The Takeaway
Series in which Simon Parkes investigates the role of takeaway meals in our lives.
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Fish And Chips | 20000829 | 20010305 20061023 (BBC7) 20070305 (BBC7) 20071231 (BBC7) 20080811 (BBC7) 20090216 (R7) | Investigating the British love affair with the take-away meal, Simon Parkes visits a 'chippie' in Skipton. Simon Parkes looks at the British love of 'food to go' with a visit to a Skipton 'chippie' Simon Parkes investigates the British love affair with the take-away meal. He visits a 'chippie' in Skipton. In this programme, he discovers the enduring appeal of fish and chips at the Fish and Chip Shop of the Year - Bizzie Lizzie's in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Simon Parkes investigates the British love of 'food to go' with a visit to a 'chippie' in Skipton. |
| 02 | Chinese | 20000905 | 20010306 20061024 (BBC7) 20070306 (BBC7) 20080101 (BBC7) 20080812 (BBC7) 20090217 (R7) | Simon Parkes investigates our love affair with 'food-to-go' in the company of the Man family in Birmingham. Simon Parkes on our affair with 'food-to-go'. He is joined by the Man family in Birmingham Simon Parkes investigates the love affair between the British and take-away food. Today he meets the Man family in Birmingham. Simon Parkes visits the Man family from Bourneville, who opened their first Chinese takeaway back in the 1970s, and hears how the Chinese takeaway has become part of the British way of life. |
| 03 | Indian | 20000912 | 20010307 20061025 (BBC7) 20070307 (BBC7) 20080102 (BBC7) 20080813 (BBC7) 20090218 (R7) | Simon Parkes is in Oxford to meet a Bangladeshi family running an 'Indian' take away and flying the flag for their own cuisine. Simon Parkes is in Oxford to meet a Bangladeshi family running an 'Indian' take away. Simon Parkes continues his investigation of the British taste for takeaways at the Nawabi restaurant on the outskirts of Oxford. Britain, so it is claimed, invented the takeaway. Simon Parkes investigates the British taste for Indian takeaways at the Nawabi restaurant on the outskirts of Oxford. Episode 3 of 5. |
| 04 | Pizza | 20000919 | 20010308 20061026 (BBC7) 20070308 (BBC7) 20080103 (BBC7) 20080814 (BBC7) 20090219 (R7) | Simon Parkes discovers what's at the cutting edge of toppings and why delivering the dough can be a dangerous business. Simon finds out about the cutting edge of toppings and the danger in delivering the dough. Simon Parkes goes to Balsamico in South London to watch pizzas being prepared to order, and discovers how pizzas are challenging the established takeaway market. Simon Parkes discovers what is at the cutting edge of toppings and why delivering the dough can be a dangerous business. |
| 05 LAST | Black Tie - Gourmet | 20000926 | 20010315 20061027 (BBC7) 20070309 (BBC7) 20080104 (BBC7) 20080815 (BBC7) 20090220 (R7) | Simon Parkes travels to Kent to visit a company delivering up-market meals to the chronologically-challenged. Simon Parkes visits a company in Kent delivering meals to the chronologically-challenged. Simon Parkes visits Black Tie Foods, one of a growing number of door-to-door food companies which deliver the take-away food with a difference. Simon Parkes travels to Kent to visit a company delivering up-market meals to the elderly. |
Updated: 6/6/2013