The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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Just One Thing with The Food Programme
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Sheila Dillon looks back at Dr Michael Mosley's legacy.
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Has Finland Found the Future of Food?
Sat 6 Jul 2024
Sheila Dillon visits the factory turning hydrogen into a new lab-grown food ingredient.
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Pastry Nation: Hype Bakeries on the Rise
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Leyla Kazim tracks a new wave of British bakeries and their viral viennoiseries.
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What Makes Food Safe?
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Sheila Dillon investigates the new strain of E coli behind the current outbreak.
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D-Day - The Food that fuelled the assault
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Leyla Kazim explores the food that fuelled the troops heading into D-Day.
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The 麻豆官网首页入口 Food and Farming Awards 2024: The Search Begins...
Fri 7 Jun 2024
Nominations open for the 2024 麻豆官网首页入口 Food and Farming Awards.
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Danny Trejo: A Life Through Food
Fri 31 May 2024
Jaega Wise meets Hollywood actor Danny Trejo to talk family, prison, addiction and tacos.
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The Fight to Improve School Food in 2024
Fri 24 May 2024
How headteachers are transforming school meals in difficult economic conditions.
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The Hong Kongers finding a new home through food
Fri 17 May 2024
Jimi Famurewa finds out how food is helping a new wave of Hong Kongers settle in the UK.
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Posh Nosh: Food's Class Dilemma
Fri 10 May 2024
Sheila Dillon on what impact Britain's obsession with class has on how we eat now.
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Lessons from Leeds and Amsterdam on childhood obesity
Fri 3 May 2024
Two rare examples of how prevalence of childhood obesity has been cut.
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The secrets of sport food
Fri 26 Apr 2024
From the explosion in sport food and drink to the diet diaries of top athletes.
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Brexit's Import Controls
Fri 19 Apr 2024
What will be the impact on our food supplies? Jaega Wise investigates.
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A Celebration of the Birthday Cake
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Jaega Wise explores the history of the birthday cake, including tips from Dame Mary Berry
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Cooking at home with Gary Lineker
Fri 5 Apr 2024
Gary Lineker hosts Leyla Kazim for lunch and reveals his new-found love of cooking.
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Stouts and Porters: How dark beers became cool
Sun 24 Mar 2024
Jimi Famurewa finds out why stouts and porters like Guinness are having a bit of a moment.
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The Plant-Based Diet Boom: How is it changing food culture?
Sun 17 Mar 2024
What are the social and cultural shifts from the growth of the plant-based diet trend?
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The herb and spice scam?
Sun 10 Mar 2024
In this exclusive investigation, Jaega Wise tests everyday kitchen spices.
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Feeding Norfolk
Sun 3 Mar 2024
Delia Smith sends the team to Norfolk to see what's being done to fix food poverty there.
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The power of poems to connect us to food
Sun 25 Feb 2024
Farmer's stories through the eyes of poets 鈥� can it make us care how our food is grown?
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A Bitter Taste?
Sun 18 Feb 2024
From cooking and growing to new health research, Leyla Kazim explores the world of bitter.
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Destination Food
Sun 4 Feb 2024
Sheila Dillon explores what it means to travel to eat in a globalised world.
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How has a small island become the nation with the highest rate of obesity?
Sun 28 Jan 2024
Sheila Dilllon explores what we can learn from Nauru, the world's most obese country
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Haggis and Hosting: Celebrating Burns Night
Sun 21 Jan 2024
Sheila Dillon joins chef Julie Lin in Glasgow as she hosts friends for Burns Night 2024.
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Eating for Two?
Sun 14 Jan 2024
Jaega Wise is on a mission to find out what she should really be eating while pregnant.
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A Seaweed Revolution in the UK?
Sun 7 Jan 2024
Could seaweed farming be the answer to some of our biggest issues? Leyla Kazim finds out.
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New Year鈥檚 Eve Food Around the World
Sun 31 Dec 2023
Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year鈥檚 Eve food traditions around the world.
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Christmas with The Food Programme
Christmas Eve 2023
Chef Thomasina Miers and Sheila Dillon on doing more with less at Christmas.
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