The team behind the world-famous Morecambe Bay potted shrimps will be appearing in Channel 4 hit A Lake District Farmshop this weekend.
The documentary series, which takes viewers behind the scenes of the award-winning Tebay Services, also meets its suppliers.
Saturday’s episode, which will be broadcast at 8.15pm, meets the workers of Furness Fish, based in Flookburgh, who produce the potted shrimps.
The family firm was set up by Les Salisbury, who has been fishing since he was a boy. It originally started in Ulverston, but outgrew its premises and moved to a purpose-built site in Flookburgh, next to the original Flookburgh Fishermen Factory.
Clare Worrall, director of Furness Fish, said: “Morecambe Bay is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom, covering a total of area of 120 sq miles.
“The Flookburgh fisherman and families have been fishing these treacherous sands for generations, each having to learn the skill and techniques as the Bay changes continually.
“This is a job not for the faint hearted as fishing those waters for the small brown shrimp is a sometimes dangerous and most definitely an arduous task only taken on by the brave. These brave men battle all weather elements to be able to source these shrimps for Furness Fish to pot them for your enjoyment.”
