The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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Why Eat Wild Meat?
Sun 31 May 2020
Dan Saladino investigates the global trade in wild meat, from the legal to the illegal.
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Last Orders: Does coronavirus spell boom or bust for Britain鈥檚 drinks sector?
Sun 24 May 2020
Is lockdown an opportunity as well as crisis, for alcoholic drinks vendors and producers?
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Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown
Sun 17 May 2020
Sheila Dillon and Joe Wicks talk PE, feeding family and his phenomenal rise to fame.
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The Kitchen Front: How wartime food strategies influenced our eating ethos
Sun 10 May 2020
Following VE Day, Sheila Dillon considers the legacy of WWII food and farming practices
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Sheffield: A story of a city through its food
Sun 3 May 2020
The independent spirit of the early steel works is inspiring change in modern Sheffield
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Bonus Podcast: More from Sheffield's Pete McKee and Richard Hawley
Sun 3 May 2020
Hear an extended cut of the interview from Sheffield: A Story of a City Through It's Food
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Covid-19: The Food Waste Dimension.
Sun 26 Apr 2020
Dan Saladino on how the crisis has resulted in vast amounts of food being lost and saved.
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Love In The Time Of Corona: Stories of community support through food
Sun 19 Apr 2020
Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino hear inspirational tales from those helping others via food
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Takeaway transformed: Inside the food delivery revolution
Sun 12 Apr 2020
Stepping into a 'dark kitchen', Sheila Dillon sees how takeaway is changing food culture.
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Eating After Cancer: Can rebuilding relationships with food help cancer patients with their recovery?
Sun 29 Mar 2020
How cancer can impact our relationship with food - and why it's so important to rebuild it
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Coronavirus and Food: Your Questions Answered
Sun 22 Mar 2020
As government updates its plans for coronavirus, Dan Saladino answers your food questions.
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Covid-19: The Food Dimension.
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Dan Saladino tracks the origins and impact of coronavirus within the food supply chain.
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Is the Pasty Really Cornish?
Sun 8 Mar 2020
Dr Polly Russell and Sheila Dillon talk to pasty makers from around the world.
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Lights, Camera, Reaction: Life after Great British Bake Off with David Atherton
Sun 1 Mar 2020
The Bake Off Winner talks fame, food and the freak outs of overnight celebrity.
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A Tale of Two Fish: Salmon, the wild and farmed
Sun 23 Feb 2020
Dan Saladino investigates fears of wild Atlantic salmon's possible extinction in 20 years.
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What Is Making My Child Fat? Part 2: The Debate and Your Questions.
Sun 16 Feb 2020
Sheila Dillon puts your questions on child obesity related health to an expert panel.
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What Is Making My Child Fat? Part 1: Finding Solutions to the UK鈥檚 Child Obesity Issue
Sun 9 Feb 2020
Sheila Dillon speaks to children and young people seeking solutions to obesity in the UK.
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Mary Berry: A Life Through Food
Sun 2 Feb 2020
Sheila Dillon meets baking guru, TV judge and home-cooking champion, Mary Berry
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The Physicist In the Kitchen
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Can science help us cook better? Dan Saladino asks Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc.
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Yes We Can: What do the tins we eat say about the UK?
Sun 19 Jan 2020
Jack Monroe and Sheila Dillon ask whether tinned foods have an image problem in the UK.
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Pints of progress: The brewers changing attitudes to learning disabilities
Sun 12 Jan 2020
Jaega Wise meets the brewers pouring away preconceptions in the workplace
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Could eating microalgae be the next big thing?
Sun 5 Jan 2020
Sheila Dillon investigates why one day we could all be eating pond scum
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Is The Dinner Party Dead?
Sun 29 Dec 2019
Josceline Dimbleby, Alison Roman & Alexandra Dudley on how to have friends over for food.
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Michel Roux Jr: A Life Through Food
Sun 22 Dec 2019
Sheila Dillon meets the renowned chef to talk food, family and festive inspiration
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The Sugar Plum Shift: Exploring the ballet world鈥檚 changing approach to food, nutrition and body image
Sun 15 Dec 2019
Sheila Dillon explores how attitudes towards food and diet have changed in ballet
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Cookbooks of 2019
Sun 8 Dec 2019
Cerys Matthews and Lia Moutselou join Sheila Dillon to review 2019 in cookbooks.
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Eating Animals Part 2: A Meat Q&A.
Sun 1 Dec 2019
Dan Saladino, Sheila Dillon and a range of experts answer your questions on meat eating.
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Eating Animals Part 1: The Future of Meat
Sun 24 Nov 2019
Dan Saladino finds out why tensions are running so high over meat vs plant based diets.
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The Food Programme at 40: Looking Forward (Part II)
Sun 17 Nov 2019
Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (2/2)
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