Join Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal in two one-hour specials, as he embarks on the River Cottage Road Trip. In a quest to find fresh culinary inspiration, Hugh decides to explore new territory, leaving his business behind and heading North to find some regional recipes to bring back home. His journey starts in Dumfriesshire, where he learns how to hunt for and make haggis. In Cumbria he shoots his first teal and barbeques it for lunch with a kebab of its heart and kidney. Then, in exchange for a lakeside tepee pitch in the Lake District, he agrees to cook a lakeside ingredient-based feast for the revellers of the Coniston Water Festival.

Season 6 Episode 1 - Growing Your Own

Hugh's journey towards self-sufficiency started out with a modest vegetable patch and a handful of animals, but he soon realised the importance of growing your own fruit, vegetables and meat. Air Date : 19th-Oct-2005  Read More

Season 6 Episode 2 - Thrift and Graft

From learning to make felt from his sheep's fleeces to trying to revive traditions of tripe eating at the local farmers market, Hugh's determined that no part of his precious livestock should ever go to waste. Air Date : 26th-Oct-2005  Read More

Season 6 Episode 3 - Going Local

Continuing his retrospective assessment of the vital elements of rural life, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back on his ever-increasing commitment to sourcing his food locally. Air Date : 2nd-Nov-2005  Read More

Season 6 Episode 4 - The Wild Harvest

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back on the part that wild food has played over his six years of Dorset downshifting. Air Date : 9th-Nov-2005  Read More

Season 6 Episode 5 - One for the Pot

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back on his experiences of bagging 'one for the pot' from the rabbits that are eating his lettuces. Air Date : 16th-Nov-2005  Read More

Season 6 Episode 6 - Feasting and Fun

Hugh revisits some of his finest food gatherings, including a blossom party picnic and an annual cider knees-up. Air Date : 23rd-Nov-2005  Read More