Spain… on the road Again is a 2008 American food and travel series produced by PBS. The show features Iron Chef Mario Batali, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols. Each episode covers a different region of Spain as the foursome explore the country's culinary traditions and history.
| Spain... on the Road Again | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Food travelogue |
| Starring | Mario Batali Gwyneth Paltrow Mark Bittman Claudia Bassols |
| Narrated by | Mario Batali |
| Opening theme | "On the Road Again" |
| Ending theme | "On the Road Again" |
| Composer | Willie Nelson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Charles Pinsky |
| Producer | Eric Rhee |
| Production location | Spain |
| Running time | one hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | September 2008 – December 2008 |
Before the series premiere on PBS (the week of September 20, 2008), Paltrow and Batali promoted their tour and series on the September 17, 2008 episode of Oprah.
Episode list
edit| # | Title | Locations[1] | USA Air date[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | “Tilting Windmills in Castilla la Mancha” | Castile–La Mancha and Madrid | September 20, 2008 |
| 102 | “Pilgrimage to Galicia” | Galicia | September 27, 2008 |
| 103 | “Coasting Along in Galicia” | Galicia | October 4, 2008 |
| 104 | “Landmarks, Legends and the Lap of Luxury” | Basque Country | October 11, 2008 |
| 105 | “Basking in Basque Country” | Basque Country | October 18, 2008 |
| 106 | “Rockstar Surprise in Catalunya” | Catalonia | October 25, 2008 |
| 107 | “From the Sublime to the Surreal” | Catalonia | November 1, 2008 |
| 108 | “A Sultan’s View of Andalucía” | Andalucia | November 8, 2008 |
| 109 | “Castillian Hog Heaven” | Castile & León | November 15, 2008 |
| 110 | “Gawking at Gaudí and Asturian Adventures” | Asturias, Catalonia, and Castile & León | November 23, 2008 |
| 111 | “Island Hopping” | Balearic Islands | November 29, 2008 |
| 112 | “Pure Paella” | Valencia and Madrid | December 6, 2008 |
| 113 | “Madrid and the End of the Road” | Madrid | December 13, 2008 |
Other media
editIn October 2008, HarperCollins published a hardcover companion book, Spain… A Culinary Road Trip (ISBN 978-0-06-156093-4, OCLC 191930257), written by Batali, Paltrow, and Julia Turshen.
The 13-episode series was released as a 4-disc 16×9 NTSC DVD set (OCLC 274228881) in January 2009.
References
edit- ^ "Virtual Visit: Locations". Official website.
- ^ The table shows the first date of the week during which various PBS affiliates might air the episode.
External links
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