Hairy Bikers: Route 66
07:00 am - 08:00 am, Friday, August 28 on Food Network (43)
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Season 1, Episode 3
The third leg of Dave Myers and Si King's trip sees them on the trail of Oklahoma's famous beef. In Oklahoma City, a classic T-bone steak is followed by a visit to the city's Vietnamese community, where they knock up their national dish pho - a broth made of beef or chicken. After checking out El Reno's unique onion burger the duo hook up with a couple of fire crews who like to cook - especially brisket. An organic sweet potato farm inspires Dave and Si to make sweet potato brownies, before they finish this stretch on a cattle ranch with America's most iconic custodian of the land - the cowboy
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David Myers
(Presenter)
Simon King
(Presenter)
Dan Adamson
(Executive producer)
Dick Sharman
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
David Myers
(Presenter)
Simon King
(Presenter)
Born:
December 27, 1962
in
Nairobi
Best Known For:
Filming and presenting nature documentaries.
Early-life:
Simon Henry King was born in Nairobi on December 27, 1962 to John and Eve. His father was at the time working for Forces Broadcasting Overseas but he later relocated the family to Bristol and went on to become a TV producer/director at the BBC. Simon's first taste of TV came in 1973 when he was as a child actor in one of his father's wildlife dramas. Three years later, Simon toured the country searching for wildlife with naturalist Mike Kendall for the BBC series Man and Boy.
Career:
In 1984, King made his first film, a study of the wildlife surrounding a willow tree. It was broadcast as an edition of BBC series The World About Us. Since then, he has been involved in a number of nature documentaries as a presenter and cameraman, including Springwatch, Autumnwatch, Big Cat Diary, Simon King's Shetland Diaries, Snow Watch, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Life, and Nature.
Quote:
'I've been lucky enough to indulge my hobby and to do so through the medium of TV, film, writing, photography and drawing.'
Trivia:
King has written a number of wildlife books.
Dan Adamson
(Executive producer)
Dick Sharman
(Producer)
