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Is the humble spud the solution to the global food supply?
Hey, Hey We're The Food Chain
The best pick of our award-winning programme which explores everything you eat.
Orthorexia Nervosa: When 'Healthy' Food Becomes Harmful
When the pursuit of quality food destroys quality of life.
Little Kitchen of Horrors
The scary, frightening, and spooky stories that we like to tell about what we eat.
Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie?
What does French food tell us about the country's future?
The Fish Japan Ate
The wild bluefin tuna is being eaten to extinction. Can Japan afford to keep serving it?
I Don't Cook
This is definitely not a cookery programme
Foodunnit?
How does food help solve crime?
The Real Value of a Cup of Tea
Do you pay enough for your cup of tea?
Hands Off My Food!
When is it OK to profit from the cuisine of a culture you were not born into?
Talking Rot
When does old food become bad food?
Much Ado About Michelin
The allure and mystique of the Michelin star
What Time is Dinner?
How social class has determined when we eat.
Food Secrets of Centenarians
To what extent can your diet help you live longer?
The Unlikely Power of Cookbooks
How cookbooks have been used to demonstrate power, ideology and divide society
Fortification: Too Much of a Good thing?
Who is putting micro-nutrients in your food - and who really benefits?
Hunting with the Hadza
Eat with one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities
Health lessons with the Hadza
Could East African hunter-gatherers lead us to the ideal human diet?
Have We Cracked the Nut Problem?
Drugs to treat peanut allergy are close to getting approval. But why now?
What Will You Eat if the Apocalypse Comes?
Meet the people stockpiling food for any eventuality.
Stockpiles? What Stockpiles?
Is your government stockpiling enough food?
Is Social Media Putting You Off Your Lunch?
Is social media kindling or killing our relationship with food?
Upper Crust?
What the bread we eat can tell us about ourselves.
The Art of Fermentation
We travel to Tennessee to meet Sandor Katz, a man fascinated by fermentation.
Finding a Food Champion
Meet the people changing what and how we eat.
Cow Candy
Let them eat cake? Why farmers feed their cows sweets.
The Maggot Masters
Could these squirming little creatures solve a global food problem?
A Fly Future?
Could maggots hold the key to satisfying the planet’s growing demand for meat?
Madhur Jaffrey: My Life in Five Dishes
The most unforgettable meals from an extraordinary life.
Competitive Eating: The 'Gurgitators'
Meet some of the world’s fastest eaters, and find out why they do it.
Competitive Eating: Chewing it Over
What happens to your body when you eat 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes?