Oz & James Drink to Britain
★ 7.5 · 2009 · 30m · Documentary
Oz Clarke and James May travel through Britain and Ireland to discover the amazing array of drinks that is on offer.
Episodes
1. Episode 130m · Oz Clarke and James May travel Britain and Ireland to discover the drinks on offer. In Yorkshire and Derbyshire, the duo learn what goes into a pint of beer, and find a vineyard.
2. Episode 230m · Oz Clarke and James May travel Britain and Ireland to discover the drinks on offer. The duo travel on to Wigan, home to probably the smallest commercial brewery in the world.
3. Episode 330m · The duo travel to Scotland, where they conduct a blindfolded whisky tasting and meet some radical brewers.
4. Episode 430m · Oz Clarke and James May travel Britain and Ireland to profile the drinks on offer. The pair cross the Irish Sea to Dublin in search of the best drinks of modern Ireland.
5. Episode 530m · Oz Clarke and James May travel Britain to profile the drinks on offer. The pair taste some of the world's most extreme beers, and try their hands at being barmen for an evening.
6. Episode 630m · Oz Clarke and James May travel Britain to profile the drinks on offer. The pair head to Wales where they find a beverage plant that makes famous foreign beers.
7. Episode 730m · Oz Clarke and James May travel through Britain to profile the drinks on offer. They begin an exploration of south-west England with a trip to a traditional cider farm in Somerset.
8. Episode 830m · For the last in the series, Oz and James are in the Southeast to try British sparkling wine, visit a Kentish hop garden and learn about Churchill's favourite beer.More Like This
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