The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 756

Sheila Dillon meets Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, who's just returned from the sub-continen

Fasting, old and new

2013/4/1

Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting - then and now - from a religious and medical perspec

Marmalade

2013/3/25

Each January, with the arrival of the seville oranges, hundreds of people across the UK ritually boi

Our Changing Taste

2013/3/18

Sheila Dillon looks at how our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes, and what happens wh

Sheila Dillon explores Africa's forest foods, both an emergency larder and source of wonderful flavo

Hectic lifestyles are increasing the demand for ready-made, 'grab n go' convenient foods. Today's ti

Garlic, the wonder bulb

2013/2/20

It's an ingredient that is key to many cuisines of the world, and has a prominent role in folklore a

Food on a Pension

2013/2/15

Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people surviving on the basic state pension. To fully u

Sheila Dillon reports on fresh developments in the horsemeat scandal. As more tests reveal large amo

Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. More than thir

Ireland's horsemeat burger scandal makes the guarantees on traceability and product standards by som

Traffic light labels

2013/1/14

Traffic light labelling - whether red lights will stop us eating bad foods. Sheila Dillon investigat

Sheila Dillon presents a special New Year, "From our Own Food Correspondent" with stories from China

Dan Saladino explores the cocktail, a story which begins with 18th century Indian punch and keeps on

Christmas Necessary Pleasures - Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their favourit

Cheap Veg

2012/12/17

Cheap veg - the surprising stories behind humble British vegetables. Sheila Dillon enlists three exp

09/12/2012

2012/12/10

Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths and how increasingly churches, temple

A Winning Meal - the menu behind the Food and Farming Awards. Chef, Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the st

Rethinking the hot dog

2012/11/26

Originally the street food of German immigrants to the United States, the hot dog was the original a

Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the BBC Food & Farming Awards offering ideas for our food futur