The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure

The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure
Genre Cookery, travel
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network BBC Two
Original release 13 February (2014-02-13) – 20 March 2014 (2014-03-20)
External links
Website

The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure is a British cookery and travel show presented by The Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers and Simon King.[1] It follows them travelling around Asia trying the local cuisine, meeting local people and cooking some native dishes themselves. The series began airing on 13 February 2014 on BBC Two.

Episodes

Episode Original airdate Location in Asia Viewing figures (millions) BBC Two weekly rank
1 13 February 2014 Hong Kong 2.55 10
2 20 February 2014 Bangkok 2.73 8
3 27 February 2014 Thailand 2.24 7
4 6 March 2014 Tokyo 2.40 7
5 13 March 2014 Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Kobe 2.44 6
6 20 March 2014 South Korea 2.32 8

Reception

The first episode saw positive UK overnight ratings of 2.33m (10.1% share)[2] beating Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the same slot. Slightly negative comments were made by The Independent, saying 'Si and Dave's antics prove hard to stomach'.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vp3tt
  2. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a551220/inspector-george-gently-rises-to-top-thursday-ratings-with-55m.html
  3. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/hairy-bikers-asian-adventure-tv-review-their-hong-kong-hosts-are-charming-but-si-and-daves-antics-prove-hard-to-stomach-9127103.html
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