around in rock pools for your dinner excites the hunter-gatherer in you, as much as it tickles your taste buds, then this is for you. Follow in the footsteps of one of the country's favourite foraging experts, John Wright, as he winkles out winkles, gets upbeat about sea beet and warms the cockles of your heart with his cockle collecting... and join Hugh too as he gets involved in some of John's wild seaside adventures! In this thorough guide to the edible seashore, John shows you how to identify and unearth the tastiest edible plants, from flavour-packed wild versions of such supermarket staples as garlic, fennel, mustard and rocket to exotic Alexanders and rock samphire. There's also step-by-step advice on how to make the most of the amazing harvest that is seaweed and everything you need to know about how to catch and cook the finest molluscs and crustaceans, from limpets to lobsters. With plenty of recipes from both Hugh and John you won't be short of wonderful ways to put your free foraged harvest to its tastiest uses. Sit back and enjoy more than two hours of informative fun. - Director:
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- Cast:
- Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall, John Wright
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Channel 4's champion of local organic food, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, returns to River Cottage to harvest the best that autumn has to offer, from sea to forest, from orchard to kitchen garden. This DVD includes a wonderful array of tempting recipes to inspire and salivate over, from stuffed and roasted belly of pork to spicy lamb curries and plenty of puddings too! All the season's best are here, whether home-grown or shop-bought. Hugh also catches up with the Bristol smallholders he first met in River Cottage Spring, as they try their hand making their own faggots, sausages and goat's cheese. And in true Hugh style there's plenty of River Cottage parties, from a fully foraged four-course dinner, complete with oysters, squirrel and homebrew, to a fun and food-filled Duck Fair and a rowdy Bonfire night. - Director:
- Nic Guttridge
- Cast:
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has got a Spring in his step. The ambassador for local, seasonal produce cooks and tastes the abundant gifts Spring has to offer, and celebrates the seasonal best, be it from the wild, the garden or off the shelf with a collection of recipes to enthuse and salivate over. In this series Hugh champions a community project in Bristol where some novice home-growers start up a small-holding with vegetables and livestock. A new national campaign is launched to catch the non-native American Signal crayfish which is doing so much damage to our inland waterways. Another meat firmly on the menu is chicken as we follow the success of Hugh's "Chicken Out!" campaign. - Director:
- Dominick French
- Cast:
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back at the first seven years in Dorset and all the lessons he has learnt about how to be thrifty on his small holding- from learning to make felt from his sheep's fleeces to trying to revive traditions of tripe-eating at the local farmers market! Hugh's retrospective assessment of the vital elements of rural life will include edited highlights from previous River Cottage Series. The final programme reiterates that sharing fresh, locally grown, seasonal produce with family and friends has become the cornerstone of the 'River Cottage' experience. - Director:
- Zam Baring
- Cast:
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Are you ready for a 10-bird roast with lashings of mulled cider? Then join your favourite country cook and rustic companion Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in his latest River Cottage adventures. Hugh has expanded his holding to 44 acres, and with more land and livestock he is producing even more food. He grasps the opportunity to set up a culinary HQ - in a ramshackle cluster of old farm buildings where he can prepare his products for market and host seasonal dinners for paying customers. For Hugh and his family and friends it's a whole new challenge in rural living, as they reap the harvest of the Dorset countryside, and enjoy the very best in seasonal, local, home-cooked fare. - Director:
- Andrew Palmer
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- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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The Invisible Man (2020)Untitled Universal Monster Project
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex suddenly dies, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel while she desperately tries to prove she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. - Director:
- Leigh Whannell
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- Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
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Fish 'n' Chips. Where would the British seaside be without this iconic meal? Fish is one of the UK's favourite foods and the benefits of eating it regularly are widely reported. From sardines to smoked salmon to scampi, fish takes pride of place on Britain's menus and still rates as one of the UK's favourite dishes. Yet with diminishing fish stocks, there's a crisis at sea. So what's a fish lover to do? Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall begins an investigative culinary journey around the British Isles to tackle this in River Cottage: Gone Fishing! Hoping to discover alternative, delicious and sustainable seafood that fishmongers should be selling and we should be eating, Hugh's fish fact-finding foray begins in the Channel Islands then takes him all over the British Isles before ending up back in his beloved South West. Armed with rod, line and an adventurous palate, and with plenty of help from local fish fanciers, Hugh discovers a vast array of underrated seafood and some great ways of making it taste fantastic. - Director:
- Ben Roy
- Cast:
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Oscar Fearnley-Whittingstall, Gill Meller
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"Jojo Rabbit" follows a lonely German boy Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided by his wildly idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism. - Director:
- Taika Waititi
- Cast:
- Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie-Harcourt, Scarlett Johansson
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It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point. - Director:
- John Madden
- Cast:
- Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly MacDonald
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'Coast' continues to explore, unearthing the unknown stories of our coastline to delight and regale us. This series brings new faces alongside the familiar, all bringing passion, skill and knowledge to reveal eye-opening coastal secrets. As the experts travel the length and breadth of the British Isles they explore why we all like to be beside the seaside and why it inspires such ingenuity; discover incredible bounties on home shores including an archipelago known as 'nature's larder'; investigate how the Irish Sea has shaped our island story and connected our isles; learn how we overcome and work with the challenges of wild waters; and delve into the wealth of natural wonders that is our coastline's caves and coves. - Director:
- Rowan Crawford
- Cast:
- Nicholas Crane, Ruth Goodman, Miranda Krestovnikoff
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Coast continues to uncover the secrets of our shores, through untold tales of explorers from as far apart as Cornwall and Australia; it reveals little-known gems, including a coastal walk that takes in the history of Britain; investigates the clandestine sex trade that scandalised Victorian Britain and decimated the Royal Navy; discovers how Greenwich became the global centre of sea navigation and reveals what becomes of our coast in winter. Coast also crosses the Atlantic to find out why Nova Scotia, in Canada, appealed to its Scottish settlers, and it ventures to the French channel coast to unearth its connection with the birth of Britain's Ordnance Survey maps. Nick Crane is joined by a multitude of experts including Neil Oliver, Tessa Dunlop, Mark Horton, Andy Torbet, Ruth Goodman, Adam McIntosh, Helen Arney, Miranda Krestovnikoff and Nick Hewitt as they explore the rapport, past and present, between land and sea. - Director:
- Katherine Arthy
- Cast:
- Nicholas Crane, Neil Oliver
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'Coast' continues to explore the edge of our lives, the coastline that marries us to the sea. Through a history of assault from Nazi Germany, freshwater voles and the infamous Guernsey Privateers; the workers' coast of shipbuilders, fishermen and seaside entertainers; the joys of sunbathing and the history of Thomas Cook; the magnificent estuaries of the Firth of Forth, the Severn and the Thames; this is the history of Britain as told from cliff to sea. Nick Crane is joined by a team of expert presenters including Neil Oliver, Miranda Krestovnikoff, Mark Horton, Tessa Dunlop, Andy Torber, Ian McMillan, Ruth Goodman, Nick Hewitt and newcomers Sarah Beynon and Cassie Newland as they explore the riches to be found along our 'Coast'. - Director:
- Rowan Crawford
- Cast:
- Nicholas Crane, Tessa Dunlop, Andy Torbet
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COAST explores the edge of our lives, the coastline that marries us to the sea. It takes in the life of that coastline, the people who live there, the history played out upon it and the sea itself, a tempestuous and unpredictable bride that also brings food and comfort to those who visit its shores. Nick Crane is joined by a fascinated and fascinating team of expert presenters including Neil Oliver, Miranda Krestovnikoff, Mark Horton, Tessa Dunlop, Dick Strawbridge, Andy Torbet, Hermione Cockburn, Ian McMillan and Ruth Goodman as they discover the rich landscapes and lifestyles that appear along our shores. - Director:
- Rowan Crawford
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- Nicholas Crane, Mark Horton, Miranda Krestovnikoff
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Coast and Beyond takes the shoreline as its starting point, moving inland and outwards to the sea and other continents as it explores and tells the story of life on the outer reaches of this island country we live on. The tales come thick and fast - of geography, commerce and the deeply human. Coast's intrepid and inquisitive team of presenters led by Nicholas Crane clamber over cliff tops, ride the rough seas and explore the history and evolution of life as it is lived along the Coast and Beyond. - Director:
- David Symonds
- Cast:
- Nicholas Crane, Mark Horton, Miranda Krestovnikoff
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