Food Unwrapped: Cutdown Episode
03:20 am - 03:45 am, Wednesday, December 31 on More4 (18)
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Cutdown Episode
Season 1, Episode 1
Jimmy Doherty and Briony May Williams embark on an epic journey through the Nordic region. Starting in the Viking fjords of west Norway, they take to the seas to uncover how cod farming could be part of the future. Travelling south through Sweden's ancient landscape, they pay a special visit to a certain furniture store and learn just what makes a meatball so Swedish. They finish their journey in Finland, home to the happiest people in the world apparently, to find out what kind of food is putting a smile on their faces
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Jimmy Doherty
(Presenter)
Briony May Williams
(Presenter)
Tim Dowse
(Series producer)
Glenn Swift
(Executive producer)
Rob Butterfield
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Jimmy Doherty
(Presenter)
Born:
May 24, 1975
in
Essex
Best Known For:
Jimmy's Farm.
Early-life:
Born on May 24, 1975, in Ilford, Essex. After leaving school he studied animal biology at the University of East London and entomology at Coventry University's zoology department. Jimmy proved he had TV presence while appearing briefly in Jamie's Kitchen and Oliver's Twist alongside his childhood friend Jamie Oliver. Harbouring dreams of being self-sufficient and to grow all his own produce, he attempted to turn his vision of living the 'good life' into reality.
Career:
At 28, Doherty quit his life as a city-dwelling academic and threw himself into the back-breaking task of transforming a dilapidated old dairy farm into a flourishing organic pig business. His efforts, documented in BBC series Jimmy's Farm, turned him into a household name. The success of that show spawned the follow-up BBC projects Jimmy's Farm Diaries, Crisis on Jimmy's Farm, Jimmy's Farming Heroes, Jimmy's Food Factory, and A Farmer's Life for Me. More recently, he has presented Channel 4 shows Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket, Jimmy and the Whale Whisperer, Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club and Food Unwrapped.
Quote:
On the importance of farming: "It's the most important thing, without a shadow of a doubt. Because without organised agriculture, you just wouldn't have anything else."
Trivia:
In August 2014, Doherty was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum vote.
Briony May Williams
(Presenter)
Tim Dowse
(Series producer)
Glenn Swift
(Executive producer)
Rob Butterfield
(Executive producer)
