Restoration

Synopsis

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins try the food of Restoration Britain in the 1660's. They snack on coxcombs, eel pie and copious amounts of small beer.

Sue tries her hand at learning to dance and Giles goes on a hot date with some lobster. With a plague picnic and a gall bladder operation to survive, we see what it was really like to experience the food of Samuel Pepys. But how healthy are all those pies and beers? Sue and Giles find out when they visit the doctors at the end of the week.

Broadcasts

1. Tue 27 May 2008
   21:00
   BBC Two (England only)
2. Sat 31 May 2008
   19:30
   BBC Two (England, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) only)
3. Sat 21 Jun 2008
   02:25
   BBC One (Cambridgeshire, North East & Cumbria, Northern Ireland, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorks & Lincs, Yorkshire only)
4. Sat 21 Jun 2008
   03:00
   BBC One (except Cambridgeshire, North East & Cumbria, Northern Ireland, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorks & Lincs, Yorkshire)
5. Thu 4 Sep 2008
   23:30
   BBC Two (Scotland only)
6. Fri 5 Sep 2008
   00:20
   BBC Two (Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) only)
7. Tue 9 Sep 2008
   23:20
   BBC Two