The Hairy Bikers: Pubs That Built Britain

Season 1

15 episodes · Apr 18, 2016

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  • Yorkshire
    S1E1

    Yorkshire

    Apr 18, 201629m

    The fascinating history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave visit a Yorkshire pub believed to have been drunk dry by troops in the English Civil War.

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  • The Lake District
    S1E2

    The Lake District

    Apr 19, 201629m

    Dave takes Si on a pub tour of his Lake District home patch, following in the footsteps of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. On the way, they sample negus - a wine-based drink from the late 1800s - and battle it out in a traditional pub competition to find out who 'The Biggest Liar' is.

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  • Manchester
    S1E3

    Manchester

    Apr 20, 201629m

    The history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave take a Manchester pub crawl to uncover historic boozers once at the heart of the city's industrial revolution.

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  • Cornwall
    S1E4

    Cornwall

    Apr 21, 201629m

    The history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave visit Cornwall, where they discover pubs that were at the centre of an illegal industry in the late 1700s - smuggling!

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  • Lincolnshire
    S1E5

    Lincolnshire

    Apr 22, 201629m

    The history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave visit 'Bomber County', Lincolnshire, on a mission to discover the importance of the county's pubs in World War II.

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  • Liverpool
    S1E6

    Liverpool

    Apr 25, 201629m

    The Hairy Bikers get groovy in Liverpool as they take a tour of some swinging 60s pubs. They meet John Lennon's drinking buddies and perform on stage at the Cavern.

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  • South Wales
    S1E7

    South Wales

    Apr 26, 201629m

    Dave visits the valleys of south Wales to uncover the history of some fascinating boozers and unearth pubs that were at the heart of the area's coal-mining communities.

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  • Home Counties
    S1E8

    Home Counties

    Apr 27, 201629m

    From drinking medieval ale in the ancient town of St Albans to morris dancing in the oldest free house in Britain, Si and Dave embark on a historic pub crawl to discover how Britain's inns and taverns witnessed the beginning, end and intervening years in the Wars of the Roses.

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  • Glasgow
    S1E9

    Glasgow

    Apr 28, 201629m

    Si and Dave explore Glasgow's shipbuilding history. Meeting former shipyard workers, they discover what pub life was like when the yard's whistles blew.

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  • East End London
    S1E10

    East End London

    Apr 29, 201629m

    Si and Dave step back in time to the 50s and 60s of London's East End. Their tour takes them to pubs once central to the criminal deeds of the notorious Kray twins.

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  • Edinburgh
    S1E11

    Edinburgh

    May 2, 201629m

    The guys discover dark histories in pubs that witnessed murder and gruesome punishments in the 1800s, and meet a folk singer who keeps the city's historic tales alive.

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  • Bristol
    S1E12

    Bristol

    May 3, 201629m

    The guys delve into Bristol's seafaring past, discovering some pubs with fascinating histories and sampling the West Country's most famous export - cider.

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  • Oxford
    S1E13

    Oxford

    May 4, 201629m

    Si and Dave take a pub tour of Oxford to visit the spot where CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien drank pints together, plus a favourite haunt of Inspector Morse creator Colin Dexter.

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  • Great Fire of London
    S1E14

    Great Fire of London

    May 5, 201629m

    Si and Dave's tour takes them to London, where they find inns that witnessed the Great Fire and pubs that watered the workers during the city's 50-year rebuild.

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  • Carlisle
    S1E15

    Carlisle

    May 6, 201629m

    The tour ends in Carlisle, where the guys discover an extraordinary WWI government scheme designed to put a stop to drunken behaviour and change the city's pubs forever.

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