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Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Director:
Sharon Adam
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Director:
Sharon Adam
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

Episode 2: The Lake District

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 7 months

The history hidden in Britain's boozers. Dave takes Si on a pub tour of his Lake District home patch, following in the footsteps of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Jon Turner
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 7 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 7 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Peter Emina
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 7 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 7 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 6 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Sharon Adam
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 7 months

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Director:
Sharon Adam
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 6 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

Episode 14: Great Fire of London

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 6 months

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Peter Emina
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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! Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Peter Emina
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Jon Turner
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Director:
Graham Dixon
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Si King
Series Producer:
Julie Grant
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe