in which episode 6, titled "number 6", featured Silsden. It was featured for almost the entire one-hour episode, using locations across the town. Bonapartes Restaurant, on Kirkgate, was the subject of the first-ever episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares in 2004. After the show aired, Bonapartes’ owner Sue Ray threatened to take legal action against Ramsay, Channel 4 and the programme makers, Optomen, after claiming that the show put her £400,000 in debt. Christine Hall, producer of Kitchen Nightmares, refused to accept the blame, stating Ray only had herself to blame. The programme revisited the restaurant in the second series, but Ray would only talk to Ramsay off-camera. In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard, which had alleged, after reports from Ray, that scenes and the general condition of Bonapartes had been faked. Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs. Ramsay said at the time: "I won't let people write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical, fake way." In July 2007, the butchers, barbers and shoe shop located on Bradley Road were used in an episode of ITV's The Royal. See also Listed buildings in Silsden References External links silsdenbuzz.co.uk - Local Community Website and info. Silsden.net - Local resource Towns in West Yorkshire Civil parishes in West Yorkshire Geography of the City of Bradford