The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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A Wild Mushroom Chase
Last Friday
Sheila Dillon goes foraging for wild mushrooms in the Peak District in Derbyshire.
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A Life Through Drink: Dave Broom
Boxing Day 2025
Jaega Wise explores influential drink writer Dave Broom’s life, career and love for whisky
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Dates: A User's Guide
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Dan Saladino finds out how the date became one of the most revered cultivated fruits
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Going Cold Turkey: Alternative Christmas Dinners
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Annie Gray rejects turkey and the trimmings at Christmas. She explores alternative dinners
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The Food Books of 2025
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Leyla Kazim discusses some of the year's best food writing with Ruby Tandoh and guests.
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The Great Tartan Tea Swindle
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Jaega Wise uncovers the extraordinary story of Tam o' Braan and the counterfeit tea
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And the Winner Is... The BBC Food And Farming Awards 2025
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Sheila Dillon and guests review the winners from this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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Why Is Africa Feeding Us?
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Dan Saladino investigates our growing dependence on West Africa for fresh produce.
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The Breakfast Club Challenge
Fri 7 Nov 2025
Jaega Wise finds out how the roll out of free school breakfast clubs is going.
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Eels and Elvers
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Dan Saladino looks at why eels numbers are plummeting and asks if the species can be saved
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Keeping It Local: A Suffolk Story
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Sheila Dillon visits Aldeburgh - a town where people are vocal about food that's local.
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Feeding Britain: Can Our Best Food Producers Deliver?
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Sheila Dillon meets the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2025 Best Food Producer finalists.
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The Food Innovators: 2025
Fri 10 Oct 2025
Dan Saladino looks at projects helping to rethink chocolate, seafood and food forests.
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In Search of Mustard in Norwich
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Five years after the Colman's factory left, is Norwich forgetting its mustard history?
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Wales's Secret Ingredient: Lessons from Cymru on the Future of Food
Fri 26 Sep 2025
Wales’s Secret Ingredient: Lessons from Cymru on the Future of Food.
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The Rise of Matcha
Fri 19 Sep 2025
What next for the powdered green tea that's become a global health trend phenomenon?
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Follow the Food: The Rise of Food Tourism
Fri 12 Sep 2025
Sheila Dillon investigates the growing number of food tours and trails.
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Manx Made
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Jaega Wise sets off to the Isle of Man to discover the food being produced there.
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Cooking From Landscape: Rethinking Scottish Food
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Historian Polly Russell and chef Pam Brunton explore Scotland's modern food landscapes.
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Butter Is Back
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Butter superfan Felicity Cloake discovers her favourite ingredient is having a moment
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The Crayfish Question
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Could eating invasive signal crayfish help reduce populations in UK waters?
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Food and the Elements
Fri 1 Aug 2025
At the Oxford Food Symposium, Dan Saladino explores stories of food and 'the elements'.
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Big Food, Big Power
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Sheila Dillon investigates claims the food industry wields too much influence.
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The New Good Life
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Leyla Kazim is uprooting her life to Portugal to grow her own food, but will it work?
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The Periodic Table of Food
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Dan Saladino explores new science that's revealing the complexity hidden within our food.
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Potatoes with Poppy O'Toole
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Chef and queen of potatoes Poppy O'Toole explores the world of her favourite ingredient.
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English Olive Oil
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Leyla Kazim investigates the rise of the olive grove on English farms.
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A Food Revolution in Eight (More) Ideas
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Radical future food ideas ranging from edible chicken feathers to fungi powered crops.
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Professor Michael Crawford: A Life through Food
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Sheila Dillon meets Prof Michael Crawford, whose life’s work links seafood to brain health
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