New Hairy Bikers show announced amid Dave Myers cancer battle

The Hairy Bikers are set to travel from Scotland to Devon for a new TV series as Dave Myers continues to battle cancer.

Myers, 65, will join friend and presenting partner Si King, 56, for new show The Hairy Bikers Go West, celebrating British food, farms, restaurants and recipes as they travel along the west coast, the length of the UK.

The show description revealed: "This is the perfect trip for the Bikers to revisit places that are meaningful to their past, special locations where their friendship was forged, and locations linked to their family history."

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The eight part BBC series will see the motorcycle-riding cooks celebrate their friendship as they journey along the west coast from Bute Island, through Dumfries & Galloway, Lancashire, Merseyside & the Isle of Man, North Wales, The Severn Estuary and Somerset, before finishing their journey in Devon.

Myers announced in May 2022 that he had been diagnosed with cancer.

The TV presenter has undergone aggressive chemotherapy to combat the disease and revealed he had to learn to walk again as a result.

He said: “By God, the chemotherapy doesn’t half age you quickly. Because your balance goes, so for someone with a motorbike that’s a disaster, and my walking has been affected quite a lot, really.”

The foodie also told how the "brutal" treatment had made him lose his appetite.

Myers said: "At first I thought, 'Right, this is great, I can eat all those pies I haven't been eating for years', except [my] appetite was dreadful!"

The Hairy Bikers made a triumphant return to TV in December 2022 on Saturday Kitchen.

Myers punched the air and told viewers he was "still breathing".

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Myers said: “I’m over the moon to be back!”

Watch: The Hairy Bikers share their most intimate moments