Rick starts off on home ground, Cornwall. He finds out how a pasty should be made, goes on a pigeon shoot, and then fishes for mackerel off the coast of Falmouth.
The seafood chef continues his culinary tour of Britain, meeting happy pigs on the Isle of Wight, sampling real cider in Somerset and tasting hot peppery watercress from Hampshire before tickling his taste-buds with Thomas Hardy's favourite cheese.
Rick investigates London's Borough market, samples Eel Pie, visits a free-range goose farm in Leicester, and had a pint or two at a brewery in Scotland
Rick Stein celebrates Britain's regional cuisines. In Lancashire, he samples a traditional hotpot and some mouthwatering cheese, and in the Lake District he finds wild boar and the famous Herdwick sheep.
Rick samples whelks at a stall in Bognor Regis, cooks Britain's most popular dish - Steak and Kidney Pudding, explores a Sussex walled garden and picks mulberries in Tiptree.
The chef visits Yorkshire's biggest rhubarb-growing area and cooks his favourite dessert - rhubarb crumble. He also visits the home of JB Priestley, learns a new recipe for lamb karahi in Bradford, and prepares rabbit pie following his mother's recipe.
The celebrated seafood chef travels to the Peak District to visit his favourite formal vegetable garden at Chatsworth House, before crossing the River Severn to sample the delights of Wales, including cawl, Welsh black cattle, Conway mussels and salt marsh lamb.
The celebrated seafood chef travels north and cooks salmon caught on a fishing trip on the River Tyne. He then crosses over into Scotland to visit Loch Fyne, before sampling Highland beef from an organic farm on the Isle of Mull and meeting a champion haggis-maker in Edinburgh.
The chef makes his way up to John O'Groats, stopping to enjoy freshly cooked lobster on Crail harbour front and pick up some oatmeal for famous Scottish dessert cranachan from a watermill in the Tay Valley. Looking back at life on the road with the film crew, he yearns for a perfectly cooked steak and chips.
