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The Best Episodes of A Cook on the Wild Side

Every episode of A Cook on the Wild Side ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of A Cook on the Wild Side!

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall spurns the London summer and heads for open country to spend some time eating off the fat of the land in a trawl...
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Network:Channel 4

Best Episodes Summary

"Journey starts" is the best rated episode of "A Cook on the Wild Side". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/9/1995. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Norfolk".

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    #1 - Journey starts

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/9/1995

    Out on the road, Hugh attempts to fish for his evening meal, a white witch stirs him up a rejuvenating brew and a former poacher shows him how to trap a rabbit for a stew flavoured with the day's gatherings - honey.

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  • Norfolk
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    #2 - Norfolk

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/16/1995

    Hugh goes in search for some Norfolk poachers to help him hunt game for a pie and with help seeks out wild plants as flavourings. At the end of the day, Hugh has all the ingredients but worries about the ethics of a poacher and a gamekeeper sitting at his table.

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    #3 - Cornwall

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/23/1995

    In search of a diet with low cholesterol and less cost Hugh encounters two vegans who try to convert him to their philosophy of eating and continues his search for the prize fish for his soup.

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    #4 - Isle of Wight

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/30/1995

    In this episode Hugh abseils down a cliff in search of samphire, and is cooked a weird meal by a group of travellers. He brings dessert - gooseberry icecream, made from berries collected earlier that day.

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    #5 - Western Isles

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/1995

    Hugh scours the Western Isles in search of a free meal and goes scuba diving for scallops, before learning how to make heather ale.

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    #6 - London

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/13/1995

    Hugh heads to London to see what its wild larder offers. Having turned down Trafalgar Square pigeon he heads to suburbia in search of garden snails, which contribute to the evening's feast - snails in garlic butter, grilled mullet and summer berry pudding.

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    #7 - The Bain Marie

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/1997

    The Bain Marie is christened and launched in March, when signs of spring are extremely thin on the ground. As Hugh peers over the steering wheel at the dreary, cold landscape, he is soon…

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    #8 - Up The River Severn

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/1997

    Hugh wends his way up the river Severn, a route which is simultaneously being taken by millions of baby eels - or elvers - who have miraculously found their way here from their birthplace…

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    #9 - Heading salt side

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/1997

    Hugh is leaving behind the inland waterways and heading "salt side", chugging his way towards a seashore forage in the Wash, but first he must run the gloomy gauntlet of the depressingly…

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    #10 - Yorkshire

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/1997

    Hugh's waterborne zig-zag across Britain brings him to heart of Yorkshire, along canals formerly bustling with the boom of the textile industry. At the peak of the industrial revolution…

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