Matt Baker’s back, and this time he’s taking the scenic route. Matt Baker’s British Isles kicks off Tuesday, 3 June at 9 PM GMT on More4, sending the affable presenter on a cross-country trek to spotlight the people and places that make Britain tick. If gentle charm and local flavour are your cup of tea, consider this your official invitation to pour a cuppa and settle in.
The series premiere finds Baker bouncing from the Garden of England to the Scottish Highlands, highlighting stories of innovation, community, and that distinctly British blend of eccentricity and grit. In Kent, he visits a winemaker shaking up tradition by teaming with a French champagne house to produce an Anglo-French bubbly—because who says sparkling wine has to be strictly continental?
Further north, in the Highlands, Baker encounters a pair of former farmers with a royal connection: one’s now a chaplain at Crathie Kirk, the other a celebrated fiddler. And over in Northern Ireland, a guitar craftsman finds himself in high demand, building instruments for rock royalty—proof that six strings and a bit of know-how can take you anywhere.
Baker even gets his hands dirty—literally—joining a team in South Wales as they reopen a buried Victorian railway tunnel, transforming it into a pedestrian and cycling thoroughfare. The project highlights a resourceful lot in the Rhondda Valley with a vision for the future and a deep respect for the past.
If early buzz is anything to go by, Matt Baker’s British Isles looks set to be a cozy tour through a nation that’s constantly reinventing itself, one town, one tunnel, one perfectly poured pint at a time.
Matt Baker’s British Isles airs Tuesdays at 9:00 PM GMT on More4.
