BBC Sounds - The Food Programme - Available Episodes

What to Eat to Save the Planet?

Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production.

• 29 mins
• 17 Jan 2021

BrewDog: Punks grown up?

Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog

• 28 mins
• 10 Jan 2021

Inside the World Food Programme

Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme.

• 28 mins
• 03 Jan 2021

Loving the Leftovers

How cooking with leftovers can not only reduce waste, but also deliver incredible dishes

• 28 mins
• 27 Dec 2020

Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

Nigel Slater, Genevieve Taylor & Tamal Ray share food ideas for a Christmas like no other.

• 29 mins
• 20 Dec 2020

The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 2: The future.

In the second of a two-part chocolate special Sheila Dillon asks what the future holds.

• 29 mins
• 13 Dec 2020

The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 1: Origins.

In the first of a two-part chocolate special, Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao.

• 28 mins
• 06 Dec 2020

Cookbooks of 2020

Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their books of the year

• 28 mins
• 29 Nov 2020

What’s the deal with "chlorinated chicken"?

Charlotte Smith explores the implications of a future US trade deal on the UK food sector.

• 28 mins
• 22 Nov 2020

Raymond Blanc: The Lost Orchard

Raymond Blanc spent decades growing an orchard. He explains to Dan Saladino why it matters

• 27 mins
• 15 Nov 2020

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

• 28 mins
• 08 Nov 2020

Nadiya Hussain: A Life Through Food

Nadiya Hussain and Tan France speak to Leyla Kazim about Nadiya's life and career.

• 29 mins
• 01 Nov 2020

Eat Your Way to Power: Food and Politics on the Campaign Trail

Sheila Dillon investigates the tricky world of eating on the campaign trail.

• 28 mins
• 25 Oct 2020

Faith, Fasts and Feasts: The role of food in Jewish celebration

Leyla Kazim explores the integral role of food in Judaism’s autumn festivals.

• 28 mins
• 18 Oct 2020

English Pastoral: James Rebanks on the future of food.

Dan Saladino talks to shepherd James Rebanks about the future of food and farming.

• 28 mins
• 11 Oct 2020

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.

• 28 mins
• 04 Oct 2020

Wheat Revolutions

Dan Saladino on the story of wheat from the Neolithic Revolution to the Green Revolution.

• 28 mins
• 27 Sep 2020

Kitchen obsessives: Why aim to cook the perfect dish?

Leyla Kazim meets cooking obsessives Felicity Cloake, Bill Buford and Kate Ng.

• 28 mins
• 20 Sep 2020

The Ice Cream Van: A Celebration.

Dan Saladino and his dad Bobo (a former ice-cream man) talk about scoops, cones and 99s.

• 25 mins
• 13 Sep 2020

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.

• 29 mins
• 06 Sep 2020