Cornwall has more than its fair share of folk tales; Rick recounts perhaps the most famous of them, the tale of the Mermaid of Zennor, near Land's End in this episode.

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All episodes for series 2 of Rick Stein's Cornwall

  • S2 E1

    Rick takes a trip back in time to his early days.

  • S2 E2

    Rick travels to St Ives to meet artist Alfred Wallis.

  • S2 E3

    Rick meets Springwatch presenter and biologist Gillian Burke.

  • S2 E4

    Rick recounts perhaps the most famous of all Cornish folk tales near Land's End.

  • S2 E5

    Rick roams the dramatic north Cornish coast.

  • S2 E6

    Cornish king crab is on the menu for Rick.

  • S2 E7

    Rick boards the ferry in Penzance to head to the Isles of Scilly.

  • S2 E8

    Rick meets a man who's paid to eat 700 samples of cheese a week.

  • S2 E9

    Rick learns how Cornwall contributed to British Empire communications.

  • S2 E10

    Rick goes on a tour around the beautiful Camel Estuary.

  • S2 E11

    Rick joins a team diving for razor clams.

  • S2 E12

    Rick discovers how the Cornish landscape influenced Turner.

  • S2 E13

    Rick visits a mausoleum with a macabre story on the River Tamar.

  • S2 E14

    Rick learns about a time when the Cornish were enslaved.

  • S2 E15

    Rick visits the Rame Peninsula and explores the history of the Cornish pasty.