Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by.
Seasons and episodes
2 seasons · 12 episodes
S2 E1The Eighties
Jun 15, 200960 min
In this programme they go back to the 1980s, the years of their adolescence. Living in a converted loft on the Thames, they sample the high life of a couple of yuppies. To a soundtrack of 80s classics including the Pet Shop Boys, Duran Dura
S2 E2Medieval
Jun 22, 200960 min
In this programme, they go back to medieval England to live the life of a Lord and Lady in their country manor. Starting life in 1066, Giles takes on the guise of a Norman conqueror, complete with broadsword and chainmail. Sue wears pointy
S2 E3The French Revolution
Jul 6, 200960 min
Giles and Sue go for a journey back to Revolutionary France in the 1780s. Donning wigs and corsets, Giles and Sue find out what King Louis XVI ate, why Marie Antoinette was so hated, and how the Revolution was instrumental in creating the f
S2 E4The Twenties
Jul 13, 200960 min
This time, Giles and Sue discover the culinary delights of the bright young things in the 1920s. Chef for the week is food writer Allegra McEvedy, providing aspic-inspired cookery. 'It' girl Sue gets a real bob and Giles dresses in the dand
S2 E5The Fifties
Jul 20, 200960 min
Giles and Sue go back to the 1950s, an era started on rations and ended by Prime Minister Harold MacMillan remarking that 'we'd never had it so good'.
S2 E6Ancient Rome
Jul 27, 200960 min
This time they travel back to the early days of the Roman Empire. Living in a splendid villa, Senator Giles dons a toga while Vestal Virgin Sue dresses in tunics and keeps the fires of Rome burning.
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- How many seasons of The Supersizers... are there?
- The Supersizers... has 2 seasons and 12 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of The Supersizers...?
- The Supersizers... has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on July 27, 2009.
- Who stars in The Supersizers...?
- The Supersizers... stars Sue Perkins, Giles Coren, Martin Blunos, Michael Portillo, Mary Berry.
