The Restaurant (British TV series) series 1
| The Restaurant | |
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| No. of episodes | 8 | 
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| Original network | BBC Two | 
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The first series of The Restaurant was broadcast in the United Kingdom from 29 August to 17 October in 2007. The programme aired on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8 pm on BBC Two, over a total of fifteen episodes. It marked the start of a three-series run for the concept.
This show is airing as Last Restaurant Standing in the US on BBC America from February to May 2008.
The winners, Jeremy and Jane Hooper, beat eight other couples to win the chance to set up their own restaurant backed by French chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc. The couple ran their restaurant, Eight at the Thatch, at Thame, Oxfordshire from November 2007 until May 2008.