The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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Feeding the Falklands
Gerard Baker finds out how Falkland Islanders meet the challenge of eating a varied diet.
13 Jan 2019,28 mins
Dog's Dinner
Posh nosh for pooches is becoming big business - but is it in our dogs' best interests?
06 Jan 2019,24 mins
Weak, small and free: How no and low alcohol is finding power without strength
The story of the drinks going from strength to low strength and shaking up pubs and bars
30 Dec 2018,24 mins
Nigella Lawson: A Life Through Food
You're invited to dinner with Nigella as she shares the memories and flavours of her life.
23 Dec 2018,28 mins
The Changing World of Chocolate
Charlotte Smith puts down her Kit Kat to ask what the future holds for chocolate
16 Dec 2018,28 mins
Sweet Chestnuts
Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon share their love of sweet chestnuts.
09 Dec 2018,28 mins
Cookbooks of 2018
Sheila Dillon, Chetna Makan, Tom Tivnan and Kate Young discuss the cookbooks of 2018.
02 Dec 2018,28 mins
The Food and Medicine Debate
Sheila Dillon and a group of food, diet and medical experts discuss food and lifestyle.
25 Nov 2018,28 mins
The Big Carb Debate
Carbohydrates - friend or foe?
18 Nov 2018,28 mins
Cambodia's Forgotten Food
Genevieve Taylor tells the story of the forgotten Cambodian food being rediscovered today.
11 Nov 2018,24 mins
How Instagram changed food
How Instagram changed food.
04 Nov 2018,24 mins
May Contain Nuts
Bee Wilson asks whether food labelling needs to change to protect allergy sufferers.
28 Oct 2018,24 mins
A Vintage Year for Homegrown Wine
Susie Barrie joins the harvest at the end of a landmark growing season for homegrown wine.
21 Oct 2018,24 mins
The C Word
A brewer's guide to modern cider.
14 Oct 2018,28 mins
How to Feed a Fresher
It’s freshers' week, and The Food Programme wants to know what students are eating!
07 Oct 2018,28 mins
The Meat-Free Meat Movement
Meat-free meat is on the up, but what is it? Vegan cook Rachel Ama investigates
01 Oct 2018,24 mins
Stories for a harvest moon
Stories of harvest from around the UK to celebrate the autumn equinox.
24 Sep 2018,30 mins
Rowley Leigh: A Life Through Food
Rowley Leigh, 'godfather' of modern British cooking, tells his food story to Dan Saladino.
16 Sep 2018,28 mins
The carnivore's guide to meat and fire
Tim Hayward on the very latest in meat and fire.
10 Sep 2018,30 mins
Label This!
Sheila Dillon investigates food labelling; what's on, what's not, and how we got here.
03 Sep 2018,30 mins
Seeds: a 400-million-year-old food story
Dan Saladino and Polly Russell share seed stories from this year's Oxford Food Symposium.
27 Aug 2018,30 mins
There's More to Mangoes
Sheila Dillon looks at how convenience mangoes have kept us from their true exotic flavour
20 Aug 2018,30 mins
Shetland - A Food Homecoming
Sheila Dillon travels to Shetland.
13 Aug 2018,30 mins
Keep It Sticky: The Extraordinary Story of Chef Marcus Samuelsson.
Harlem chef Marcus Samuelsson tells his food story, from Ethiopia and Sweden to New York.
06 Aug 2018,28 mins
Music and Food: Sounds Delicious!
Dan Saladino speaks to chefs and scientists about the relationship between tunes and taste
30 Jul 2018,30 mins
Richard Corrigan: A Life Through Food
A rare voice of authenticity from the kitchen and one of our most important chefs.
23 Jul 2018,30 mins
Birmingham's Beloved Balti
Yasmin Khan charts the rise and fall of Birmingham's British-Pakistani Balti Triangle.
16 Jul 2018,30 mins
Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton
Behind the scenes at the world's biggest cycling events, the race is on in the kitchen.
09 Jul 2018,30 mins
Unedited: Sheila Dillon's interview with Prof. Louis Levy of Public Health England
Sheila Dillon's interview with Prof Louis Levy of Public Health England
02 Jul 2018,16 mins
The Eatwell Guide
Sheila Dillon looks at the Eatwell Plate.
02 Jul 2018,30 mins