Ray Mears' Wild Food
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Play S1 E1Ray Mears journeys back in time to find out what our Stone Age ancestors would have eaten. Ray and archaeo-botanist Professor Gordon Hillman show us how our ancestors found, prepared and cooked their food and we learn about the amazingly rich natural larder that still surrounds us.
Cast: Ray Mears
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Season 1
5 episodes
- 1. AustraliaIn the first programme, Ray travels to the other side of the planet to hear from Australian Aboriginals about what food means to a hunter-gatherer and the role it plays in their culture as well as their society. Along with many other discoveries, the trip sees Ray sample that most iconic of "bush tucker": the witchetty grub, a huge maggot that lives in the roots of the witchetty bush.NRCC1 h 0 minJan 4, 2007
- 2. CoastRay finds out just what Britain's coast had to offer our ancestors, as he explores the Wild Food that tickled the taste buds of Stone Age man.NRCC1 h 0 minJan 10, 2007
- 3. WetlandsRay and Professor Gordon Hillman, an expert in the use of plants through the ages, look at the marshes and waterways which our ancestors used for travelling and as an abundant source of food.NRCC1 h 0 minJan 17, 2007
- 4. Summer HarvestSummer Harvest shows that our ancestors would have had access to a wide variety of plant foods, but meat would have been the staple in their diet.NRCC1 h 0 minJan 24, 2007
- 5. WoodlandFor our ancestors, Autumn would have been the last chance to gather food before winter stole much of it away. Ray travels to the island of Colonsay in Scotland to investigateNRCC1 h 0 minJan 31, 2007
Ray Mears' Wild Food
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Ray Mears journeys back in time to find out what our Stone Age ancestors would have eaten. Ray and archaeo-botanist Professor Gordon Hillman show us how our ancestors found, prepared and cooked their food and we learn about the amazingly rich natural larder that still surrounds us.
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- Ray Mears
