Following their highly amusing journeys around France and California in previous summers Oz and James embark on a summer road trip around their homeland, on a quest to find the perfect British tipple. The pair start out in Yorkshire, with Oz showing James the perfect pint in the perfect pub. As they travel round Britain they explore the best and worst of British beers and move on to other drinks: whisky, wine and cider, as well as the less well known perry, mead, ginger beer, the great British cuppa, punch, Pimms, gin, fruit cordials, delicious milk and even which is the best water and why.

Oz and James' hunting grounds are great British pubs, markets, small breweries, British sparkling wine makers and many more, all set against the beautiful backdrop of the British countryside. This odd couple squabble and revel in their differences in an irreverent and highly amusing tribute to British drink in its many forms. It is a defiant non-PC celebration of great British drinks by two patriots.

Author Biography

Oz Clarke, renowned wine authority, writer and former leading West End actor, has teamed up again for this Big British Adventure with James May, an enthusiastic beer drinker as well as writer, broadcaster and co-host of BBC2's 'Top Gear'. For this series James produces a classic Rolls Royce towing an appallingly kitsch caravan, giving them a chance to pitch up anywhere and everywhere, from farmers' fields, highland lochs to pub car parks. Series One with the pair arguing their way around France was the BBC hit of 2006 and this was followed by another month-long trip around the revered wineries of California. Lively colour photos from Oz and James's travels this summer.