Rick is in Falmouth, discovering that far from being 'that bit on the end of Britain’, Cornwall used to be at the very heart of the British Empire’s communication system and is still very much a working port today.\n\nIt was the seas around Cornwall that inspired author William Golding to write his famous novel Lord of the Flies, and his daughter Judy tells Rick how her father was horrified by what he witnessed during the war. And Rick gets to enjoy dishes prepared for him by an innovative young chef called Andy Tuck, who cooks everything over wood – forget your BBQ, this is cooking with fire on a whole new level.
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Series 1: Episode 15
As Rick’s Cornish odyssey comes to an end, he takes a city break in Truro, where he discovers an unusual ghost story and tours the magnificent cathedral.\n\nDeep in the Co ...
11-04-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 14
West Penwith is as far west as it is possible to go in mainland England. Rick explores its rich and diverse history, from Lamorna Cove, made famous through song and art, to the ...
07-04-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 13
Rick is at Tintagel, Cornwall’s most mythical location, where he discovers that it was an important trading port with Europe and the birthplace of perhaps Britain’s ...
06-04-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 12
Rick is on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula. He begins his journey at a spot thought to have been visited by Jesus, which inspired the hymn Jerusalem. At the picturesque town of ...
05-04-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 11
Rick explores the beating heart of the postwar British modern art movement in the seaside town of St Ives, the home of leading artists such as Barbara Hepworth and Terry Frost.\ ...
04-04-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 10
Rick heads into the bowels of Cornwall, deep into the china clay pits to discover what is known locally as white gold, one of this county’s most important industries. He t ...
31-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 9
At Golitha Falls, where the River Fowey tumbles down to the sea, Rick meets Dawn French, Britain’s queen of comedy, who has made Cornwall her home.\n\nIn the shadow of Dev ...
30-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 8
On the wild north Atlantic coast, Rick heads out to sea to go fishing for lobsters with his old friend and celebrity chef Nathan Outlaw and learns about a revolutionary new cons ...
29-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 7
Rick explores one of Cornwall’s hidden secrets, the secluded and stunning Fowey Estuary, joining his friend on a boat trip to learn about the history of the area and getti ...
28-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 6
Rick journeys inland from the majestic Camel Estuary to one of Britain’s finest vineyards, where he joins in harvesting the grapes to discover that the Cornish weather is ...
24-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 8
On a visit to a dairy, Rick meets a man who is paid to eat 700 samples of cheese a week and cooks his sumptuous cheese and chive scones. His next stop is the salty old fishing t ...
03-02-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 12
Following in the footsteps of Turner, one of Britain’s most loved artists, Rick discovers how much the Cornish landscape influenced his work. At Newlyn Fish Market, Rick c ...
20-02-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 2
Rick Stein travels to St Ives to meet one of Britain’s little-known artists, Alfred Wallis. In the shadow of Bodmin Moor, Rick visits a very rare collection of medieval st ...
25-01-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 3
Rick meets Springwatch presenter and biologist Gillian Burke, who takes Rick on a walk through a rare habitat called an Atlantic temperate rainforest on the banks of the Helford ...
26-01-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 4
The town of Launceston in east Cornwall is bypassed by many who visit the county, yet Rick discovers that it’s home to an unusual superstition and a rare type of Norman ca ...
22-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 4
Cornwall has more than its fair share of folktales. Perhaps the most famous is found near Land’s End, where Rick recounts the tale of the Mermaid of Zennor.\n\nA short dis ...
27-01-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 7
Rick boards the ferry in Penzance to take him to the Isles of Scilly, a group of islands which were once part of Cornwall. Here, he finds out about the islands’ rich histo ...
02-02-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
In this episode, Rick takes us to the place where his passion for Cornwall began – his family home at Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast, where as a child he would go ...
16-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 5
Rick Stein meets his good friend, the actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who fell in love with Cornwall in the 1960s when he escaped London to develop his now famous character, ...
23-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 5
Following in the footsteps of one of his literary heroes, Rick roams the dramatic north Cornish coast to tell the story of one of Britain’s best-loved writers, Thomas Hard ...
31-01-2022
BBC 2