The Food Programme Episodes Episode guide
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Haggis and Hosting: Celebrating Burns Night
Sheila Dillon joins chef Julie Lin in Glasgow as she hosts friends for Burns Night 2024.
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Eating for Two?
Jaega Wise is on a mission to find out what she should really be eating while pregnant.
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A Seaweed Revolution in the UK?
Could seaweed farming be the answer to some of our biggest issues? Leyla Kazim finds out.
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New Year’s Eve Food Around the World
Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year’s Eve food traditions around the world.
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Christmas with The Food Programme
Chef Thomasina Miers and Sheila Dillon on doing more with less at Christmas.
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Dark and stormy: A journey through rum
From its origins on slave plantations to new ways of making it from scratch in the UK.
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Recipes for Long Life
Could research into centenarians living in Blue Zones help us live longer?
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The food books of 2023
Sheila Dillon presents The Food Programme’s favourite food books of the year.
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Food Under Siege in Gaza
Sheila Dillon looks at the war in Gaza through the lens of food.
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Older Men Learning to Cook
Jimi Famurewa talks to men who are learning or rediscovering cooking later in life.
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Mezcal: A Beginners Guide
Dan Saladino explores the Mexican spirit mezcal and the diverse world of agave spirits.
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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.
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Eating Wild Part 2: Inside the Gut Microbiome
Dan Saladino finds out what happened to people who embarked on a wild food adventure.
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Kombucha: A Miracle Drink?
Jaega Wise investigates the world of fermented tea.
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Local food – is it working?
To what extent is food localism working, and how is that helping smaller producers?
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Abergavenny at 25
Abergavenny Food Festival: 25 Years and Counting
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Food and Farming Awards: street food finalists
Street food, take-aways and small eateries, the finalists in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Food & Farming Awards.
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The Food Innovators: Radical Thinkers, Big Ideas.
Dan Saladino meets the finalists for this year's Food Innovation Award.
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Festival Food
What does it take to feed a music festival?
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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?
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Wedding Food
The Food Programme celebrates wedding food and drink.
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The Global Food System: Too Big to Fix?
World leaders met in Rome to fix the food system. Dan Saladino finds out what happened.
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Medicinal mushrooms – magically good for our health?
Are mushrooms like Lion’s Mane, Shiitake, Chaga, and Turkey Tail really medicinal?
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Feeding Your Brain: A Users Guide.
What the latest science is telling us about food, mental health and boosting brain power.
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UPF WTF?
The UK loves ultra-processed food - but they are being linked to illness. So what now?
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Smoke, Fire and Flame: Trends v Tradition
The story of smoke and live fire cooking, from current trends to traditions at risk.
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Bread, Baking, War and Ukraine
Dan Saladino hears from the bakers in Ukraine supplying fresh bread to the front line.
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The Wild Venison Project
The new campaign to make wild venison a mainstay for British meat eaters.
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Agritourism: Italian-inspired hospitality in the UK
On the trail of the pioneers bringing Italian-style agritourism to the UK.
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Learning to Eat Part 2 – How the French do it
What can we learn from the French in teaching children healthy eating habits?