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The Food Programme Episodes

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    The Food Programme at 40: Looking Back (Part I)

    Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (1/2)

  2. Smoke and Celebration: Exploring Bonfire Night food traditions

    From parched peas to parkin, Sheila Dillon explores our Bonfire Night food favourites

  3. Brexit: The Tomato's Story. What can one food tell us about the future?

    Dan Saladino picks the tomato to examine the impact of the new Brexit deal on future food.

  4. Could a food project from India solve the UK’s holiday hunger problem?

    Charity Akshaya Patra feed 1.76 million school children a day. Now it's coming to the UK.

  5. Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food

    From bootcamps to book deals: Joe Wicks explains his phenomenal success to Sheila Dillon

  6. The Return of Zing: How to Get Sour Back into Your Life.

    Dan Saladino explores the tastes and temptations of sourness, in our evolution and cooking

  7. Food Additives, Part 2: The Debate

    Sheila Dillon and an expert panel discuss the role of food additives in our everyday lives

  8. Food Additives, Part 1: Sherbet and other E number experiments

    Exploring the world of additives, from fruity sherbert to ultra-processed-food flavourings

  9. Island to Island: The journey of Mauritian cuisine

    Leyla Kazim looks at how Mauritian cuisine is finding its place on the UK food scene

  10. Ice Cream Nation

    A visit to Redcar and Sheffield proves that UK ice cream culture is stronger than ever.

  11. Taste the Music and Dance

    Dan Saladino is at the Womad festival's Taste The World stage, where music meets foods.

  12. Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part II

    Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon on the 20th anniversary of 'The Naked Chef' Part II

  13. Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part I

    Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon on the 20th anniversary of 'The Naked Chef' Part I

  14. Why did the chicken cross the road? How food became more than a comedy punchline

    Comedian George Egg considers how food became more than comedy's slapstick sidekick.

  15. The Search for Esiah's Seeds

    Dan Saladino tells the story of food grower Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.

  16. The BarbeQ'n'A

    Sheila joins a group of grilling gurus to address listeners’ barbecue queries

  17. Good Enough for Granny: What's so special about the food our grandmothers cook?

    Sheila Dillon meets grannies and grandchildren whose family dishes stand the test of time.

  18. Is There A Perfect Diet Just For You? The Future of Personalised Nutrition

    Dan Saladino takes part in a gruelling food study aimed at predicting his optimum diet.

  19. Playing with Food: The world of video game gastronomy

    Dan Saladino discovers what we can learn about food - from playing video games.

  20. Can Anyone Learn To Cook? - A Life Through Food with Samin Nosrat

    Netflix chef Samin Nosrat shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon.

  21. Baking in the Nordics: The Bread Adventures of Chef Magnus Nilsson

    One of the world's great chefs, Magnus Nilsson, takes Dan Saladino on a Nordic baking tour

  22. The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019: Second Course

    The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol. Part II

  23. The Food & Farming Awards 2019: First Course

    The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol - Part I

  24. Ten Good Things

    Dan Saladino selects ten of the remaining food and drink ideas from the 2019 Foods Awards.

  25. Faith, Fasting and Feasting – A Ramadan Special

    Yasmin Khan and comedian Tez Ilyas talk food and fasting in Ramadan 2019

  26. An Education: Life lessons through food

    How food education can deliver much more than just practical skills

  27. Stranded! How to eat on a desert island.

    Dan Saladino is on a beach for a Robinson Crusoe experience. Can he survive on wild food?

  28. What makes an excellent food producer?

    Angela Hartnett meets finalists for Best Food Producer in the BBC Food & Farming Awards 19

  29. Feeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?

    Sheila Dillon talks to John Timpson about the future of our high streets.

  30. How reassuring are food assurance labels?

    Sheila Dillon considers the role of food assurance schemes in the UK today.

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