The Food Programme Episodes Episode guide
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Ferment
Sheila Dillon discovers why fermentation is the catalyst for a delicious revolution.
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BBC Food and Farming Awards 2016: The Finalists
Sheila Dillon unveils the list of the 2016 BBC Food and Farming Awards finalists.
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Feeding India
Dan Saladino explores the fierce debate over how 1.2bn people will be fed in the future.
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The Sake Revelation
Sheila Dillon can't stand sake... but she is about to have a revelation.
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First Bite
Sheila Dillon, author Bee Wilson and guests discuss how food habits can be changed.
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Eating to Run: Part 2
Ultra-marathon champ Scott Jurek tells Dan Saladino how to eat vegan and run 100 miles.
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Newcastle: The Story of a City through Its Food
Dan Saladino meets the people working to improve the food future of Newcastle.
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Cardiff: The Story of a City through Its Food
Sheila Dillon finds out how waves of migration have shaped Cardiff's vibrant food scene.
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Leeds: The Story of a City Through Its Food
Leeds is a city on the rise when it comes to food and drink. Dan Saladino finds out why.
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2016 Food and Farming Awards Launch
Sheila Dillon and this year's judging team launch the 2016 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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Eating to Run: Part 1
How important is diet to running performance? Dan Saladino looks at, and tries, new ideas.
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Yotam Ottolenghi: A Life Through Food
Yotam Ottolenghi shares his life through food with Sheila Dillon.
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No Mere Trifle
Tim Hayward discovers the secret underground culture of 'dirty trifle'.
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Juliet Harbutt: A Life Through Food
Cheese educator and campaigner Juliet Harbutt shares her life in food with Sheila Dillon.
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Food Museums
With two new food museums in London and New York, Sheila Dillon asks how to exhibit food.
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Cookbooks of 2015
Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery books and food writing.
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Chinatowns
The changing story of the world's Chinatowns. Dan Saladino looks at the biggest and best.
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Scotch Egg! Scotch Egg!
How did the scotch egg rise from humble bar snack to a chef's favourite? Joe Warwick knows
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Trish Deseine Goes Home
The Northern Irish farmer's daughter who changed food writing in France for good.
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A Fat Lot of Good
With a growing array of oils on sale, Sheila Dillon cuts through the latest thinking.
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The Pear
Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear.
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A Milk Appreciation
Do we take cows' milk for granted? Sheila Dillon asks if we need a reintroduction to it.
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How Did the Chicken Cross the World?
Dan Saladino tells the story of a bird at the centre of human civilisation, the chicken.
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Bitterness
Dan Saladino on whether bitterness is disappearing from our food, and why it matters.
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Food Stories from Syria 1
From losing daily bread to an ancient food culture - what conflict has meant for Syrians.
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The Ark of Taste: The Story so Far
Dan Saladino revisits highlights from our regular mini-series of endangered world foods.
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Jam Tomorrow... Today
Diana Henry hosts a jam-making 'canning party'.
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Libera Terra: Sicily's Anti-Mafia Farms
Dan Saladino learns how farms confiscated from Sicily's mafia are providing food and wine.
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My Food Hero: Dan Saladino meets Mary Taylor-Simeti
Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino.
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My Food Hero: Ella McSweeney Meets Wendell Berry
Ella McSweeney meets Wendell Berry - the farmer, author and campaigner who inspired her.