The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 756

Wild Booze

2014/5/25

Writer and forager Andy Hamilton leads a journey hunting for plants to make incredible drinks, and l

Fish Farming

2014/5/19

Fields of Fish - The huge rise in farmed fish and the people trying to make it sustainable. The worl

In this second of two special editions recorded at the Bristol Food Connections Festival, Sheila Dil

Over 2 special programmes from the Food Connections festival in Bristol, Sheila Dillon talks to Ken

The first of two-part special on the prestigious BBC Food and Farming Awards - now in its 14th year

Tim Hayward on the evolution of Jamaican food in the UK with chefs and cooks in Bristol.

A Tribute to Derek Cooper

2014/4/22

Sheila Dillon pays tribute to the late Derek Cooper who started The Food Programme back in 1979 and

Sheila Dillon meets Northern Ireland's chefs and producers leading a food renaissance.

Raw Milk

2014/4/6

With a Food Standards Agency consultation underway, Sheila Dillon and guests discuss the controversi

Wild Beer

2014/3/30

Dan Saladino meets the brewers transforming the flavours and styles of the British craft beer scene.

Micro-Bakeries

2014/3/23

The rise and rise of the micro-bakery. How home baked bread became a business opportunity.

Hospital Food

2014/3/16

Sheila Dillon investigates the government's latest plans to improve food in the NHS. The government

A special edition introducing the producers, farmers and cooks who have made it through to the final

Sheila Dillon examines the state of the Butchery profession to find out how it has weathered the sto

The Future of Fairtrade

2014/2/23

Matthew Hill reports on the future of Fairtrade as the label marks its 20th anniversary. Some are ar

Really Wild Food

2014/2/16

Sheila Dillon interviews the team behind the BBC's Natural History Unit to uncover the strangest col

In 1968 Claudia Roden published her first book, 'A Book of Middle Eastern Food', and with it introdu

Ready meals divide Britain, some love them, others think they're a problem for our health and wellbe

In the Great Taste Awards last year, a yogurt from a small British dairy beat over 10,000 competitor

Sheila Dillon hears the latest on the role of food in the future of the British pub. From traditiona