The Food Programme Episodes Episode guide
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Feeding the Commons - Part II: Lunch to Lights Out
Lunch to lights out in the mother of Parliaments, an insider's view of Westminster's food.
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Feeding the Commons - Part I: Breakfast to Brunch
The incredible history of dining in Parliament. An insider's view of Westminster's food.
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Fantastic Fiction and Fabulous Feasts
Sheila Dillon devours the delightful children's books that made us excited about food.
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Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 2
Simon Hopkinson explains why he left the success of Bibendum's kitchen to write about food
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Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 1
Cook and food writer Simon Hopkinson shares his culinary life story with Sheila Dillon.
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Barbecue
Dan Saladino explores one of the food world's most misunderstood words - barbecue.
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Rick Stein - A Life Through Food (Part 2)
Sheila Dillon continues to talk to chef Rick Stein about his TV career and travels.
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Rick Stein - A Life Through Food (Part 1)
Rick Stein talks to Sheila Dillon about starting out and his 'accidental' path into food.
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Salt, Pepper... and Seaweed?
Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed can become a kitchen cupboard staple.
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The Spice Explosion
Cyrus Todiwala celebrates the role of spice in Britain's community, identity and taste.
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Jane Grigson - A Tribute: Part Two
Jane Grigson's work in the Observer and book English Food make up part two of this tribute
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Jane Grigson - A Tribute: Part One
25 years after Jane Grigson's death, Sheila Dillon and special guests discuss her legacy.
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The Legacy of the BBC Food and Farming Awards
Sheila Dillon looks back on 15 years of the BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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Diet and Diabetes
Felicity Evans discusses the role of diet in diabetes.
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School Dinners - A Progress Report
Can UK school food be made better by learning from abroad? Sheila Dillon investigates.
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The Ark of Taste
Dan Saladino meets the people working to save foods and flavours at risk of extinction.
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The Joy of Eggs
Sheila Dillon asks if the humble egg is breaking free of a once-tarnished reputation.
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Sweet Britain
Sheila Dillon asks what is still driving British people's love affair with sweets.
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Food Waste Pioneers
Dan Saladino hears how three individuals are reimagining the potential of food waste.
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BBC Food and Farming Awards 2015: The Finalists
Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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Reconsider the Oyster!
Oysters are receiving renewed attention around the world. Dan Saladino explains why.
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The 'Clean Label' Question
Sheila Dillon asks how food manufacturing has changed to create more 'natural' ingredients
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The Clink - Revisited
A restaurant run by prisoners becomes the most popular in Cardiff.
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Soup and the British
Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.
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How Britain fell in love with the microwave
The UK's guilty secret? Sheila Dillon charts the 60-year shift from pot to ping.
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The Grain Divide
Dan Saladino discovers a global movement rethinking our most widely-grown food crop, wheat
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The Secret Formula
Sheila Dillon lifts the lid on powdered baby milk.
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The Future of Food Markets
Sheila Dillon and guests discuss what a food market needs for success in 2015.
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2015 Food and Farming Awards Launch
Sheila Dillon and 2015's judging team open nominations for the BBC Food and Farming Awards
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Your food science questions for Harold McGee
Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer listeners' food queries.