The Food Programme Episodes Episode guide
-
![]()
Food in Lockdown: One Year On
A year on, Sheila Dillon catches up with those who have been keeping the nation fed.
-
![]()
The Barrel Effect: Why Oak casks have stood the test of time.
Jaega Wise hears how oak barrels continue to thrive in the drinks industry.
-
![]()
Genome editing and the future of food
Dan Saladino looks at the future role of genome editing technology on food and farming.
-
![]()
School Food: Re-imagined
Sheila Dillon asks school food visionaries how the system might be improved in future.
-
![]()
Everything Stops For Tea.
Jaega Wise explores the ceremony and ritual of drinking tea.
-
![]()
Charles Campion: A Life Through Food.
Why was the late Charles Campion so driven to tell food stories? Dan Saladino finds out.
-
![]()
Cooking Blind
Sheila Dillon meets the blind and partially sighted cooks inspiring others.
-
![]()
Flavours of Home: The refugees forging new lives through food
Sheila Dillon meets asylum seekers and refugees building new lives in the UK through food.
-
![]()
All at Sea? Fishing after Brexit
Dan Saladino finds out what the Brexit deal means for the UK's fishing industry.
-
![]()
What to Eat to Save the Planet?
Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production.
-
![]()
BrewDog: Punks grown up?
Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog
-
![]()
Inside the World Food Programme
Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme.
-
![]()
Loving the Leftovers
How cooking with leftovers can not only reduce waste, but also deliver incredible dishes
-
![]()
Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit
Nigel Slater, Genevieve Taylor & Tamal Ray share food ideas for a Christmas like no other.
-
![]()
The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 2: The future.
Sheila Dillon asks what the future holds for the UK chocolate bar.
-
![]()
The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 1: Origins
Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao and rise of the chocolate bar.
-
![]()
Cookbooks of 2020
Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their books of the year
-
![]()
What鈥檚 the deal with "chlorinated chicken"?
Charlotte Smith explores the implications of a future US trade deal on the UK food sector.
-
![]()
Raymond Blanc: The Lost Orchard
Raymond Blanc spent decades growing an orchard. He explains to Dan Saladino why it matters
-
![]()
University Challenge: How students and universities are managing meals during the pandemic
Sheila Dillon hears stories around freshers and food in the age of COVID
-
![]()
Nadiya Hussain: A Life Through Food
Nadiya Hussain and Tan France speak to Leyla Kazim about Nadiya's life and career.
-
![]()
Eat Your Way to Power: Food and Politics on the Campaign Trail
Sheila Dillon investigates the tricky world of eating on the campaign trail.
-
![]()
Faith, Fasts and Feasts: The role of food in Jewish celebration
Leyla Kazim explores the integral role of food in Judaism鈥檚 autumn festivals.
-
![]()
English Pastoral: James Rebanks on the future of food.
Dan Saladino talks to shepherd James Rebanks about the future of food and farming.
-
![]()
Taking the Biscuit: How a long-life ration became the quintessential British comfort food
Sheila Dillon considers how the humble biscuit's become a beloved British institution.
-
![]()
Wheat Revolutions
Dan Saladino on the story of wheat from the Neolithic Revolution to the Green Revolution.
-
![]()
Kitchen obsessives: Why aim to cook the perfect dish?
Leyla Kazim meets cooking obsessives Felicity Cloake, Bill Buford and Kate Ng.
-
![]()
The Ice Cream Van: A Celebration.
Dan Saladino and his dad Bobo (a former ice-cream man) talk about scoops, cones and 99s.
-
![]()
A different kind of S.W.A.T team: Food in Lockdown
Romy Gill and Sheila Dillon hear how volunteers provided free food to all during lockdown.
-
![]()
Sitopia - a land with food at its centre
This special edition of The Food Programme comes from the year 2030.
