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The Hairy Bikers: Pubs That Built Britain

The Hairy Bikers: Pubs That Built Britain

The Hairy Bikers: Pubs That Built Britain

2016 1 Seasons 15 Episodes ⭐ 8.0 Documentary

The Hairy Bikers take their charm and humour on the road as they encounter brilliant, eccentric and fascinating people across Britain whose lives surround the nation’s pubs. Their epic journey will take them into the secret world of the pubs that made Britain. From the first Roman taverns, to Anglo Saxon alehouses which sprung up in peoples’ homes, and the travelers Inns providing respite for a more mobile population, they’ll reveal the fascinating story of how Britain’s pubs evolved - but also tells a bigger story of Britain itself.

The Hairy Bikers take their charm and humour on the road as they encounter brilliant, eccentric and fascinating people across Britain whose lives surround the nation’s pubs. Their epic journey will take them into the secret world of the pubs that made Britain. From the first Roman taverns, to Anglo Saxon alehouses which sprung up in peoples’ homes, and the travelers Inns providing respite for a more mobile population, they’ll reveal the fascinating story of how Britain’s pubs evolved - but also tells a bigger story of Britain itself.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Yorkshire

The fascinating history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave visit a Yorkshire pub believed to have been drunk dry b

EP 2

The Lake District

Dave takes Si on a pub tour of his Lake District home patch, following in the footsteps of the poets Wordsworth and Cole

EP 3

Manchester

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

EP 4

Cornwall

The history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave visit Cornwall, where they discover pubs that were at the centre of

EP 5

Lincolnshire

The history hidden in Britain's boozers. Si and Dave visit 'Bomber County', Lincolnshire, on a mission to discover the i

EP 6

Liverpool

The Hairy Bikers get groovy in Liverpool as they take a tour of some swinging 60s pubs. They meet John Lennon's drinking

EP 7

South Wales

Dave visits the valleys of south Wales to uncover the history of some fascinating boozers and unearth pubs that were at

EP 8

Home Counties

From drinking medieval ale in the ancient town of St Albans to morris dancing in the oldest free house in Britain, Si an

EP 9

Glasgow

Si and Dave explore Glasgow's shipbuilding history. Meeting former shipyard workers, they discover what pub life was lik

EP 10

East End London

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

EP 11

Edinburgh

The guys discover dark histories in pubs that witnessed murder and gruesome punishments in the 1800s, and meet a folk si

EP 12

Bristol

The guys delve into Bristol's seafaring past, discovering some pubs with fascinating histories and sampling the West Cou

EP 13

Oxford

Si and Dave take a pub tour of Oxford to visit the spot where CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien drank pints together, plus a favo

EP 14

Great Fire of London

Si and Dave's tour takes them to London, where they find inns that witnessed the Great Fire and pubs that watered the wo

EP 15

Carlisle

The tour ends in Carlisle, where the guys discover an extraordinary WWI government scheme designed to put a stop to drun

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Simon King

Simon King

Self