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television series about the history of food, mainly in
Britain
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* The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
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. Both are presented by
journalist
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and restaurant critic
Giles Coren
Giles Robin Patrick Coren (born 29 July 1969) is a British columnist, food writer, and television and radio presenter. He has been a restaurant critic for ''The Times'' newspaper since 2002, and was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year at the ...
and broadcaster and comedian
Sue Perkins.
The series originated in a one-off edition in April 2007 as part of a season of programmes on the
Edwardian
The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 and is sometimes extended to the start of the First World War. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 marked the end of the Victori ...
period, "Edwardian Supersize Me",
a reference to the film ''
Super Size Me
''Super Size Me'' is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's f ...
'' by
Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Valentine Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and playwright.
Spurlock's films include '' Super Size Me'' (2004), '' Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'' ( ...
. This programme set the format for the subsequent television series in that Coren and Perkins adopted the persona of a couple living in the Edwardian period and for a week ate the food which people from that period would have eaten.
In addition they would take part in the interests and activities of them too, even going so far as adopting the dress and mannerisms of the time, with plenty of sarcastic humour. Before and after the experience they were subject to medical tests to see how the diet affected them.
As of 2 August 2010 the series was being broadcast on the
UKTV
UKTV Media Limited, simply known as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through ...
channel
Good Food
Good Food was a cookery channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, latterly as part of the Discovery, Inc. network of channels. The channel originally launched on 5 November 2001 and relaunched in its final format on 22 June 2009 ...
. The episodes shown on Good Food were cut to 47-minute versions of the original, to accommodate commercial breaks. The series also broadcasts on
Yesterday and
Watch
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.
In 2011 a one-off
royal wedding
''Royal Wedding'' is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Set in 1947 London at the time of the wedding of Princess ...
-themed special was broadcast in the same week as Prince William's marriage to Catherine Middleton.
As of January 2012 the show was in the United States on
The Cooking Channel
Cooking Channel is an American basic cable channel owned by Food Network, a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (69%) and Nexstar Media Group (31%). The channel is a spin-off of Food Network, broadcasting p ...
, shown with commercial interruptions. It was also on the Food Network in Canada.
Episodes
The one-off programme "Edwardian Supersize Me" was produced as part of the season "The Edwardians – the Birth of Now" on
BBC Four.
The Supersizers Go...
A series of six episodes was commissioned by the BBC under the title ''The Supersizers Go...'' which was broadcast from May 2008 and covered different periods.
The Supersizers Eat...
''The Supersizers Eat'' sees Coren and Perkins sample the culinary delights of 1950s Britain,
Medieval
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England, 1980s London and
the Roaring Twenties
''The Roaring Twenties'' is a 1939 American crime thriller film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, and Gladys George. The film, spanning the periods between 1919 and 1933, was written by Jerry ...
.
Marie-Antoinette's Versailles
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and
Ancient Rome
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also feature, making this the first time that an entire episode was devoted to historical foreign cuisine.
Coren has said that he and Perkins are reluctant to make a third series ("Sue and I can't just keep sitting at tables, pulling faces and making smart remarks about the food") but that the duo are likely to do further work with each other on the BBC.
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Foreign versions
So far, the only foreign version of ''Supersizers'' is the widely popular Swedish TV show '' Historieätarna'' ("The History Eaters"), shown on SVT.Lotta Lundgren
Lotta Mari Johansen Lundgren née Bergqvist (born 26 January 1971) is a Swedish television presenter and food writer. Lundgren was born and raised in Tuve, a Gothenburg suburb. Lundgren has written a cook book. She has hosted the shows ''Lan ...
and Erik Haag
Erik Haag (born 28 August 1967) is a Swedish television presenter who hosted one of the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2005 and Historieätarna both on SVT. He presents Historieätarna along with Lotta Lundgren. He has been married to actres ...
as they live and eat in Swedish time periods from the 16th century to the 21st. The show also generated a 24-episode Christmas special (or Advent calendar
An Advent calendar is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood ...
) for children in 2015 called '' Tusen år till julafton'' ( sv) ("A thousand years to Christmas Eve"). Due to legal conflict with Fremantle media and later Sony about who owns the legal rights to the series, the Christmas special will not be aired again.
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BBC Two original programming
2008 British television series debuts
2009 British television series endings
British English-language television shows
Historical reality television series
BBC television documentaries about history during the 20th Century
BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries
BBC television documentaries about history during the 16th and 17th centuries
BBC television documentaries about medieval history
BBC television documentaries about prehistoric and ancient history