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Great British Menu

Series 8

The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.

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London and South East Starter
Episode 130 min2013-01-28

London and South East Starter

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best starter?

London and South East Fish
Episode 230 min2013-01-29

London and South East Fish

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best fish course?

London and South East Main
Episode 330 min2013-01-30

London and South East Main

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will serve up the best main course?

London and South East Dessert
Episode 430 min2013-01-31

London and South East Dessert

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best dessert?

London and South East Judging
Episode 530 min2013-02-01

London and South East Judging

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Arabella Weir joins for the final round.

Scotland Starter
Episode 629 min2013-02-04

Scotland Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning starter be spiced ham, a warm chicken salad or a rabbit terrine?

Scotland Fish
Episode 730 min2013-02-05

Scotland Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning fish dish be a traditional Scottish soup, a chowder or a no-cook mackerel?

Scotland Main
Episode 829 min2013-02-06

Scotland Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning main course be an African inspired goat tagine, a beef dish or a duck dish?

Scotland Dessert
Episode 929 min2013-02-07

Scotland Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning dessert be a comedy custard pie, a chocolate dessert or doughnuts?

Scotland Judging
Episode 1029 min2013-02-08

Scotland Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Only one chef can make it through to the national finals to represent Scotland.

North West Starter
Episode 1129 min2013-02-11

North West Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in the North West.

North West Fish
Episode 1229 min2013-02-12

North West Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their fish courses.

North West Main
Episode 1329 min2013-02-13

North West Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their main course.

North West Dessert
Episode 1429 min2013-02-14

North West Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs get a final chance to impress with their dessert.

North West Judging
Episode 1529 min2013-02-15

North West Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining North West chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.

North East Starter
Episode 1629 min2013-02-18

North East Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three North East chefs all want to top the leader board with their starter.

North East Fish
Episode 1729 min2013-02-19

North East Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three North East chefs hope to impress with their fish courses.

North East Main
Episode 1829 min2013-02-20

North East Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North East chefs cook their main course for judge Jason Atherton.

North East Dessert
Episode 1929 min2013-02-21

North East Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which desserts will help get two North East chefs through to their regional final?

North East Judging
Episode 2029 min2013-02-22

North East Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining North East chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.

South West Starter
Episode 2129 min2013-02-25

South West Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs all want to top the leader board with their starter.

South West Fish
Episode 2229 min2013-02-26

South West Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs compete to get their fish course to top of the leader board.

South West Main
Episode 2329 min2013-02-27

South West Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs compete to get their main course to the top of the leader board.

South West Dessert
Episode 2429 min2013-02-28

South West Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which dessert will help get two chefs through to the Friday show?

South West Judging
Episode 2529 min2013-03-01

South West Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining South West chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.

Northern Ireland Starter
Episode 2629 min2013-03-04

Northern Ireland Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Fish
Episode 2729 min2013-03-05

Northern Ireland Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs cook their fish courses.

Northern Ireland Main
Episode 2829 min2013-03-06

Northern Ireland Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs prepare their main course.

Northern Ireland Dessert
Episode 2929 min2013-03-07

Northern Ireland Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which desserts will help two chefs get through to their regional final?

Northern Ireland Judging
Episode 3029 min2013-03-08

Northern Ireland Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining Northern Ireland chefs must cook their menus for the judges.

Central Starter
Episode 3129 min2013-03-11

Central Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. In central England, three culinary heavyweights return to the Great British Menu kitchen.

Central Fish
Episode 3229 min2013-03-12

Central Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three chefs try to impress veteran judge Marcus Wareing with their fish courses.

Central Main
Episode 3329 min2013-03-13

Central Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. As they cook their main courses, Adil Ray joins the chefs for a fundraising adventure.

Central Dessert
Episode 3429 min2013-03-13

Central Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs create their desserts, with one last chance to impress judge Marcus Wareing.

Central Judging
Episode 3529 min2013-03-14

Central Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges, including Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves.

Wales Starter
Episode 3629 min2013-03-18

Wales Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs raise the curtain with their starters.

Wales Fish
Episode 3729 min2013-03-19

Wales Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Luke Thomas hopes his quirky take on a classic fish finger will impress veteran Jeremy Lee.

Wales Main
Episode 3829 min2013-03-20

Wales Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs prepare their main course. Which one will get the top score from Jeremy Lee?

Wales Dessert
Episode 3929 min2013-03-21

Wales Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. It is the final chance for the Welsh chefs to impress Jeremy Lee with their dessert dishes.

Wales Judging
Episode 4029 min2013-03-22

Wales Judging

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The remaining chefs representing Wales must cook their entire menus for the judges.

Finals Starter
Episode 4160 min2013-03-25

Finals Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Patricia Hodge and the judges taste all eight winning regional starter courses.

Finals Fish
Episode 4260 min2013-03-26

Finals Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Impressionist Ronni Ancona joins the judges as they taste the fish courses.

Finals Main
Episode 4360 min2013-03-27

Finals Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Ade Edmondson tucks into the chefs' main courses to decide which will remain in contention.

Finals Dessert
Episode 4460 min2013-03-28

Finals Dessert

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs not only learn the top three desserts but also the winning menu.

The Banquet
Episode 4560 min2013-03-29

The Banquet

It is the climax of the competition as the winning chefs cook at the Comic Relief Banquet at the Royal Albert Hall. But it is not all plain sailing.

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