The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Radio 4,1025 episodes

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The Clink - Revisited
A restaurant run by prisoners becomes the most popular in Cardiff.
23 Feb 2015,30 mins
Soup and the British
Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.
16 Feb 2015,28 mins
How Britain fell in love with the microwave
The UK's guilty secret? Sheila Dillon charts the 60-year shift from pot to ping.
09 Feb 2015,30 mins
The Grain Divide
Dan Saladino discovers a global movement rethinking our most widely-grown food crop, wheat
02 Feb 2015,30 mins
The Secret Formula
Sheila Dillon lifts the lid on powdered baby milk.
26 Jan 2015,30 mins
The Future of Food Markets
Sheila Dillon and guests discuss what a food market needs for success in 2015.
19 Jan 2015,30 mins
2015 Food and Farming Awards Launch
Sheila Dillon and 2015's judging team open nominations for the BBC Food and Farming Awards
12 Jan 2015,30 mins
Your food science questions for Harold McGee
Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer listeners' food queries.
05 Jan 2015,30 mins
Redemption through Food
Sheila Dillon presents inspirational stories from The Food Programme in 2014.
29 Dec 2014,30 mins
Christmas, food and being far from home
Sheila Dillon uncovers the food stories of those away from home on Christmas.
22 Dec 2014,30 mins
Feeding Britain
The story of one shop which is changing the way we think about food waste and food poverty
15 Dec 2014,30 mins
Cookbooks of 2014
Sheila Dillon presents a review of the most exciting cookbooks of 2014.
08 Dec 2014,30 mins
A Bronx Food Tale
In New York's south Bronx, Sheila Dillon finds out how food is transforming communities.
01 Dec 2014,30 mins
Get Ahead Treats for Christmas
Diana Henry provides a guide to an Eastern Christmas with Bee Wilson and Sally Butcher.
24 Nov 2014,30 mins
Terra Madre
Terra Madre: Bringing the world together through food. Presented by Dan Saladino.
17 Nov 2014,30 mins
Mushrooms
Dan Saladino discovers a mysterious, surprising and delicious world of edible mushrooms.
03 Nov 2014,30 mins
Tom Jaine
Sheila Dillon talks to the publisher, writer and restaurateur Tom Jaine about his life.
03 Nov 2014,30 mins
Women in the Kitchen
Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen.
27 Oct 2014,30 mins
In a Stew about Rabbits
Sheila Dillon explores rabbit meat. Is it delicious or unjustifiable?
20 Oct 2014,30 mins
A Life through Food: Harold McGee
Harold McGee, the man who helped explain the science of the kitchen, tells his food story.
13 Oct 2014,30 mins
Mouthwatering Mutton
Dan Saladino explores why we should all be demanding to eat older meat.
05 Oct 2014,28 mins
Bees and the City - the Urban Honey Story
As bee populations fall, Sheila Dillon asks if salvation may be found in city streets.
29 Sep 2014,30 mins
Food Is MAD
From 'guerrilla gardener' Ron Finley to Soviet cooking, Dan Saladino reports from MAD 4.
21 Sep 2014,28 mins
Ethiopian Teff - An Ancient Grain
Sheila Dillon tells the story of teff, an ancient grain for modern times.
15 Sep 2014,30 mins
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Yorkshire
From Yorkshire pudding to tripe, the change in regional foods.
08 Sep 2014,30 mins
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Wales
Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, 40 years on.
01 Sep 2014,30 mins
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Dorset
Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, four decades on.
25 Aug 2014,30 mins
Eat for Victory
How to revolutionize your cooking, 1940s style. With Sheila Dillon.
18 Aug 2014,30 mins
Growing Veg, Not Drugs
Sheila Dillon visits a salad business that employs ex-addicts.
11 Aug 2014,30 mins
Problems with Poultry?
Is the poultry industry fit for purpose? Dan Saladino looks at how UK chicken is produced.
04 Aug 2014,30 mins