River Cottage

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River Cottage is a former weekend and holiday home, that used to be a former game keepers lodge in the grounds of Slape Manor, Netherbury, Dorset. From 1998 it was used by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as a setting for three television series: Escape to River Cottage, Return to River Cottage and River Cottage Forever, in which viewers follow Hugh's adventures as a downshifted smallholder. These were supplemented by the series The View from River Cottage which was a combination clip show and retrospective of the previous series.

River Cottage brand logo

The River Cottage brand left the holiday home to follow Hugh's progress as he sets up a new business from old dairy buildings near Broadoak, Bridport, Dorset in the later series Beyond River Cottage. In September 2006, the show would leave those buildings, then known as River Cottage H.Q., to move on to the Park Farm location near to Uplyme in Devon. Here at the new River Cottage H.Q., the team would film the 2006 series The River Cottage Treatment where Hugh would attempt to convert junk food lovers' eating habits. The 2007 series, River Cottage: Gone Fishing, saw Hugh travel to fishing locations throughout the British Isles in order to promote the culinary benefits of sustainable fishing cultures.

The river Cottage team also opened a local produce store and canteen, River Cottage Stores Ltd, which is located in the centre of Axminster, Devon.

In 2008, Channel 4 began broadcasting River Cottage Spring, later followed up by River Cottage Autumn, which shows Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall using home-grown produce in recipes. The series also tracks a group of families in Bristol who attempt to convert a large bramble patch into a small-holding, now known as Bramble Farm, growing vegetables, and rearing meat. A five episode series River Cottage: Summer's Here began airing in June 2009.

In April 2009, the restaurant River Cottage Canteen opened in Bath.

[edit] DVD releases

DVD Name Released Audio Aspect Ratio Duration Number of Episodes Num of Discs
Escape To River Cottage n/a Dolby Digital 2.0 4:3 Full Frame 2 hours 48 minutes 6 2
Return To River Cottage n/a Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 2 hours 28 minutes 6 2
River Cottage Forever n/a Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 3 hours 42 minutes 8 2
Beyond River Cottage n/a Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 4 hours 40 minutes 10 3
River Cottage Road Trip 02/10/2006 Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 2 hours 2 1
River Cottage - Gone Fishing! 03/12/2007 Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 2 hours 22 minutes 3 1
River Cottage - Spring 27/10/2008 Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 2 hours 4 1
River Cottage - Autumn 12/10/2009 Dolby Digital 2.0 16:9 Anamorphic 2 hours 4 1

These DVD's are distributed by Acorn Media UK.

[edit] Bloopers

The egg yolk shown in the bowl when Hugh is making his courgette soufflé is in fact not from his first egg, as he claims. In fact it took two attempts after the yolk of the first egg was broken when cracking the egg. This is shown in the bloopers section of the special features on the "Escape to River Cottage" DVD.

[edit] External links


River Cottage
Channel 4 TV Series
Escape to River Cottage | Return to River Cottage | River Cottage Forever | Beyond River Cottage
Tales From River Cottage (highlight show) | The View From River Cottage (highlight show)
River Cottage Road Trip | The River Cottage Treatment | River Cottage: Gone Fishing
River Cottage Spring | River Cottage Autumn | River Cottage: Summer's Here
Books
River Cottage Year | River Cottage Meat Book | River Cottage Family Cookbook | River Cottage Fish Book
Buildings
River Cottage | River Cottage H.Q. | River Cottage H.Q. (Park Farm) | River Cottage Store

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