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The Food Programme Episodes

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    Top Banana: The Future of the World's Most Popular Fruit

    Dan Saladino meets the scientists working on the future of a truly global food, the banana

  2. How to Start a Food Revolution: The Food Adventures of Claus Meyer

    Can you reinvent a food culture? Dan Saladino meets a man who did, Denmark's Claus Meyer.

  3. Tipping Point: Time to Rethink the Service Charge?

    Could tipping be too slapdash and subjective for an ever more calculated modern world?

  4. Life of Pie

    Sheila Dillon hears the stories of pies and the people whose lives were changed by them.

  5. Would you let a robot cook you dinner?

    Robot chefs are working in burger joints and pizzerias. Will they be in our homes next?

  6. Delicious and Endangered: The Story of Bluefin Tuna

    Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of the endangered bluefin tuna.

  7. A different kind of S.W.A.T team

    Chef Romy Gill joins a 1000-strong army of volunteers serving food to people in need.

  8. Why is CBD on everyone's lips?

    The story of how cannabis without the high has become one of the biggest buzzwords in food

  9. The Secret Life of Spaghetti

    Dan Saladino looks at our long and tangled relationship with a much-loved food, spaghetti.

  10. Should I boycott palm oil?

    Sheila Dillon asks whether we should avoid buying foods containing palm oil.

  11. Curry house crisis... where are the women?

    Sheila Dillon asks whey there aren't more women chefs in our South Asian restaurants.

  12. Who are the new generation shaking up the food system?

    Voices for change in the food system from across the UK launch a search for new talent.

  13. What does a no-deal Brexit mean for our food?

    From 'preppers' to big brands, Dan Saladino gathers thoughts on a no-deal Brexit and food.

  14. The one where we talk about deep fried Mars Bars

    Food writer Rachel McCormack explores deep fried cuisine throughout Europe

  15. Feeding the Falklands

    Gerard Baker finds out how Falkland Islanders meet the challenge of eating a varied diet.

  16. Dog's Dinner

    Posh nosh for pooches is becoming big business - but is it in our dogs' best interests?

  17. 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

  18. Nigella Lawson: A Life Through Food

    You're invited to dinner with Nigella as she shares the memories and flavours of her life.

  19. The Changing World of Chocolate

    Charlotte Smith puts down her Kit Kat to ask what the future holds for chocolate

  20. Sweet Chestnuts

    Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon share their love of sweet chestnuts.

  21. Cookbooks of 2018

    Sheila Dillon, Chetna Makan, Tom Tivnan and Kate Young discuss the cookbooks of 2018.

  22. The Food and Medicine Debate

    Sheila Dillon and a group of food, diet and medical experts discuss food and lifestyle.

  23. The Big Carb Debate

    Carbohydrates - friend or foe?

  24. Cambodia's Forgotten Food

    Genevieve Taylor tells the story of the forgotten Cambodian food being rediscovered today.

  25. How Instagram changed food

    How Instagram changed food.

  26. May Contain Nuts

    Bee Wilson asks whether food labelling needs to change to protect allergy sufferers.

  27. A Vintage Year for 蜜芽传媒grown Wine

    Susie Barrie joins the harvest at the end of a landmark growing season for homegrown wine.

  28. The C Word

    A brewer's guide to modern cider.

  29. How to Feed a Fresher

    It鈥檚 freshers' week, and The Food Programme wants to know what students are eating!

  30. The Meat-Free Meat Movement

    Meat-free meat is on the up, but what is it? Vegan cook Rachel Ama investigates

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