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The Food Programme Episodes

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    India's Covid Crisis: The Food Story

    Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and the efforts to feed communities.

  2. Socially Distanced Dining: Indoor restaurants reopen again

    Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules.

  3. Pure umami: should we learn to love MSG?

    Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG

  4. 1971: A year that changed food forever?

    Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats?

  5. The Joy of Heat

    Sheila Dillon investigates our love for the hot stuff.

  6. A Nominations Celebration

    Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett open nominations for the 2021 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food & Farming Awards.

  7. Lab-grown meat: How long before it's on a menu near you?

    Sheila Dillon looks at what the future holds for lab-grown or cultivated meat.

  8. The Urban Growing Revolution

    From window-sills to rooftops, Leyla Kazim explores stories of food being grown in cities

  9. The Magic of Mussels (And Their Troubled Trade)

    Dan Saladino finds out how Brexit could wreck plans to make the mussel a mainstream food.

  10. Food, James Bond’s food

    The James Bond novels drip with delectable food writing.

  11. Food in Lockdown: One Year On

    A year on, Sheila Dillon catches up with those who have been keeping the nation fed.

  12. The Barrel Effect: Why Oak casks have stood the test of time.

    Jaega Wise hears how oak barrels continue to thrive in the drinks industry.

  13. Genome editing and the future of food

    Dan Saladino looks at the future role of genome editing technology on food and farming.

  14. School Food: Re-imagined

    Sheila Dillon asks school food visionaries how the system might be improved in future.

  15. Everything Stops For Tea.

    Jaega Wise explores the ceremony and ritual of drinking tea.

  16. Charles Campion: A Life Through Food.

    Why was the late Charles Campion so driven to tell food stories? Dan Saladino finds out.

  17. Cooking Blind

    Sheila Dillon meets the blind and partially sighted cooks inspiring others.

  18. Flavours of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ: The refugees forging new lives through food

    Sheila Dillon meets asylum seekers and refugees building new lives in the UK through food.

  19. All at Sea? Fishing after Brexit

    Dan Saladino finds out what the Brexit deal means for the UK's fishing industry.

  20. What to Eat to Save the Planet?

    Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production.

  21. BrewDog: Punks grown up?

    Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog

  22. Inside the World Food Programme

    Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme.

  23. Loving the Leftovers

    How cooking with leftovers can not only reduce waste, but also deliver incredible dishes

  24. Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

    Nigel Slater, Genevieve Taylor & Tamal Ray share food ideas for a Christmas like no other.

  25. The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 2: The future.

    Sheila Dillon asks what the future holds for the UK chocolate bar.

  26. The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 1: Origins

    Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao and rise of the chocolate bar.

  27. Cookbooks of 2020

    Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their books of the year

  28. What’s the deal with "chlorinated chicken"?

    Charlotte Smith explores the implications of a future US trade deal on the UK food sector.

  29. Raymond Blanc: The Lost Orchard

    Raymond Blanc spent decades growing an orchard. He explains to Dan Saladino why it matters

  30. University Challenge: How students and universities are managing meals during the pandemic

    Sheila Dillon hears stories around freshers and food in the age of COVID

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