The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure

The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure
GenreCookery, travel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release13 February (2014-02-13) –
20 March 2014 (2014-03-20)

The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure is a British cookery and travel show presented by The Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers and Simon King.[1] It follows them travelling around Asia trying the local cuisine, meeting local people and cooking some native dishes themselves. The series began airing on 13 February 2014 on BBC Two.

Episodes

Episode Original airdate Location in Asia Viewing figures (millions) BBC Two weekly rank
1 13 February 2014 Hong Kong 2.55 10
2 20 February 2014 Bangkok 2.73 8
3 27 February 2014 Thailand 2.24 7
4 6 March 2014 Tokyo 2.40 7
5 13 March 2014 Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Kobe 2.44 6
6 20 March 2014 South Korea 2.32 8

Reception

The first episode saw positive UK overnight ratings of 2.33m (10.1% share)[2] beating Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the same slot. Slightly negative comments were made by The Independent, saying 'Si and Dave's antics prove hard to stomach'.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Series 1, The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure - BBC Two". BBC.
  2. ^ "Inspector George Gently rises to 5.5m". Digital Spy. 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure, TV review: Their Hong Kong hosts are". Independent.co.uk. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.