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Episode 2: Restoration

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 27^th May 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Tue 9^th Sep 2008, 23:20 on BBC Two Wales

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins try the food of Restoration Britain in the 1660s, a time of fire and plague. Show more

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Episode 3: Victorian

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 3^rd Jun 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sat 28^th Jun 2008, 02:05 on BBC One North East & Cumbria

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins spend the week on the diet of a wealthy Victorian couple. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Producer:: Emma Peach

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Episode 4: Seventies

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 10^th Jun 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 5^th Jul 2008, 02:25 on BBC One Northern Ireland

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins, having spent a week going back to the food of the 1970s, discover whether their diet has been good for them. Cooking for them is top chef Mark Hix. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins

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Episode 5: Elizabethan

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 17^th Jun 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sat 12^th Jul 2008, 02:55 on BBC One North East & Cumbria

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food of the Elizabethan era to see just how healthy the diet was. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Participant:: Paul Merrett

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Episode 6: Regency

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 24^th Jun 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Thu 4^th Sep 2008, 23:20 on BBC Two Wales

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins indulge the Regency diet of 1789-1821. During their week they try boars head and salmon poached in Champagne and discover the origins of the sandwich. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Director:: Emma Peach
Series Producer:: Alannah Richardson

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Episode 1: The Eighties

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 15^th Jun 2009, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 20^th May 2010, 00:20 on BBC Two Wales

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. They enjoy an 80s dinner party with guests Ken Livingstone, Carol Decker, Lynne Franks and Toby Young. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Participant:: Ken Livingstone
Participant:: Jeffrey Archer
Participant:: Norman Tebbit
Participant:: Carol Decker
Participant:: Lynne Franks
Participant:: Toby Young
Producer:: Neil Ferguson
Director:: Neil Ferguson
Producer:: Alannah Richardson

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Episode 2: Medieval

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 22^nd Jun 2009, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 6^th Aug 2009, 00:20 on BBC Two England

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time, they go back to medieval England to live the life of a Lord and Lady. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Participant:: Martin Blunos
Participant:: Michael Portillo
Producer:: Alannah Richardson

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Episode 3: The Fifties

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 20^th Jul 2009, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Tue 11^th Aug 2009, 01:45 on BBC One Wales

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. They go back to the 1950s, an era that began on rations. Cookery writer Mary Berry helps out. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Participant:: Mary Berry
Participant:: Marguerite Patten
Participant:: Anthea Turner
Participant:: Dominic Sandbrook
Producer:: Alannah Richardson

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Episode 4: The French Revolution

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 6^th Jul 2009, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Tue 4^th Aug 2009, 01:30 on BBC One Northern Ireland

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. They don wigs and corsets to go back to Revolutionary France in the 1780s and eat like King Louis XVI. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Producer:: Hugo Macgregor
Director:: Hugo Macgregor
Producer:: Alannah Richardson

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Episode 5: The Twenties

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 13^th Jul 2009, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 8^th Aug 2009, 01:25 on BBC One Northern Ireland

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins discover the culinary delights of the bright young things in the 1920s, with social engagements at The Ritz, Cafe de Paris and Brooklands. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Director:: Kate Scholefield
Producer:: Kate Scholefield

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Giles and Sue's Royal Wedding

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 27^th Apr 2011, 20:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Sun 1^st May 2011, 02:40 on BBC One Wales

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins assume the roles of a modern prince and his princess-to-be as they agonise over every step of the wedding planning process. Show more

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Performer:: Giles Coren
Performer:: Sue Perkins
Director:: Matthew Whiteman

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Episode 1: Wartime

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 20^th May 2008, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 1^st Oct 2008, 00:20 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins grab their ration books for one week and chomp their way through the food of 1940s WWII Britain. Show more

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Episode 6: Ancient Rome

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 27^th Jul 2009, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 20^th Aug 2009, 00:50 on BBC One Northern Ireland

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and performer and broadcaster Sue Perkins travel back to the Roman Empire. Living in a splendid villa, they sample the Roman food and lifestyle. Show more

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Presenter:: Giles Coren
Presenter:: Sue Perkins
Director:: Neil Ferguson
Producer:: Neil Ferguson

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