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19/05/2013

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

Food Programme

Food Programme Episode guide

  1. Biscuits: A Serious Business

    Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit.

    First broadcast: 01 Apr 2012

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  2. In Praise of Stock

    Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.

    First broadcast: 25 Mar 2012

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  3. Free From Foods

    Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.

    First broadcast: 18 Mar 2012

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  4. Japan, Fukushima and food

    Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.

    First broadcast: 11 Mar 2012

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  5. The Food We Eat

    Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.

    First broadcast: 04 Mar 2012

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  6. Britain's Food Safety Net

    Who makes sure our food is safe and how? A report on Britain's food safety net.

    First broadcast: 26 Feb 2012

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  7. Food Clubs

    Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food.

    First broadcast: 19 Feb 2012

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  8. Comfort Food

    In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort.

    First broadcast: 12 Feb 2012

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  9. Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine

    Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?

    First broadcast: 05 Feb 2012

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  10. The Trouble with Chocolate

    Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.

    First broadcast: 29 Jan 2012

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  11. Generation Food

    A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.

    First broadcast: 22 Jan 2012

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  12. London 2012, Coke and McDonalds

    Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012.

    First broadcast: 15 Jan 2012

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  13. Food Stories: What Happened Next?

    Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.

    First broadcast: 08 Jan 2012

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  14. New Year's Food Quiz

    Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.

    First broadcast: 01 Jan 2012

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  15. The Food Quiz

    Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival

    First broadcast: 25 Dec 2011

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  16. Gin and Botanicals

    Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.

    First broadcast: 18 Dec 2011

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  17. The Price of Food

    Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat.

    First broadcast: 11 Dec 2011

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  18. Britain's best food markets

    Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards

    First broadcast: 04 Dec 2011

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  19. Britain's best food producers

    Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011

    First broadcast: 27 Nov 2011

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  20. A Special (Food) Relationship

    Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.

    First broadcast: 20 Nov 2011

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  21. Future Food

    Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.

    First broadcast: 13 Nov 2011

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  22. Into the Wild

    Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.

    First broadcast: 06 Nov 2011

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  23. Palm Oil

    A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil?

    First broadcast: 30 Oct 2011

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  24. The Calorie

    Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet.

    First broadcast: 23 Oct 2011

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  25. Pickling and Preserving

    Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food.

    First broadcast: 16 Oct 2011

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  26. Los Angeles Street Food

    Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin

    First broadcast: 09 Oct 2011

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  27. Beer - Trouble Brewing?

    As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled.

    First broadcast: 02 Oct 2011

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  28. Food ads and children

    Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children.

    First broadcast: 25 Sep 2011

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  29. The Honey Business

    Sheila Dillon takes a look behind the scenes of the honey industry.

    First broadcast: 18 Sep 2011

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  30. Food Poverty

    Simon Parkes reveals a Britain in which hunger and hard food choices are all too real.

    First broadcast: 11 Sep 2011

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