Spain... on the Road Again

Spain… on the road Again is a 2008 American food and travel series produced by PBS. The show features Iron Chef Mario Batali, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols. Each episode covers a different region of Spain as the foursome explore the country's culinary traditions and history.

Spain... on the Road Again
GenreFood travelogue
StarringMario Batali
Gwyneth Paltrow
Mark Bittman
Claudia Bassols
Narrated byMario Batali
Opening theme"On the Road Again"
Ending theme"On the Road Again"
ComposerWillie Nelson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerCharles Pinsky
ProducerEric Rhee
Production locationSpain
Running timeone hour
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseSeptember 2008 (2008-09) –
December 2008 (2008-12)

Before the series premiere on PBS (the week of September 20, 2008), Paltrow and Batali promoted their tour and series on the September 17, 2008 episode of Oprah.

Episode list
#Title Locations[1]USA Air date[2]
101“Tilting Windmills in Castilla la Mancha”Castile–La Mancha and MadridSeptember 20, 2008
102“Pilgrimage to Galicia”GaliciaSeptember 27, 2008
103“Coasting Along in Galicia”GaliciaOctober 4, 2008
104“Landmarks, Legends and the Lap of Luxury”Basque CountryOctober 11, 2008
105“Basking in Basque Country”Basque CountryOctober 18, 2008
106“Rockstar Surprise in Catalunya”CataloniaOctober 25, 2008
107“From the Sublime to the Surreal”CataloniaNovember 1, 2008
108“A Sultan’s View of Andalucía”AndaluciaNovember 8, 2008
109“Castillian Hog Heaven”Castile & LeónNovember 15, 2008
110“Gawking at Gaudí and Asturian Adventures”Asturias, Catalonia, and Castile & LeónNovember 23, 2008
111“Island Hopping”Balearic IslandsNovember 29, 2008
112“Pure Paella”Valencia and MadridDecember 6, 2008
113“Madrid and the End of the Road”MadridDecember 13, 2008

Other media

In October 2008, HarperCollins published a hardcover companion book, Spain… A Culinary Road Trip (ISBN 978-0-06-156093-4, OCLC 191930257), written by Batali, Paltrow, and Julia Turshen.

The 13-episode series was released as a 4-disc 16×9 NTSC DVD set (OCLC 274228881) in January 2009.

References
  1. "Virtual Visit: Locations". Official website.
  2. The table shows the first date of the week during which various PBS affiliates might air the episode.


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