S2 E7 ∙

Rick heads from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly, where he learns about one of the Royal Navy's worst shipping disasters and meets a beekeeper trying to breed a native honeybee.

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  • S2 E1

    Rick takes a trip back in time to his early days before making the ultimate fish pie with some plump pollock.

  • S2 E2

    Rick travels to St Ives to meet artist Alfred Wallis and visits a very rare collection of medieval windows.

  • S2 E3

    Rick meets Springwatch presenter and biologist Gillian Burke, who takes him on a walk through a rare habitat.

  • S2 E4

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

  • S2 E5

    Rick roams the dramatic north Cornish coast to tell the story of one of Britain's best-loved writers.

  • S2 E6

    Cornish king crab is on the menu for Rick as he heads out of Newquay to catch and cook this tasty crustacean.

  • S2 E7

    Rick boards the ferry in Penzance to head to the Isles of Scilly, where he learns about a shipping disaster.

  • S2 E8

    Rick meets a man who's paid to eat 700 samples of cheese a week and learns about a revolutionary art movement.

  • S2 E9

    Rick learns how Cornwall contributed to British Empire communications and meets William Golding's daughter.

  • S2 E10

    Rick goes on a tour around the beautiful Camel Estuary and examines Cornwall's second home ownership.

  • S2 E11

    Rick joins a team diving for razor clams, visits Newlyn's ordnance datum, and is shown beautiful copperwork.

  • S2 E12

    Rick discovers how the Cornish landscape influenced Turner and joins an auctioneer at Newlyn Fish Market.

  • S2 E13

    Rick visits a mausoleum with a macabre story on the River Tamar and tries a dish that was served to Joe Biden.

  • S2 E14

    Rick learns about a time when the Cornish were enslaved and joins one of the last fishing boats in St Mawes.

  • S2 E15

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