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Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar

Oz Clarke

Hugh Dennis

Mark Hill

Chris Stuart

Guy Templeton

Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Two - Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar, Episode 1

England's south yields offal- and jellyfish-flavoured beer and lauded sparkling wines.

Oz Clarke and Hugh Dennis scour the British Isles for the best independent drinks. In England's south they find offal- and jellyfish-flavoured beer and lauded sparkling wines.

Oz Clarke and Hugh Dennis are on a mission to revive the good old British pub. Their plan: to scour the British Isles for the best independent drinks, soak up pub culture, and then open a pub of their own, packed full of drinks from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. As they can't agree on what makes for the best of British and Irish booze, they will open two bars that will go head-to-head for one night only.

Their search begins with a tour of England's south. They discover hidden gems, from the award-winning sparkling wines of Sussex to the offal- and jellyfish-flavoured beers of Cornwall, and from alcoholic ginger beer to sweet farmhouse cider. Following a revel in a Cornish pub, Oz concocts some old-fashioned hangover cures, with upsetting results.

Rediscovering an ancient pub game, Oz enjoys a face full of beer while 'Dwile Flunking', and Hugh hoodwinks a cider and perry festival crowd with Babycham disguised as home-made perry. In London Oz and Hugh happen upon English lager, meet a specialist gin producer and take on a cocktail mixologist in a Caribbean rum shack.

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Oz Clarke and Hugh Dennis scour the British Isles for the best independent drinks

Oz Clarke and Hugh Dennis scour the British Isles for the best independent drinks. They plan to open two bars that will go head to head for one night only

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