Great British Menu
2006–BBC TwoDocumentary
Regional chefs cooking off for a place at one national banquet a year.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Great British Menu, covering season 1.
It arrived on BBC Two in 2006, when Talking Heads, Yes, Prime Minister and Absolutely Fabulous were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip kept. One result is a designer's unused submission for the sequence and the other is the theme as a music posting.
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