The Food Programme

Documentary series investigating food production, safety and origins AI summary

BBC Radio 4 Visit website › Arts · EN · 850 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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Guy Singh-Watson: A Life Through Food

2026-11-13 · 43 min

Forty years ago, Guy Singh-Watson set about starting to grow his own organic vegetables on his family farm in Devon. Since then, his business, Riverford, has become one of the country's best-known organic food…
Food and Magic

2026-11-06 · 42 min

With Halloween upon us, this episode of the Food Programme explores the unique connection between Food and Magic. Jaega Wise visits "Kitchen Witch” Rachel Patterson to find out how she uses everyday ingredients in her…
The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2026

2026-10-30 · 43 min

Sheila Dillon reveals the winners of this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards from Northern Ireland. She and this year's head judge Paula McIntyre meet some of the best food and drink producers in the country at the…
Regenerative Farming and Nutrition

2026-10-23 · 43 min

Regenerative farming is being championed by some as the future of British agriculture. As part of Radio 4's Farming Tomorrow season, Leyla Kazim asks - does regenerative farming change the nutritional value of what we…
The Sunday Roast

2026-10-16 · 43 min

Typically British, a comforting ritual and a calorific onslaught - the Sunday Roast is part of the weekly routine for many. Jimi Famurewa assesses the combination of meat, potatoes, sides and all-important gravy to…
The Food Innovators: 2026

2026-10-09 · 42 min

Dan Saladino reports on big ideas from the food world, ranging from a farming system that produces a climate friendly rice to a fermented yeast that releases an oil and could help prevent deforestation. The innovations…
The Cost of Food

2026-10-02 · 42 min

Sheila Dillon is joined by a panel at Abergavenny Food Festival to ask - why is food costing so much more than it used to, and what would it take to build a food system that works better for everyone?Food prices in the…
The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2026: The Food Producers

2026-09-25 · 41 min

Each year The BBC Food & Farming Awards celebrates food producers who are going above and beyond to create delicious and sustainable food. They are examples of how food can be a force for good, improving our local…
Stories of Food and Poverty

2026-09-18 · 42 min

Dan Saladino visits the annual Oxford Food Symposium and explores its theme of 'poverty food'.Stories told at the event ranged from the historic links between breadfruit and the slave trade and the cooking demos…
What the Normans Did for Our Diet

2026-09-10 · 42 min

On BBC Radio 4 we’re marking the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in London by exploring the impact of the Norman invasion. In this programme, food historian Dr Annie Gray travels to Normandy to investigate how the Norman…

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Owner: BBC
Oldest episode in feed: 09/2010 · over 16 years
Typical length: 31 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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