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Food and Drink is a long-running BBC Two television show. It was the first national television programme in the UK to cover the subject of food and drink without cooking and recipe demonstrations, airing from 1982 and 2002. The first series, presented by Simon Bates and Gillian Miles, was created in 1982 by BBC producer Henry Murray from an original idea by Jancis Robinson, Fay Maschler, and Paul Levy, and introduced Jilly Goolden in her first regular television appearances as the programme's wine expert. Russell Harty delivered filmed location reports from great eateries across the United Kingdom. This series included the novel idea of a small contributing audience of 20 people dubbed "tasters and testers." The first series aired during the summer months but was an instant hit, with an average audience of 1.5 million viewers each week, a strong rating for BBC Two in the summer of the 1980s. Later seasons were hosted by Chris Kelly and chef Michael Barry, along with wine experts Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke. During the main show's summer vacation in 1987, a spin-off panel game called Food and Drink Summer Quiz aired. Simon May composed the theme song. Food and Drink returned to BBC Two on February4,2013, co-hosted by Michel Roux Jr and Kate Goodman.