The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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The power of poems to connect us to food
Farmer's stories through the eyes of poets – can it make us care how our food is grown?
25 Feb 2024,28 mins
A Bitter Taste?
From cooking and growing to new health research, Leyla Kazim explores the world of bitter.
18 Feb 2024,28 mins
Love on a Plate
Stories of food, love and romance with Jaega Wise.
11 Feb 2024,28 mins
Destination Food
Sheila Dillon explores what it means to travel to eat in a globalised world.
04 Feb 2024,29 mins
How has a small island become the nation with the highest rate of obesity?
Sheila Dilllon explores what we can learn from Nauru, the world's most obese country
28 Jan 2024,28 mins
Haggis and Hosting: Celebrating Burns Night
Sheila Dillon joins chef Julie Lin in Glasgow as she hosts friends for Burns Night 2024.
21 Jan 2024,28 mins
Eating for Two?
Jaega Wise is on a mission to find out what she should really be eating while pregnant.
14 Jan 2024,28 mins
A Seaweed Revolution in the UK?
Could seaweed farming be the answer to some of our biggest issues? Leyla Kazim finds out.
07 Jan 2024,27 mins
New Year’s Eve Food Around the World
Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year’s Eve food traditions around the world.
31 Dec 2023,28 mins
Christmas with The Food Programme
Chef Thomasina Miers and Sheila Dillon on doing more with less at Christmas.
24 Dec 2023,29 mins
Reflections on rum
Jaega Wise chats to producer Nina Pullman on the making of the rum programme.
17 Dec 2023,9 mins
Dark and stormy: A journey through rum
From its origins on slave plantations to new ways of making it from scratch in the UK.
17 Dec 2023,28 mins
Recipes for Long Life
Could research into centenarians living in Blue Zones help us live longer?
10 Dec 2023,29 mins
The food books of 2023
Sheila Dillon presents The Food Programme’s favourite food books of the year.
03 Dec 2023,28 mins
Food Under Siege in Gaza
Sheila Dillon looks at the war in Gaza through the lens of food.
26 Nov 2023,28 mins
Older Men Learning to Cook
Jimi Famurewa talks to men who are learning or rediscovering cooking later in life.
19 Nov 2023,28 mins
Mezcal: A Beginners Guide
Dan Saladino explores the Mexican spirit mezcal and the diverse world of agave spirits.
12 Nov 2023,28 mins
BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023: Second Course
Sheila Dillon presents more winners from the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023.
05 Nov 2023,28 mins
BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023: First Course
The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023 are announced.
03 Nov 2023,29 mins
Prescribing Fruit and Veg – A New Model for the NHS?
How healthcare is being brought out of GP surgeries and into communities in south London.
22 Oct 2023,28 mins
Eating Wild Part 2: Inside the Gut Microbiome
Dan Saladino finds out what happened to people who embarked on a wild food adventure.
15 Oct 2023,28 mins
Kombucha: A Miracle Drink?
Jaega Wise investigates the world of fermented tea.
08 Oct 2023,28 mins
Local food – is it working?
To what extent is food localism working, and how is that helping smaller producers?
01 Oct 2023,28 mins
Abergavenny at 25
Abergavenny Food Festival: 25 Years and Counting
24 Sep 2023,28 mins
BBC Food and Farming Awards: street food finalists
Street food, take-aways and small eateries, the finalists in BBC Food & Farming Awards.
17 Sep 2023,28 mins
The Food Innovators: Radical Thinkers, Big Ideas.
Dan Saladino meets the finalists for this year's Food Innovation Award.
10 Sep 2023,28 mins
Festival Food
What does it take to feed a music festival?
03 Sep 2023,28 mins
A Food Museum – can it make us care about food?
How can the UK's new food museum tell the story of food, past, present and future?
27 Aug 2023,28 mins
Wedding Food
The Food Programme celebrates wedding food and drink.
20 Aug 2023,28 mins
The Global Food System: Too Big to Fix?
World leaders met in Rome to fix the food system. Dan Saladino finds out what happened.
13 Aug 2023,28 mins