The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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Food Additives, Part 1: Sherbet and other E number experiments
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Exploring the world of additives, from fruity sherbert to ultra-processed-food flavourings
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Island to Island: The journey of Mauritian cuisine
Sun 15 Sep 2019
Leyla Kazim looks at how Mauritian cuisine is finding its place on the UK food scene
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Ice Cream Nation
Sun 8 Sep 2019
A visit to Redcar and Sheffield proves that UK ice cream culture is stronger than ever.
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Taste the Music and Dance
Sun 1 Sep 2019
Dan Saladino is at the Womad festival's Taste The World stage, where music meets foods.
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Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part II
Sun 25 Aug 2019
Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon on the 20th anniversary of 'The Naked Chef' Part II
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Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part I
Sun 18 Aug 2019
Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon on the 20th anniversary of 'The Naked Chef' Part I
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Why did the chicken cross the road? How food became more than a comedy punchline
Sun 11 Aug 2019
Comedian George Egg considers how food became more than comedy's slapstick sidekick.
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The Search for Esiah's Seeds
Sun 4 Aug 2019
Dan Saladino tells the story of food grower Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.
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The BarbeQ'n'A
Sun 28 Jul 2019
Sheila joins a group of grilling gurus to address listeners’ barbecue queries
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Good Enough for Granny: What's so special about the food our grandmothers cook?
Sun 21 Jul 2019
Sheila Dillon meets grannies and grandchildren whose family dishes stand the test of time.
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Is There A Perfect Diet Just For You? The Future of Personalised Nutrition
Sun 14 Jul 2019
Dan Saladino takes part in a gruelling food study aimed at predicting his optimum diet.
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Playing with Food: The world of video game gastronomy
Sun 7 Jul 2019
Dan Saladino discovers what we can learn about food - from playing video games.
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Can Anyone Learn To Cook? - A Life Through Food with Samin Nosrat
Sun 30 Jun 2019
Netflix chef Samin Nosrat shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon.
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Baking in the Nordics: The Bread Adventures of Chef Magnus Nilsson
Sun 23 Jun 2019
One of the world's great chefs, Magnus Nilsson, takes Dan Saladino on a Nordic baking tour
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food & Farming Awards 2019: Second Course
Mon 17 Jun 2019
The winners of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol. Part II
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The Food & Farming Awards 2019: First Course
Sun 16 Jun 2019
The winners of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol - Part I
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Ten Good Things
Sun 9 Jun 2019
Dan Saladino selects ten of the remaining food and drink ideas from the 2019 Foods Awards.
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Faith, Fasting and Feasting – A Ramadan Special
Sun 2 Jun 2019
Yasmin Khan and comedian Tez Ilyas talk food and fasting in Ramadan 2019
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An Education: Life lessons through food
Sun 26 May 2019
How food education can deliver much more than just practical skills
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Stranded! How to eat on a desert island.
Sun 19 May 2019
Dan Saladino is on a beach for a Robinson Crusoe experience. Can he survive on wild food?
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What makes an excellent food producer?
Sun 12 May 2019
Angela Hartnett meets finalists for Best Food Producer in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food & Farming Awards 19
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Feeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?
Sun 5 May 2019
Sheila Dillon talks to John Timpson about the future of our high streets.
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How reassuring are food assurance labels?
Sun 28 Apr 2019
Sheila Dillon considers the role of food assurance schemes in the UK today.
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Top Banana: The Future of the World's Most Popular Fruit
Sun 21 Apr 2019
Dan Saladino meets the scientists working on the future of a truly global food, the banana
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How to Start a Food Revolution: The Food Adventures of Claus Meyer
Sun 14 Apr 2019
Can you reinvent a food culture? Dan Saladino meets a man who did, Denmark's Claus Meyer.
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Tipping Point: Time to Rethink the Service Charge?
Sun 7 Apr 2019
Could tipping be too slapdash and subjective for an ever more calculated modern world?
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Life of Pie
Sun 31 Mar 2019
Sheila Dillon hears the stories of pies and the people whose lives were changed by them.
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Would you let a robot cook you dinner?
Sun 24 Mar 2019
Robot chefs are working in burger joints and pizzerias. Will they be in our homes next?
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Delicious and Endangered: The Story of Bluefin Tuna
Sun 17 Mar 2019
Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of the endangered bluefin tuna.
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A different kind of S.W.A.T team
Sun 10 Mar 2019
Chef Romy Gill joins a 1000-strong army of volunteers serving food to people in need.
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