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The Food Chain Episodes

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    Stockpiles? What Stockpiles?

    Is your government stockpiling enough food?

  2. What Will You Eat if the Apocalypse Comes?

    Meet the people stockpiling food for any eventuality.

  3. Have We Cracked the Nut Problem?

    Drugs to treat peanut allergy are close to getting approval. But why now?

  4. Health lessons with the Hadza

    Could East African hunter-gatherers lead us to the ideal human diet?

  5. Hunting with the Hadza

    Eat with one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities

  6. Fortification: Too Much of a Good thing?

    Who is putting micro-nutrients in your food - and who really benefits?

  7. The Unlikely Power of Cookbooks

    How cookbooks have been used to demonstrate power, ideology and divide society

  8. Food Secrets of Centenarians

    To what extent can your diet help you live longer?

  9. What Time is Dinner?

    How social class has determined when we eat.

  10. Much Ado About Michelin

    The allure and mystique of the Michelin star

  11. Talking Rot

    When does old food become bad food?

  12. Hands Off My Food!

    When is it OK to profit from the cuisine of a culture you were not born into?

  13. The Real Value of a Cup of Tea

    Do you pay enough for your cup of tea?

  14. Foodunnit?

    How does food help solve crime?

  15. I Don't Cook

    This is definitely not a cookery programme

  16. The Fish Japan Ate

    The wild bluefin tuna is being eaten to extinction. Can Japan afford to keep serving it?

  17. Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie?

    What does French food tell us about the country's future?

  18. Little Kitchen of Horrors

    The scary, frightening, and spooky stories that we like to tell about what we eat.

  19. Orthorexia Nervosa: When 'Healthy' Food Becomes Harmful

    When the pursuit of quality food destroys quality of life.

  20. Hey, Hey We're The Food Chain

    The best pick of our award-winning programme which explores everything you eat.

  21. One Potato More

    Is the humble spud the solution to the global food supply?

  22. Poor Old Potato

    Is the potato the 'food of the poor'?

  23. The Food We Breathe

    How your next meal might affect your next breath

  24. McAsia?

    What fast food can tell us about the changing global economy.

  25. Post-Truth Food

    Understanding the truth about food shortages and how they are reported.

  26. Wheelchair Fajitas and Talking Scales

    A look at the important role food plays for people who have, or acquire, a disability.

  27. The Plankton Problem

    The organisms at the centre of our food web are stressed - and it affects your plate.

  28. Got Gumbo?

    What can one single dish tell you about America's history?

  29. The Queen of Creole

    Can a restaurant help to change the course of a country?

  30. Should You Drink Your Food?

    We speak to a man who drank his food for 30 days, and explore liquefied food.

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