MasterChef
1990 · 11 seasons · 143 eps · ★ 5.5 · Reality
Ended
MasterChef is a BBC television competitive cooking show. It initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was later revived in a different format known as MasterChef Goes Large from 2005 onwards. In 2008, the "Goes Large" part of the name was dropped, but the format remains identical. The revamped format was devised by Franc Roddam and John Silver with Karen Ross producing. The series now appears in four versions: the main MasterChef series, MasterChef: The Professionals for working chefs, Celebrity MasterChef, and Junior MasterChef, for 9-to-12-year-olds. The format has been reproduced around the world in a large number of international versions.
Created by Franc Roddam
Network: BBC One
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MovieDrama
A BAFTA award nominated drama about a young anti-war demonstrator contemplating her pregnancy and recalling her childhood as she prepares to give birth.
The Family · 1974The Family
★ 8.01974
SeriesDocumentary
The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson, and directed by Franc Roddam. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, seen by many as the precursor to reality television. It was similar to an American documentary which had aired the previous year in 1973, called An American Family. It followed the working-class Wilkins family of six of Reading, through their daily lives, warts and all, and culminated in the marriage of one of the daughters, which was plagued by fans and paparazzi alike.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet · 1983Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
★ 7.91983
SeriesComedyDrama
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
MasterChef México · 2015MasterChef México
★ 7.92015
Series
Gastronomic competition in search of the best amateur chef in Mexico.
MasterChef: Profissionais · 2016MasterChef: Profissionais
★ 7.52016
Series
Professional chefs do their best to please the demanding palates of three of Brazil's greatest chefs in a delicious dispute for the grand prize.
MasterChef Romania · 2012MasterChef Romania
★ 7.32012
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MasterChef România is the Romanian version of the television cooking game show, open to amateur and home chefs.
MasterChef Brasil · 2014MasterChef Brasil
★ 7.22014
Series
Brazilian version of the competitive cooking reality show where amateur and home chefs compete for the title of MasterChef.
MasterChef · 2010MasterChef
★ 7.12010
Series
This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
Quadrophenia · 1979Quadrophenia
★ 7.01979
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Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
MasterChef Australia · 2009MasterChef Australia
★ 7.02009
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MasterChef Australia is a Logie Award-winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced by Shine Australia and screens on Network Ten.
MasterChef South Africa · 2012MasterChef South Africa
★ 7.02012
Series
Aspiring chefs go up against one another in a culinary competition that requires them to impress the judges by preparing various types of dishes and become the ultimate winner.
MasterChef · 2012MasterChef
★ 7.02012
Series
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Canterbury Tales · 2003Canterbury Tales
★ 6.92003
SeriesDrama
Six single dramas adapted from six of Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century Canterbury Tales, transferred to a modern, 21st century setting, but still set along the traditional Pilgrims' route to Canterbury.
The Lords of Discipline · 1983The Lords of Discipline
★ 6.61983
MovieDramaThriller
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Cleopatra · 1999Cleopatra
★ 6.61999
SeriesDrama
Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor.
MasterChef Québec · 2024MasterChef Québec
★ 6.52024
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Quebec's best amateur chefs compete for the title of MasterChef. Passionate about gastronomy, creative and resourceful, they will have to stand out from the crowd in front of judges Martin Picard and Stefano Faita during tough culinary challenges.
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