Adventure | Food
Station:
BBC Two (UK)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2007-06-05
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Ray Mears journeys back in time to find out what our Stone Age ancestors would have eaten, in this major new series for BBC Two. Today, our bodies are the same as those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but our diets are very different. Rays good friend, Professor Gordon Hillman, an expert in the use of plants through the ages, is also on hand to share his knowledge.
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S1E1 - Australia
Ray Mears explores the lost foods of Britain's Stone Age. He travels to Australia to see how food gathering means so much more than just diet to the Australian Aborigine.
Air Date: 05 Jun 2007 14:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - Coast
Ray Mears explores the lost foods of Britain's Stone Age. Looking for the foods of our forefathers he starts with the resources found near the coast.
Air Date: 05 Jun 2007 14:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Wetlands
Wetlands were the highways of Stone Age Britain and a habitat rich in wild foods. Ray processes water lily seeds, tries spear fishing from a canoe and tastes plant matter from a pollen core thousands of years old.
Air Date: 05 Jun 2007 14:00 (CDT)
S1E4 - Summer Harvest
Hunter gatherers rely on meat more than any other food, and their lifestyle revolves around the hunt. Ray shows how many meals a single deer can provide, finds seeds that can be made into biscuits for trail snacks, and samples the flavours our ancestors may well have added in their search for new tastes.
Air Date: 05 Jun 2007 14:00 (CDT)
S1E5 - Woodland
Ray Mears explores the lost foods of Britain's Stone Age. Examining the woodland's offerings, he visits the site in Scotland of one of the biggest finds of Stone Age foods.
Air Date: 05 Jun 2007 14:00 (CDT)