British As Folk. Image shows from L to R: Fern Brady, Ivo Graham, Darren Harriott. Copyright: STV Productions
British As Folk

British As Folk

  • TV factual
  • Dave
  • 2021
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham travel around the UK interrogating stereotypes and traditions.

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Series 1, Episode 5 - Cornwall: Do We Still Love To Be Beside The Seaside?

British As Folk. Image shows from L to R: Darren Harriott, Fern Brady, Ivo Graham. Copyright: STV Productions
On their road trip, Darren Harriott, Fern Brady and Ivo Graham visit the UK's most popular holiday destination, Cornwall, to explore the side the tourists rarely see and discover if Britain still likes to be beside the seaside?

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In this episode, they travel to the UK's most popular holiday destination, Cornwall, to discover whether Brits still love to be besides the seaside. Despite attracting 5 million tourists each year, the region is still labelled as a backward, unwelcoming, second home haven where life's a beach. Keen to explore the real Cornwall, our trio ditch cream teas for trucker breakfasts, before Fern learns how the locals ride the waves from a septuagenarian surfing sensation, while the boys discover Cornwall isn't just welcoming tourists, it's also home to some of the world's most advanced robots.

If that wasn't progressive enough, Fern and Ivo meet one of Cornwall's first openly gay farmers, while Darren is beyond excited to cook authentic Caribbean cuisine with an actual Jamaican person and Ivo shows off his Newsnight credentials by meeting a local politician on the campaign trail. Their adventure ends with a Cornish language lesson, where they learn to count and what 'bramm an gath' means.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 11th October 2021
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 14th October 2021 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 6th March 2022 3:10am Dave
Saturday 26th November 2022 1:40am Dave
Friday 27th October 2023 2:00am Dave
Saturday 16th March 2024 3:05am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Fern Brady Host / Presenter
Darren Harriott Host / Presenter
Ivo Graham Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Kirsty Arthur (as Cllr Kirsty Arthur) Self
Gwyn Haslock Self
Melissa Reid Self
Will Jackson Self
Shibon Armstrong Self
Simon Martyn Matthews Self
Michael Bunney Self
Joe Lewis Self
Pol Hodge Self
Production team
Marcus Liversedge Series Director
Alex Gilman Series Producer
Tom Taylor Producer
Mark Iddon Executive Producer
Rosy Marshall-McCrae Executive Producer
Muchengeti Madhovi Shooting Producer/Director
Ian Hendry Shooting Producer/Director
Ami Anderson Senior Producer
Adam Perkins Edit Producer
Sukhi Bansal Edit Producer
Spencer Doane Editor
Ewan Denny Editor
Lee McKellar Editor
Andy Walker Director of Photography
Alistair Cairney Graphics
Lucy Hazzard Developer

Video

Fern Brady hates surfing

Fern Brady meets the 'Godmother of Surf' Gwyn Haslock and then attempts surfing herself on a wave machine.

Featuring: Fern Brady, Gwyn Haslock & Melissa Reid.

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