Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes
Ready, Steady, Cook (Season 21)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2009-11-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Father-and-son dancing duo Stavros Flatley show off their dance moves and cooking skills (or lack of). Ainsley Harriott keeps everyone on their toes for the 20-minute challenge.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2009-11-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott introduces another edition of the classic 20-minute cooking challenge. Ray Quinn and Emma Stephens reveal how their on-stage romance became a real love affair.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2010-01-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Jenny Eclair and Wendi Peters are transformed from Grumpy Old Women into garrulous gastronomes. Ainsley Harriott presides over another mouth-watering cookery competition.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2009-11-27
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Comedy actors Nigel Planer and Brian Conley set the chefs a cookery challenge with a taste of the Mediterranean and India. Ainsley Harriott hosts.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2009-11-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts the 20-minute cooking challenge. Aled Jones and Faryl Smith reveal the secrets of classical singing success, bringing music and laughter to the kitchens.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2009-12-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott introduces another edition of the classic 20-minute cooking challenge. Comedy actor John Thomson and wife Samantha dish the dirt on domestic kitchen rivalry.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2009-12-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts the classic 20-minute cooking challenge. Singing sisters Bernie and Linda Nolan cook up a family feast and reveal their favourite childhood foods.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2009-12-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott introduces the classic 20-minute cooking challenge. Comedian Dave Spikey and his wife Kay indulge their love of Spanish cuisine and a passion for cheese.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2009-12-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott introduces another edition of the classic 20-minute cookery challenge. Actors Tony Sheldon and Clive Carter tread the boards in a theatrical edition of the show.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2009-12-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Cookery challenge show. TV newsreaders Jon Sopel and Louise Minchin talk about their passion for food and globetrotting. There is a truly international flavour to today's menus.
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2009-12-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Classic cookery challenge show. Former and current England cricket captains Mike Gatting and Charlotte Edwards step up to the crease for a limited overs game of just 20 minutes.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2009-12-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Cooking challenge show. To Buy or Not to Buy presenters Johny Benarr and Nikki Bedi look to acquire culinary class in the red and green kitchens. Ainsley Harriott presents.
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 2009-12-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott introduces another edition of the classic 20-minute challenge. Actor Chris Ellison and his wife Anita dish up mouthwatering food in the red and green kitchens.
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Air date: 2009-12-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Another edition of the 20-minute cooking challenge. Ballroom dance star Camilla Dallerup and actor Kevin Sacre keep it Strictly foodie in the red and green kitchens.
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Air date: 2009-12-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts a seasonal edition of the 20-minute challenge. Laughter and fine food flow as Sam Kane and wife Linda Lusardi reveal how the panto season is a family affair.
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
Air date: 2009-12-22
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts a special seasonal edition of the 20-minute challenge. Claire Sweeney and 'Magic' Mandy Muden bring comedy and magic to the red and green kitchens.
Episode 17 (Episode 17)
Air date: 2009-12-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts another twenty-minute cooking challenge. Stan Boardman and his TV presenter daughter Andrea reveal just what makes Christmas special in their household.
Episode 18 (Episode 18)
Air date: 2010-01-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The One Show's science reporter Marty Jopson and bug expert George McGavin do battle in the red and green kitchen. Ainsley Harriott hosts the 20 minute cook-off.
Episode 19 (Episode 19)
Air date: 2010-01-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and cello player Julian Lloyd Webber do battle in the red and green kitchens. Ainsley Harriott presents the 20 minute cook-off.
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
Air date: 2010-01-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Actors Sarah Jayne Dunn and Helen Noble face each other in the red and green kitchens. Ainsley Harriott joins in the fun for another twenty minute cookery challenge.
Episode 21 (Episode 21)
Air date: 2010-01-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Equestrian gold medallists Lee Pearson and Oliver Townend both aim for a faultless round in the kitchens, as Ainsley Harriott presides over another 20-minute cookery challenge.
Episode 22 (Episode 22)
Air date: 2010-01-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Torchwood actors Tom Price and Kai Owen serve up a double helping of humour and fabulous food, as Ainsley Harriott hosts another 20-minute cook-off in the red and green kitchens.
Episode 23 (Episode 23)
Air date: 2009-12-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts another seasonal 20-minute cooking challenge. Actors Ian Lavender and Patina Miller serve up an Anglo-American Christmas feast in the red and green kitchens.
Episode 24 (Episode 24)
Air date: 2009-12-31
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Ainsley Harriott hosts another seasonal twenty-minute cooking challenge. Jazz legends Kenny Ball and Chris Barber cook up some fabulous food and a musical feast for Christmas.
Episode 25 (Episode 25)
Air date: 2010-01-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Bananarama songstresses Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin strut their stuff in the red and green kitchens as Ainsley Harriott serves up a chart-topping food feast in just 20 minutes.
Episode 26 (Episode 26)
Air date: 2010-01-20
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Television presenter Peter Purves and actor Patricia Brake bring 20 years of friendship and a love of good food to the 20-minute cooking challenge hosted by Ainsley Harriott.
Episode 27 (Episode 27)
Air date: 2010-01-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Veteran radio DJ David 'Kid' Jensen and radio presenter Erika North spin platefuls of food in the studio, as Ainsley Harriott hosts another edition of the cooking challenge.
Episode 28 (Episode 28)
Air date: 2010-01-22
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Comedian Tony Slattery and actress Phyllida Law reveal the origins of their 20-year friendship as they don the famous red and green aprons. Ainsley Harriott presents.
Episode 29 (Episode 29)
Air date: 2010-01-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Natural history TV presenters Chris Packham and Nick Baker keep some very strange items in their fridges at home, but what will they bring to surprise the chefs?
Episode 30 (Episode 30)
Air date: 2010-01-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Actor William Tapley and dancer Hannah Vassallo dish up a gourmet feast, as Ainsley Harriott introduces another classic twenty-minute cooking challenge.
Episode 31 (Episode 31)
Air date: 2010-01-27
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Billy Elliott star Brad Wilson and former cast member James Lomas are in the red and green kitchens as Ainsley Harriott presents another cookery challenge.
Episode 32 (Episode 32)
Air date: 2010-01-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Huey Morgan and Shaun Keaveny battle it out in the red and green kitchens, with food that takes us from Puerto Rico to Lancashire.
Episode 33 (Episode 33)
Air date: 2010-01-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The red and green kitchens welcome actors Charles Collingwood and Angela Piper from The Archers. Ainsley Harriott presents.
Episode 34 (Episode 34)
Air date: 2010-02-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Holby City actors Jaye Jacobs and Hari Dhillon face each other in the red and green kitchens and reveal the truth behind their passionate on-screen love affair.
Episode 35 (Episode 35)
Air date: 2010-02-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Homes under the Hammer presenters Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander swap the auctioneer's gavel for chopping boards and saucepans to see whose food can raise the most votes.
