The F Word

In tonight's programme Nicole Appleton and Melanie Blatt and their mums cook a delicious starter of angel hair pasta & clams, spiced pork chops with crushed sweet potatoes and a classic apple tart while Nicole's husband Liam Gallagher watches from the dining room; Janet Street-Porter tries to persuade her Yorkshire neighbours to eat more veal; in "Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite", Gordon faces one of his toughest physical challenges yet as he's put through his paces by the Marines, then shows them how to cook a fantastically healthy low-calorie but full-flavour beef curry; it's David Blunkett versus Gordon in the recipe challenge with Shepherd's Pie; and Gordon searches through the night for one of Britain's rarest and most delicious food delicacies: Elvers.

In tonight's programme Paddy McGuinness and his family cook a delicious starter of scallops, quail's eggs and pea puree, a main course of escalope of chicken, sautéed potatoes and chard and a mouth-watering raspberry soufflé for dessert; Janet Street-Porter's veal calves undergo an important operation; in Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite Gordon teaches comedian DARA O'BRIAIN how to cook a delicious and healthy prawn and crayfish pilaf, proving that low fat food doesn't need to be boring food; JAMELIA takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge with her Jamaican chicken soup; and Gordon travels to America for one of his most extraordinary food adventures yet: Catfish Noodling - catching powerful, sharp-toothed Catfish using nothing but his hands.

In tonight's programme, Gordon goes shooting for pigeon and makes a delicious warm pigeon salad; Janet takes her veal calves to a country show; Tom Parker Bowles attempts to cook a whole pig, nose to tail, using every single part of the animal; in Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite Gordon teaches a family with 8 kids how to make food fun as well as delicious and healthy; Edith Bowman takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge with her take on one of Scotland's greatest dishes - Haggis; and Dizzee Rascal drops into the restaurant for dinner. Plus Matt Dawson and his family help Gordon cook a fantastic glazed salmon with salad starter, a main course of Gressingham Duck, and a honeycomb dessert - three simple and delicious recipes everyone can cook and enjoy at home.

In tonight's programme, Gordon goes back to the floor and becomes a junior chef at a Chinese restaurant, learning how to make one of the world's most ancient delicacies: Dim Sum; Janet's veal calves are living happily in her field in Yorkshire but not all calves are so lucky; Janet reveals what can happen to some veal calves that are sent abroad; in Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite Gordon visits London Zoo to find out why the animals are eating better than the humans; Jo Brand takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge with her vegetable curry; and Harry Enfield drops into the restaurant for dinner. Plus Mica Paris and her family cook a delicious mackerel and warm potato salad starter, a pigeon casserole for main course, and a fantastic strawberry dessert - three simple and delicious recipes everyone can cook and enjoy at home.

In tonight's program, Janet Street-Porter faces one of the most difficult moments of her life; her veal calves David and Elton have had a very happy life in a field in Yorkshire but now it's time for them to go to slaughter; in Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite Gordon teaches a group of London Underground emergency workers how to cook a delicious, low-fat breakfast; and Jessica Hynes from Spaced takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge with her macaroni cheese. In the restaurant the diners, who include comedian Rob Brydon, enjoy a delicious three course meal of pea soup, chicken stroganoff, and vanilla cheesecake - three simple and tasty recipes everyone can cook and enjoy at home.

The series comes to a spectacular climax as Gordon travels to Iceland and the Sierra Nevada in Spain, and makes an emotional return to his old football club in Scotland. In the restaurant Gordon takes on the ultimate challenge - cooking one of Janet's veal calves for 50 vegetarians who want to try meat again; he goes "sky-fishing" for puffin off the cliffs of Iceland; he returns to Rangers Football Club to teach them how to cook a delicious, healthy poached chicken with bean and fennel salad; he travels to southern Spain to find out about one of the world's first organic caviar farms; and in the recipe challenge Graham Norton and Gordon compete to have their roasted peach dish served to the diners for dessert. The winning brigade from the series return to cook three luxurious dishes that everyone can cook at home: a starter of lobster and caviar with new potatoes and a truffle mayonnaise, a main course of veal marsala with sautéed vegetables (made with meat from one of Janet's veal calves), and the winning dessert from Gordon's recipe challenge with Graham Norton.