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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 6 sec.) ; 315801391 bytes |
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The Supersizers Go ; Series 2, Episode 1 |
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Giles and Sue are back to Supersize their way through six more periods of history. In series two, restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins will eat their way through typical menus from the 1950s, Marie-Antoinette's Versailles, 1066 and the Norman invasion, 1980s London, the Romans and their vomitoriums and the Roaring 20's. Once again resplendent in the period costumes of the day - be it shoulder pads, togas, hair shirts, wimples or Dior's New Look - they'll experience the highs and lows of culinary history, and adopt the etiquette, social habits and mores of each era in their own highly individual way.Episode 1: The EightiesIn the series return they travel back to the 1980s, the years of their adolescence. Living in a converted loft on the Thames, they sample the high life of a couple of yuppies. To a soundtrack of 80s classics including the Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, ABC and Billy Bragg, they power-lunch their way through the decade, knocking back champagne while talking loudly into their oversized mobile phones.With Margaret Thatcher running the country, they have a Tory meal with Norman Tebbit and Jeffrey Archer at Shepherd's restaurant in Westminster. Sue tries to find her inner Sloane by sampling Princess Diana's wedding breakfast, while Giles tries out the most expensive champagne at the Stock Exchange. After a week of nouvelle cuisine, the F-Plan, and New Romantic cocktails, the 1980s ends with Black Monday and a foodie dinner party with guests Ken Livingstone, Carol Decker, Lynne Franks and Toby Young. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 7) PG CC WS |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-10-07 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Champagne (Wine)
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Cocktails.
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Food and drink.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Coren, Giles, host
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Perkins, Sue, host
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