The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 757

Dan Saladino reports from Parabere Forum, with five life changing food stories. At the annual gather

The NHS is at crisis point. Despite the diet books, the fitness videos, the health bloggers, in 2016

The Future of Bread

2018/3/19

Dan Saladino talks to Modernist Bread author, Nathan Myhrvold, about one of the biggest bread resear

African Food

2018/3/11

It's a matter of course that in January, food writers, critics and chefs try to predict the food tre

Eat to Run, Part 3

2018/3/9

Dan Saladino meets the runners convinced low or no carbs is the way to peak performance.

The Big Pig Roadtrip

2018/3/4

Tim Hayward embarks on the big pig road trip to meet some of the people who devote their lives to ra

Sheila Dillon celebrates the power of food to comfort us in hard times, especially during these dark

Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino pay tribute to greengrocer extraordinaire, the late, great and encycl

When the BBC World Service's Language Services moved into New Broadcasting House in central London,

Saffron is one of the world's most evocative spices, shrouded in myth and mystery and conjuring up i

What Delicious Future?

2018/1/21

Dan Saladino looks at ideas that could make an impact on our food future featuring America's Impossi

Where are the cooks changing the lives of their communities? Which food shops or markets make shoppi

Porridge

2018/1/7

The sudden proliferation of porridge is there for all to see, across the country. Café chains like P

The Champagne Underground

2017/12/31

Champagne sceptic Dan Saladino travels to the French region in search of the mavericks of fizz. Thes

Sheila Dillon invites some special guests, friends old and new, to come and share a festive meal.Bef

Dan Saladino reports on the past, present and future of what's thought to be the world's most widely

Crisps

2017/12/10

We have a national passion for crisps. Every week, on average, each person in Britain eats 4 bags of

Cookbooks of 2017

2017/12/3

It's that time of year when Sheila Dillon and special guests take a close look at the food, cookery

Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with food stories to tell; from a Black P

Young and Vegan

2017/11/19

The number of young people turning vegan is rising. Grace Dent meets some of the people opening vega