The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure

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.

The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure
Genre	Cookery, travel
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Original release	13 February – 20 March 2014
External links
Website

Episodes

Episode	Original airdate	Location in Asia	Viewing figures (millions)	BBC Two weekly rank
1	13 February 2014	Hong Kong	2.55	10
2	20 February 2014	Bangkok	2.73	8
3	27 February 2014	Thailand	2.24	7
4	6 March 2014	Tokyo	2.40	7
5	13 March 2014	Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Kobe	2.44	6
6	20 March 2014	South Korea	2.32	8

Reception

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]

References

1. "Series 1, The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure - BBC Two". BBC.
2. "Inspector George Gently rises to 5.5m". 14 February 2014.
3. "Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure, TV review: Their Hong Kong hosts are". 13 February 2014.

External links

• The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure at IMDb
• The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure at BBC Programmes