Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar
| Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Oz Clarke Hugh Dennis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 21 December 2010 – 2 January 2011 |
| Related | |
| Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure Oz and James Drink to Britain Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas | |
Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar is a BBC television programme in which wine personality and expert Oz Clarke and comedian and actor Hugh Dennis travel across Ireland and the United Kingdom in order to sample and discover the wide array of British and Irish Alcoholic beverages. In this series they collected different beverages from each location before selling them at a pub in Shustoke.[1] Currently only one series has been made.
Background
Oz Clarke is an internationally known wine expert and writer who has worked in the wine industry since 1984. He has served as the wine correspondent for the
Show premise
Oz Clarke and Hugh Dennis are on a mission to revive the good old British pub. Their plan: to scour the British Isles for the best independent drinks, soak up pub culture, and then open a pub of their own, packed full of drinks from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. But as they can't agree on what makes for the best of British and Irish booze, they're going to open two bars that will go head to head for one night only.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "South of England" | 21 December 2010 | |
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sparkling wines of Sussex to offal and jellyfish flavoured beers of Cornwall, and from alcoholic ginger beer to sweet farmhouse cider. Following a revel in a Cornish pub, Oz concocts some old-fashioned hangover cures, with upsetting results. They later rediscover an ancient pub game, Oz enjoys a face full of beer while 'Dwile Flunking', and Hugh hoodwinks a cider and perry festival crowd with Babycham disguised as home-made perry. In London Oz and Hugh happen upon English lager, meet a specialist gin producer and take on a cocktail mixologist in a Caribbean rum shack. | |||
| 2 | "Scotland and Ireland" | 26 December 2010 | |
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cows' udder. Next on the agenda was a visit to a microbrewery in Roscommon Town, where they sampled a local ale produced by a fledgling brewery, while also visiting a local pub in that town. Oz then unleashes their creation on the unsuspecting public before the pair head off to Galway where a visit to an oyster festival leads to them employing some desperate measures to get an independent stout that doesn't begin with the letter 'G'. | |||
| 3 | "North of England" | 27 December 2010 | |
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beehives and learn how to make honey for a honey beer in Cheshire, taste the most Northern wine in the UK made in Morecambe Bay and compete to make the most popular flavoured beer in a Saltaire brewery. More drinks are divvied up and added to the growing collection of the best of British drinks. | |||
| 4 | "Wales" | 2 January 2011 | |
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In the final furlong of pork scratching factory, Oz fries up an unusual part of the pig's anatomy to produce his own version of this pub essential. Armed with their drinks from across the nation, the journey ends with opening time at their very own pub for one night only. Will the locals prefer Oz or Hugh's drinks? | |||
References
- ^ "Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar at allgatesbrewery.co.uk". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ J. Codd "Wine wizard Oz Clarke is a man of many talents" Daily Echo, 8 December 2008
