The Hairy Bikers: Pubs That Built Britain

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 nations pubs.

2016 HD 29min United Kingdom English

Simon King David Myers

Documentary

S1E1 - Yorkshire 2016-04-18

The fascinating history hidden in Britains boozers. Si and Dave visit a Yorkshire pub believed to have been drunk dry by troops in the English Civil War.

S1E2 - The Lake District 2016-04-19

Dave 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.

S1E3 - Manchester 2016-04-20

The history hidden in Britains boozers. Si and Dave take a Manchester pub crawl to uncover historic boozers once at the heart of the citys industrial revolution.

S1E5 - Lincolnshire 2016-04-22

The history hidden in Britains boozers. Si and Dave visit Bomber County, Lincolnshire, on a mission to discover the importance of the countys pubs in World War II.

S1E6 - Liverpool 2016-04-25

The Hairy Bikers get groovy in Liverpool as they take a tour of some swinging 60s pubs. They meet John Lennons drinking buddies and perform on stage at the Cavern.

S1E7 - South Wales 2016-04-26

Dave visits the valleys of south Wales to uncover the history of some fascinating boozers and unearth pubs that were at the heart of the areas coal-mining communities.

S1E8 - Home Counties 2016-04-27

From 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 Britains inns and taverns witnessed the beginning, end and intervening years in the Wars of the Roses.

S1E9 - Glasgow 2016-04-28

Si and Dave explore Glasgows shipbuilding history. Meeting former shipyard workers, they discover what pub life was like when the yards whistles blew.

S1E10 - East End London 2016-04-29

Si and Dave step back in time to the 50s and 60s of Londons East End. Their tour takes them to pubs once central to the criminal deeds of the notorious Kray twins.

S1E11 - Edinburgh 2016-05-02

The guys discover dark histories in pubs that witnessed murder and gruesome punishments in the 1800s, and meet a folk singer who keeps the citys historic tales alive.

S1E12 - Bristol 2016-05-03

The guys delve into Bristols seafaring past, discovering some pubs with fascinating histories and sampling the West Countrys most famous export - cider.

S1E13 - Oxford 2016-05-04

Si 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.

S1E14 - Great Fire of London 2016-05-05

Si and Daves tour takes them to London, where they find inns that witnessed the Great Fire and pubs that watered the workers during the citys 50-year rebuild.

S1E15 - Carlisle 2016-05-06

The tour ends in Carlisle, where the guys discover an extraordinary WWI government scheme designed to put a stop to drunken behaviour and change the citys pubs forever.

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