Genre: | Cookery, travel |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 6 |
Runtime: | 60 minutes |
Channel: | BBC Two |
The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure is a British cookery and travel show presented by The Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers and Simon King.[1] It follows them travelling around Asia trying the local cuisine, meeting local people and cooking some native dishes themselves. The series began airing on 13 February 2014 on BBC Two.
Episode | Original airdate | Location in Asia | Viewing figures (millions) | BBC Two weekly rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 February 2014 | 2.55 | 10 | ||
2 | 20 February 2014 | 2.73 | 8 | ||
3 | 27 February 2014 | 2.24 | 7 | ||
4 | 6 March 2014 | 2.40 | 7 | ||
5 | 13 March 2014 | 2.44 | 6 | ||
6 | 20 March 2014 | 2.32 | 8 |
The first episode saw positive UK overnight ratings of 2.33m (10.1% share)[2] beating Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the same slot. Slightly negative comments were made by The Independent, saying 'Si and Dave's antics prove hard to stomach'.[3]