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Grubs Up: Would You Eat Insects to Save the Planet?

Adele Roberts hears about the environmental problems with the way we farm meat and how insects might solve these problems.

Packed with protein and easy to farm sustainably, eating insects is starting to become more popular in the UK, with supermarkets selling edible insects for the first time. But can Adele Roberts put her morals where her mouth is and eat bugs every day for a week? Along the way, Adele hears about the environmental problems with the way we farm meat and how insects might solve these problems. She meets a Thai street food chef who has helped develop insect products for the high street, and travels to Holland to meet the world's largest producer of buffalo worms for human consumption.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 May 201900:30GMT

Credits

RoleContributor
Director / ProducerEmily Dicks
Director / DOPJack Hextall
AnimatorDoug Johnson
SoundAnt Danbury
Assistant ProducerJim Farthing
Assistant EditorWill Pope

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Apr 201901:30GMT
  • Sat 20 Apr 201908:30GMT
  • Sun 21 Apr 201914:30GMT
  • Sun 21 Apr 201920:30GMT
  • Mon 22 Apr 201902:30GMT
  • Tue 23 Apr 201909:30GMT
  • Fri 26 Apr 201908:00GMT
  • Sat 4 May 201901:30GMT
  • Sat 4 May 201908:30GMT
  • Sun 5 May 201914:30GMT
  • Sun 5 May 201920:30GMT
  • Mon 6 May 201902:30GMT
  • Tue 7 May 201909:30GMT
  • Mon 13 May 201900:30GMT