Come Dine with Me (2005)
Amateur chefs compete against each other by hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.
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0x11 All in One: York (Christmas special)
22 December, 2006 5:30 pm
A delectable festive treat as four amateur chefs from York take turns to prepare and serve one dish of a four-course festive banquet to the other three, who they've never met before.
0x13 Extra Portions: Merseyside
08 July, 2007 5:30 pm
Five strangers from Merseyside attempt to saute, simmer and steam their way to success as they take it in turns to throw their idea of the perfect dinner party in a bid to win the prize.
0x14 Extra Portions: Belfast
15 July, 2007 5:30 pm
Five strangers from Belfast battle for the title of best host.
0x15 Extra Portions: Edinburgh
22 July, 2007 5:30 pm
Five strangers from Edinburgh battle to show they're the city's finest entertainers
0x16 Extra Portions: London
29 July, 2007 5:30 pm
Opera, globe-trotting menus and a whiff of 70's nostalgia are all part of this competitive cookery offering. The five competitors hail from London and will be aiming to win the best host title.
0x17 Extra Portions: Brighton
05 August, 2007 5:30 pm
Settle back for another serving of fine food and healthy rivalry, as in cosmopolitan Brighton five fun-loving females battle it out to hold what they think is the ideal dinner party.
0x18 Extra Portions: Cambridge
12 August, 2007 5:30 pm
Four career women take on a house husband as five food lovers from Cambridge compete to win a £1000 cash prize.
0x19 Extra Portions: Derby
19 August, 2007 5:30 pm
A clown, a pole dancer and a half-French web designer are among the competitors in as five foodies from Derby battle to stage the perfect dinner party.
0x20 Extra Portions: Glasgow
26 August, 2007 5:30 pm
A cool young bachelor takes on four women in the culinary contest in Glasgow. All five are cooking their idea of the perfect dinner party, but who will win the prize?
0x21 Extra Portions: London
02 September, 2007 5:30 pm
The knives are out as five keen cooks from London each stage their own dinner party and mark one another's efforts, as they battle to win £1000.
0x22 Extra Portions: Ayr
09 September, 2007 5:30 pm
The amateur chefs all come from Ayr, and Maureen McKissock starts the proceedings.
0x23 Extra Portions: Nottingham
16 September, 2007 5:30 pm
A psychic, an amateur embalmer and an Australian who cooks crocodile and kangaroo are among the contestants in this culinary competition from Nottingham.
0x24 Extra Portions: Swansea
23 September, 2007 5:30 pm
The culinary knives are out in Swansea, as five keen chefs battle to win £1000 in cash by staging what they think is the perfect dinner party.
0x28 Extra Portions: Bournemouth, Claudette Brady
22 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x29 Extra Portions: Bournemouth, Sonia Peck
22 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x30 Extra Portions: Bournemouth, James Dean
22 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x31 Extra Portions: Bournemouth, Clive Page
22 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x32 Extra Portions: Newport, Nick Payne
23 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x33 Extra Portions: Newport, Tony Wardle
23 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x34 Extra Portions: Newport, Sam Mallet
23 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x35 Extra Portions: Newport, Jan Taylor
23 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x36 Extra Portions: Devon, Karen Bretagne
24 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x37 Extra Portions: Devon, Deborah Custance-Baker
24 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x38 Extra Portions: Devon, Sarah Corbett
24 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x39 Extra Portions: Devon, Darren Frame
24 December, 2008 5:30 pm
0x40 Extra Portions: Newcastle, Lee Eley
05 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x41 Extra Portions: Newcastle, Brian Moore
05 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x42 Extra Portions: Newcastle, Rebecca Hambly
05 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x43 Extra Portions: Newcastle, Brenda Mallam
05 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x44 Extra Portions: Sheffield, Susanne Bell
06 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x45 Extra Portions: Sheffield, Chris Crossley
06 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x46 Extra Portions: Sheffield, Hazel Glossop
06 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x47 Extra Portions: Sheffield, Ollie Baxter
06 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x48 Extra Portions: Norwich, Zara Davies
07 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x49 Extra Portions: Norwich, David Knight
07 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x50 Extra Portions: Norwich, Seamus Farrelly
07 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x51 Extra Portions: Norwich, Wendy Holdsworth
07 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x52 Extra Portions: Bath, Sarah Hillman
08 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x53 Extra Portions: Bath, Simon Goddard
08 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x54 Extra Portions: Bath, Adrian Dando
08 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x55 Extra Portions: Bath, Annie Todd
08 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x56 Extra Portions: Coventry, James Paley
09 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x57 Extra Portions: Coventry, Vera Phillips Griffith
09 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x58 Extra Portions: Coventry, Jon Bramley
09 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x59 Extra Portions: Coventry, Marie Hughes-Price
09 January, 2009 5:30 pm
0x71 Extra Portions: Aberdeen, Amanda Westlake
13 July, 2009 5:30 pm
0x72 Extra Portions: Aberdeen, Rick Breckenridge
14 July, 2009 5:30 pm
0x73 Extra Portions: Aberdeen, Laura Rojales
15 July, 2009 5:30 pm
0x74 Extra Portions: Aberdeen, Robert (Bob) Calder
16 July, 2009 5:30 pm
0x79 Extra Portions: East Yorkshire, Wendy Spencer
27 July, 2009 5:30 pm
The competition comes from East Yorkshire, with the first contestant to put their hosting skills to the test being 50-year-old beauty salon boss, Wendy Spencer.
0x80 Extra Portions: East Yorkshire, Andrew Smith
28 July, 2009 5:30 pm
0x81 Extra Portions: East Yorkshire, Sandra Brooks
29 July, 2009 5:30 pm
The competition continues and 57-year-old market researcher Sandra Brooks, is out to prove that her Tupperware saleswoman background is just the thing to bag her the 1000 pounds prize.
0x82 Extra Portions: East Yorkshire, John Beachell
30 July, 2009 5:30 pm
It's the last day of the competition in East Yorkshire and farmer's son John Beachell is confident he'll serve the best food, but his guests are more preoccupied with bickering.
0x87 Extra Portions: West Yorkshire, Ben Huckerby
04 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Interior designer Ben Huckerby hosts the first dinner party in a West Yorkshire castle that he doesn't own. Will his guests be impressed?
0x88 Extra Portions: West Yorkshire, Linda Lennon
04 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Self-appointed Queen of Caribbean cooking Linda Lennon is convinced her West Indian menu is a winning one. It has a few unusual touches, which may prove to be a gamble.
0x89 Extra Portions: West Yorkshire, Jon Wiltshire
04 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Jon upsets Linda before his evening's even started, when she discovers he's also cooking West Indian food. She reckons he's got no chance, but his clam chowder and key lime pie is a hit.
0x90 Extra Portions: West Yorkshire, Jo Mills
04 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Trainee science teacher Jo Mills provides a Spanish-themed menu with no fewer than seven different tapas for her starter, including fried octopus.
0x91 Extra Portions: Plymouth, Natalie Jaspers
05 August, 2009 5:30 pm
The first host in Plymouth is good-life enthusiast Natalie Jaspers, a home-cook extraordinaire who brews her own wine and beer, grows her own veg, and makes everything from scratch.
0x92 Extra Portions: Plymouth, Carla Wisdom Grey
05 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Calm and sassy Carla Wisdom Grey prides herself on her relaxed approach to cooking. Carla has selected dishes she is familiar with, in the hope she'll stay cool, calm and collected throughout the evening.
0x93 Extra Portions: Plymouth, David Martin
05 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Having been picked on during the last two meals, David Martin hopes that as host he'll finally command some respect from his guests, but he's more than aware it will be an uphill battle.
0x94 Extra Portions: Plymouth, Sharron Robbie
05 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Sharon Robbie has boasted throughout the week about her cooking and entertaining skills, so her guests' expectations are exceptionally high. Will she be a winner?
0x95 Extra Portions: Glasgow, Wendy Ockrim
06 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x96 Extra Portions: Glasgow, Jane Morton
06 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x97 Extra Portions: Glasgow, Mabel Wong
06 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x98 Extra Portions: Glasgow, Benito Gundin
06 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x99 Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Christine Wright
07 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x100 Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Neil Hemingway
07 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x101 Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Matt Buckingham
07 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x102 Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Laura Seeley
07 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x107 Extra Portions: Teesside, Wayne Allen
11 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Teesside is the setting for the culinary showdown and local DJ Wayne Allen, who describes himself as a 'natural entertainer' is the host, but will he keep all the guests happy?
0x108 Extra Portions: Teesside, Michele Small
11 August, 2009 5:30 pm
It's the turn of single mum-of-four, Michele Small, to host and she is determined to prove you can have a top-class dinner party on a budget.
0x109 Extra Portions: Teesside, Jayne Laverick
11 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Jayne Laverick is sure she will win, she's also determined to educate her guests in the world of haute cuisine in the process, but the mood sours.
0x110 Extra Portions: Teesside, Dave Fishlock
11 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Dave is still hoping his game plan of being nice to everyone will pay off, but his guests are a little fraught so his food is overshadowed by the tension around the table.
0x111 Extra Portions: Oxford, Greg Miller
12 August, 2009 5:30 pm
The competition comes from Oxfordshire and Greg Miller is set on delighting his guests with an exotic South African menu of wildebeest and smoked snoek. Not everyone's cup of tea...
0x112 Extra Portions: Oxford, Juliet Harbutt
12 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Juliet Harbutt, who doesn't suffer fussy eaters gladly, has her work cut out for her as all the diners find something to complain about.
0x113 Extra Portions: Oxford, Adish Vadivale
12 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Devout Hindu Adish Vadivale is determined to show her guests that meat- and alcohol-free meals can be delicious. She plans to dazzle her diners with a smorgasbord of 12 different dishes.
0x114 Extra Portions: Oxford, Tom Smith
12 August, 2009 5:30 pm
The finale of the competition in Oxfordshire is hosted by banker and semi professional footballer Tom Smith, he's determined to win, but does he have what it takes?
0x115 Extra Portions: Wolverhampton, Farida Kalifa
13 August, 2009 5:30 pm
It's day one of the competition in Wolverhampton and bubbly beautician Farida Khalifa is planing to immerse her guests in authentic Indian culture.
0x116 Extra Portions: Wolverhampton, Natalie Middleton
13 August, 2009 5:30 pm
It's the turn of half-Spanish host Natalie Middleton to shine and she's serving up a feast of gazpacho soup, paella and crème brulee, washed down with authentic sangria, and plenty of it.
0x117 Extra Portions: Wolverhampton, Lee Pritchett
13 August, 2009 5:30 pm
The battle of the sexes rages on in Wolverhampton, as the first of the men sets out to prove himself a better host than the ladies. Cocky salesman Lee Pritchett is confident he'll win.
0x118 Extra Portions: Wolverhampton, Michael Brett
13 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Know-all biker, Michael Brett is pulling out all the stops in a bid to impress his fellow diners. He's sure he's got all the ingredients to be a winner, but can his food match his hype?
0x119 Extra Portions: Isle of Wight, Charlotte Barton-Hoare
14 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x120 Extra Portions: Isle of Wight, Michael Coombes
14 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x121 Extra Portions: Isle of Wight, Steve Morris
14 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x122 Extra Portions: Isle of Wight, Mandy Gale
14 August, 2009 5:30 pm
0x123 Extra Portions: Bristol, Sarah Harris
17 August, 2009 5:30 pm
First host in Bristol is Sarah Harris, who loves 'noseying' into people's affairs and believes that she'll charm her guests enough to end up on their Christmas card lists
0x124 Extra Portions: Bristol, Craig Lockett
17 August, 2009 5:30 pm
The guests are in for quite a shock when pernickety hairdresser Craig Lockett serves his sushi starter on the stomach of a hairy Bristolian teenager.
0x125 Extra Portions: Bristol, Kieron Allan
17 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Poet Kieron Allen is hoping to create a chilled-out evening. The guests are not expecting much and he's so laid-back he forgets the key ingredients for his starter.
0x126 Extra Portions: Bristol, Angelique Bernatschke
17 August, 2009 5:30 pm
Designer Angelique Bernatschke is confident a combination of Austrian charm, her gorgeous house and the promise of snow will have her guests under her spell.
0x129 Extra Portions: Blackpool, Liam Bird
16 December, 2009 5:30 pm
0x130 Extra Portions: Blackpool, Andrea Maddox
17 December, 2009 5:30 pm
0x131 Extra Portions: Blackpool, Simon Green
18 December, 2009 5:30 pm
0x132 Extra Portions: Blackpool, Cass Walia
18 December, 2009 5:30 pm
0x139 Extra Portions: Liverpool, Ray Parry
22 February, 2010 5:30 pm
0x140 Extra Portions: Liverpool, Valerie Watson
23 February, 2010 5:30 pm
0x141 Extra Portions: Liverpool, Paul Owen
24 February, 2010 5:30 pm
0x142 Extra Portions: Liverpool, Lyndsey Halligan
25 February, 2010 5:30 pm
0x143 Extra Portions: Blackburn, Kelly Barlow
01 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x144 Extra Portions: Blackburn, Steve Burns
02 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x145 Extra Portions: Blackburn, Michelle Brandon
03 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x146 Extra Portions: Blackburn, Stephen Mahon
04 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x147 Extra Portions: Royal Berkshire, Helen Kent
08 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x148 Extra Portions: Royal Berkshire, Tony Byrd
09 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x149 Extra Portions: Royal Berkshire, Fred Wilkinson
10 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x150 Extra Portions: Royal Berkshire, Sarah Lewis
11 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x152 Extra Portions: York, Claire Baron
15 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x153 Extra Portions: York, Chris Bush
16 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x154 Extra Portions: York, Famida Wilson
17 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x155 Extra Portions: York, Andy Swales
18 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x156 Extra Portions: Luton, Alison Balfour-Lynn
22 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x157 Extra Portions: Luton, Luigi Muscella
23 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x158 Extra Portions: Luton, Martin Palmer
24 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x159 Extra Portions: Luton, Noorani Williamson
25 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x160 Extra Portions: North London, Nicole Ganz
29 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x161 Extra Portions: North London, Harry Iaonnou
30 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x162 Extra Portions: North London, Bindi Holding
31 March, 2010 5:30 pm
0x163 Extra Portions: North London, Nir Zamek
01 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x164 Extra Portions: Birmingham, Claudine Stevens
12 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x165 Extra Portions: Birmingham, Katie Smith
13 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x166 Extra Portions: Birmingham, Kishor Paw
14 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x167 Extra Portions: Birmingham, Mike Olley
15 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x168 Extra Portions: North Kent, Katie Reynolds-Dobbs
19 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x169 Extra Portions: North Kent, Dan Bowman
20 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x170 Extra Portions: North Kent, Claire Wood
21 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x171 Extra Portions: North Kent, Stuart Richards
22 April, 2010 5:30 pm
0x180 Come Dine With Me: The Tasty Bits!
01 December, 2010 5:30 pm
For the first time ever on DVD, we present the very best moments from Channel 4's hugely popular and multi-award winning show Come Dine With Me. The DVD features the most bizarre conversations, the biggest rows, the craziest cooking, the celebrity cock-ups and much more besides - all narrated by the voice of Come Dine With Me, Dave Lamb. And this not-to-be missed offering is rounded off by exclusive footage that's never been seen before on TV - guaranteed to delight, amuse and amaze all fans of the show.
0x184 All in One: Royal Wedding Special
29 April, 2011 5:30 pm
The four royalists battling it out for the Street Party crown are vintage loving business development manager Samantha Porter, 39, first class air stewardess Claudie Howard, 44, flamboyant entrepreneur Vincent Osborne, 58, and retired broker Johnnie Hunter, 57.
The Royal Wedding Street Parties include a traditional East End knees up with a 1940s theme, a glamorous wedding breakfast/ garden party, a Caribbean-flavoured Martinique mock wedding party and a traditional boozy village party on the village green with a hog roast.
Which of the party organisers will have done enough to be crowned dinner party King or Queen and walk away with the £3000 prize?
0x185 All in One: Costa del Sol Special
26 August, 2011 5:30 pm
In a Come Dine with Me first, the culinary competition ventures abroad to the sunny Costa del Sol, where four amateur ex-pat chefs compete for the coveted £1000 prize. As usual, all the scoring's in secret and only at the end of the week is the winner revealed.
Budding entrepreneur Mekala Hodgson starts off the Spanish week with a very un-Spanish menu - pie and mash to be precise - in celebration of her Essex roots.
Next up, well-bred, bi-lingual Greg Van Praagh attempts to wow with some complicated cookery. But a wobbly dessert results in some guests throwing 'wobblies' of their own!
Sun-worshipping retiree John Morton intends to host an evening of entertainment and hilarity, but when one of his jokes backfires it all goes spectacularly wrong and sparks fly.
It falls to the final competitor - fun-loving Mandy Strutton - to try to ease tensions within the group with a Thai menu. But will they be able to patch things up before the winner is revealed?
0x198 Come Dine With Me Extra Spicy
01 November, 2011 5:30 pm
It’s Come Dine With Me – Extra Spicy. The nation’s favourite cooking show is back on DVD and packed with all new highlights that are extra saucy, extra back on DVD and packed with all new highlights that are extra saucy, extra more never-before-seen material 100% exclusive to DVD and of course it’s all narrated by Dave Lamb. Come Dine With Me – Extra Spicy, a must for all fans of the show!
0x212 All in One: Costa del Sol 2
02 March, 2012 5:30 pm
Battling it out on the Costa del Sol are four expats in a week featuring some odd food, shameless name dropping, some bare-cheek service, and a kitchen fiasco where a host loses his tempura.
Taking part are fun-loving Welsh emigre Kate Forrest, gardening guru Ben Knight, friend-of-the-famous and bus driver Tony Reddin, and straight-talking Marilyn Bevins.
0x215 Come Dine with Me Top 30
06 June, 2012 5:30 pm
The vault has been ransacked to countdown the top 30 best bits ever.
During over a thousand episodes, hundreds of people have attempted to host the ultimate dinner party and claim the £1000 prize. These vintage clips show the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
Wannabe cooks with their menu mishaps range from serving pigs trotters for a main to sausage trifle for dessert.
Bad hosting includes the one who fell asleep, leaving her guests to do the cooking.
Celebrity contestants include Lesley Ash making a meal out of cooking a lamb roast to Big Brother's Brian Belo's befuddlement in the presence of Page 3 model Sophie Reade.
There's sporting shenanigans as footballer Neil Ruddock bares all and England's rugby legends prove boys will be boys.
There is also a flirting frenzy between a gigolo and a school teacher, and the most unlikely coming together between a pensioner and a hairdresser.
Along the way, the guest from hell is revealed.
0x217 All in One: Benidorm
14 September, 2012 5:30 pm
On Spain's Costa Brava four ex-pats show off their culinary skills in a week of competitive dining that features banter, blunt speaking, weird photos, and food without any cooking involved.
Taking part are travel journalist Irena Bodnarec, no-nonsense banker Nick Middleton, clairvoyant and alternative thinker Hilary Marshall, and fun loving drag queen Gary Brown.
0x218 Top 30
23 October, 2012 5:30 pm
The Come Dine with Me vault has been ransacked to countdown the top 30 best bits ever. During more than a thousand episodes, hundreds of people have attempted to host the ultimate dinner party and claim the £1000 prize. These vintage clips show the good, the bad and the downright ugly, with wannabe cooks and their menu mishaps ranging from pigs trotters for a main course to sausage trifle for dessert. Bad hosting includes the host who fell asleep, leaving her guests to do the cooking.
0x230 All-in-One: Celebrity
10 January, 2011 5:30 pm
In this celebrity episode, Diane Abbot MP takes on TV presenter and motor-mouth Terry Christian, serial WAG Danielle Lloyd, and ballet dancer Wayne Sleep.
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