
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Department: Acting
Biography
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a multi-award-winning writer and broadcaster known for his uncompromising commitment to seasonal, ethically produced food and his concern for the environment. He has earned a huge following through his River Cottage TV series and books, as well as campaigns such as Hugh’s Fish Fight, Hugh’s War on Waste and his latest, Britain’s Fat Fight. Hugh’s early smallholding experiences were shown in the Channel 4 River Cottage series and led to the publication of The River Cottage Cookbook (2001), which won the Glenfiddich Trophy and the André Simon Food Book of the Year award. Thirteen more books have followed, including the acclaimed River Cottage Meat Book and the immensely popular River Cottage Veg Everyday. Hugh’s latest book is River Cottage Much More Veg.
Known For

River Cottage - Pig in a Day
2010

The Cook Who Changed Our Lives
2016

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
2010

River Cottage Christmas Fayre
2010

Christmas at River Cottage
2000

River Cottage Christmas
2011

Chickens, Hugh and Tesco Too
2009

50 Things to Eat Before You Die
2004

Shooting Stars
1993

The F Word
2005

Countdown
1982

Would I Lie to You?
2007

Hugh's Chicken Run
2008

A Cook on the Wild Side
2005

Question Time
1979

Treats from the Edwardian Country House
2002

Saving Africa's Elephants: Hugh and the Ivory War
2016

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996

The Great Climate Fight
2023

River Cottage Australia
2013

River Cottage Reunited
2022

Britain's Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
2018

Big Blue UK
2015

Hugh's War on Waste
2015

Hugh's Three Hungry Boys
2012

Hugh's 3 Good Things
2012

Hugh's Wild West
2018

Ingenious Animals
2016

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017

The Weakest Link
2021

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

Time Team
1994

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Easy Ways to Live Well
2020

River Cottage: Spring
2008

Scandimania
2014

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

River Cottage
1999

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

Have I Got News for You
1990

Spise med Price
2008

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022