The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

Season 1

The Hairy Bikers take their charm and humour on the road as they encounter brilliant, eccentric and fascinating people across Britain whose lives surround the nation's pubs.

Where to Watch The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain • Season 1

15 Episodes

Yorkshire
E1
YorkshireThe 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.
The Lake District
E2
The Lake DistrictDave takes Si on a pub tour of his Lake District home patch, following in the footsteps of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. On the way, they sample negus - a wine-based drink from the late 1800s - and battle it out in a traditional pub competition to find out who 'The Biggest Liar' is.
Manchester
E3
ManchesterThe 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.
Cornwall
E4
CornwallThe 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!
Lincolnshire
E5
LincolnshireThe 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.
Liverpool
E6
LiverpoolThe 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.
South Wales
E7
South WalesDave 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.
Home Counties
E8
Home CountiesFrom drinking medieval ale in the ancient town of St Albans to morris dancing in the oldest free house in Britain, 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.
Glasgow
E9
GlasgowSi and Dave explore Glasgow's shipbuilding history. Meeting former shipyard workers, they discover what pub life was like when the yard's whistles blew.
East End London
E10
East End LondonSi 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.
Edinburgh
E11
EdinburghThe 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.
Bristol
E12
BristolThe guys delve into Bristol's seafaring past, discovering some pubs with fascinating histories and sampling the West Country's most famous export - cider.
Oxford
E13
OxfordSi 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.
Great Fire of London
E14
Great Fire of LondonSi 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.
Carlisle
E15
CarlisleThe 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.