Genre: | Food travelogue |
Starring: | Mario Batali Gwyneth Paltrow Mark Bittman Claudia Bassols |
Narrated: | Mario Batali |
Opentheme: | "On the Road Again" |
Endtheme: | "On the Road Again" |
Composer: | Willie Nelson |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 13 |
Executive Producer: | Charles Pinsky |
Producer: | Eric Rhee |
Location: | Spain |
Runtime: | one hour |
Channel: | PBS |
Spain… on the road Again is a 2008 American food and travel series produced by PBS. The show features Iron Chef Mario Batali, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols. Each episode covers a different region of Spain as the foursome explore the country's culinary traditions and history.
Before the series premiere on PBS (the week of September 20, 2008), Paltrow and Batali promoted their tour and series on the September 17, 2008 episode of Oprah.
Title | Locations[1] | USA Air date[2] | ||
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101 | “Tilting Windmills in Castilla la Mancha” | September 20, 2008 | ||
102 | “Pilgrimage to Galicia” | September 27, 2008 | ||
103 | “Coasting Along in Galicia” | Galicia | October 4, 2008 | |
104 | “Landmarks, Legends and the Lap of Luxury” | October 11, 2008 | ||
105 | “Basking in Basque Country” | Basque Country | October 18, 2008 | |
106 | “Rockstar Surprise in Catalunya” | October 25, 2008 | ||
107 | “From the Sublime to the Surreal” | November 1, 2008 | ||
108 | “A Sultan’s View of Andalucía” | November 8, 2008 | ||
109 | “Castillian Hog Heaven” | November 15, 2008 | ||
110 | “Gawking at Gaudí and Asturian Adventures” | Asturias, Catalonia, and Castile & León | November 23, 2008 | |
111 | “Island Hopping” | November 29, 2008 | ||
112 | “Pure Paella” | Valencia and Madrid | December 6, 2008 | |
113 | “Madrid and the End of the Road” | Madrid | December 13, 2008 |
In October 2008, HarperCollins published a hardcover companion book, Spain… A Culinary Road Trip written by Batali, Paltrow, and Julia Turshen.
The 13-episode series was released as a 4-disc 16×9 NTSC DVD set in January 2009.