The Hairy Bikers: when is You’ll Never Ride Alone on BBC - and how to watch

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The Hairy Bikers will celebrate the life of Dave Myers 📺
  • The Hairy Bikers will ride for one last time this Christmas.
  • Following the death of Dave Myers - a special documentary is airing on the BBC.
  • Si King will celebrate the life and career of his friend in You’ll Never Ride Alone.

An emotional Hairy Bikers documentary is set to air on BBC tonight (December 23). It comes following the death of Dave Myers at the age of 66 in February.

Si King will pick out highlights from the cooking duo’s 25 year TV career for The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Ride Alone. It is part of the Beeb’s Christmas TV schedule.

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The documentary will close the book on The Hairy Bikers, according to the BBC. Dave Myers revealed his cancer diagnosis in 2022 and died surrounded by his family at the age of 66 this February.

What time is The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Ride Alone on?

Si King, Dave Myers cooking in Hong KongSi King, Dave Myers cooking in Hong Kong
Si King, Dave Myers cooking in Hong Kong | BBC/South Shore Productions

The special documentary is scheduled to air at 9pm tonight (December 23). It will run for an hour, the BBC has confirmed.

How to watch The Hairy Bikers documentary?

It is scheduled to air on BBC2 and 9pm today, the same time as Strike is on BBC1. However it will also be available on catch up via iPlayer after it has finished on the tele.

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What to expect from The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Walk Alone?

You may want to stock up on tissues as it is set to be a poignant look back through the life and career of Dave Myers. During the programme, Si will pick out the key moments of the past 25 years of their TV careers, commemorating a special friendship that would change cookery shows forever.

It follows the 45,000 plus bikes that joined Si on a memorial journey from London to Dave’s hometown of Barrow-in-Furness in June this year. The emotional ride was Si King’s last as a Hairy Biker as he closes the chapter on an incredible 25 years of memories with his biking brother.

Archive, new interviews and previously unseen footage help celebrate Dave’s life, charting a journey that took him around the world, cooking up a storm as one of television’s greatest ever double acts.

Si said: “I’m incredibly proud of the programme because it’s a tribute to my best mate. Dave Day wasn’t so much cathartic, it just felt so celebratory of Dave’s life. It’s not often I’m lost for words but that day I seemed to be.”

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