Oz and James Drink to Britain

I was speaking to a colleague yesterday and he expressed surprise when I told him that I watched Oz and James Drink to Britain. I'm not certain why, as though I know (generally) more about wine and spirits than is broadcast, it is an entertaining way to spend half an hour on an evening and it is great that alcohol has got a watchable programme on television.

Thankfully, they have ventured away from wine for this series, concentrating on our own nation's drinks (beer, whisky, gin and a little bit of wine) so the format shouldn't go stale. I'm beginning to see these two take the alcohol and do what Keith Floyd did with cooking in the 1980's with his 'Floyd on...' series, make an entertaining show that doesn't lecture the viewer as past programmes have done and shows when the experts muck it up and get things totally wrong.

The only thing that totally threw me was when they were in a pub on a train platform in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. The girl serving Oz and James was my cousin - didn't expect that one!