The Food Programme Episodes Available now

Veg Invention: The stories of new kinds of fruit and vegetables
Leyla Kazim finds out how new varieties of fruit and veg make it from lab to plate.

A Personnel Problem: What's the solution to hospitality's staffing crisis?
Sheila Dillon and guests discuss why hospitality businesses just can't get the staff.

Follow the Money: Investor power and the Future of Food
Dan Saladino meets investors using trillions of dollars to shape the global food system.

Best Food Producer of the Year: Meet the Finalists
Sheila Dillon and chef Angela Hartnett visit this year’s Best Food Producer finalists.

Oz Clarke: A Life Through Wine
Jaega Wise talks to the writer about his lifelong passion for wine and its future.

Prue Leith: A Life Through Food
Sheila Dillon meets broadcaster and businesswoman Prue Leith to discuss her career in food

High Spirits: A story of vodka
Jaega Wise learns about the origin and evolution of vodka.

Buckfast: the Transformation of Scotland’s Most Controversial Drink
Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class.

Stirring Up Stories: The Business of Food PR
Leyla Kazim finds out how food PR is evolving to get us talking and eating.

Tastefully Worded: Exploring food in language
Sheila Dillon and Michael Rosen consider the power and persuasion of food language.