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The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Have We Cracked the Nut Problem?

    Thu 27 Jul 2017

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

  • Health lessons with the Hadza

    Thu 20 Jul 2017

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

  • Hunting with the Hadza

    Thu 13 Jul 2017

    Eat with one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities

  • Fortification: Too Much of a Good thing?

    Thu 6 Jul 2017

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

  • The Unlikely Power of Cookbooks

    Thu 29 Jun 2017

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

  • Food Secrets of Centenarians

    Thu 22 Jun 2017

    To what extent can your diet help you live longer?

  • What Time is Dinner?

    Thu 15 Jun 2017

    How social class has determined when we eat.

  • Much Ado About Michelin

    Thu 8 Jun 2017

    The allure and mystique of the Michelin star

  • Talking Rot

    Thu 1 Jun 2017

    When does old food become bad food?

  • Hands Off My Food!

    Thu 25 May 2017

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

  • The Real Value of a Cup of Tea

    Thu 18 May 2017

    Do you pay enough for your cup of tea?

  • Foodunnit?

    Thu 11 May 2017

    How does food help solve crime?

  • I Don't Cook

    Thu 4 May 2017

    This is definitely not a cookery programme

  • The Fish Japan Ate

    Thu 27 Apr 2017

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

  • Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie?

    Thu 20 Apr 2017

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

  • Little Kitchen of Horrors

    Thu 13 Apr 2017

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

  • Orthorexia Nervosa: When 'Healthy' Food Becomes Harmful

    Thu 6 Apr 2017

    When the pursuit of quality food destroys quality of life.

  • Hey, Hey We're The Food Chain

    Thu 30 Mar 2017

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

  • One Potato More

    Sat 25 Mar 2017

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

  • Poor Old Potato

    Sat 18 Mar 2017

    Is the potato the 'food of the poor'?

  • The Food We Breathe

    Sat 11 Mar 2017

    How your next meal might affect your next breath

  • McAsia?

    Sat 4 Mar 2017

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

  • Post-Truth Food

    Sat 25 Feb 2017

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

  • Wheelchair Fajitas and Talking Scales

    Sat 18 Feb 2017

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

  • The Plankton Problem

    Sat 11 Feb 2017

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

  • Got Gumbo?

    Sat 4 Feb 2017

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

  • Should You Drink Your Food?

    Sat 21 Jan 2017

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

  • Of Maize and Men: Unpicked

    Sat 14 Jan 2017

    The most abundant crop on earth is maize. We ask if we consume too much of it.

  • Of Maize and Men: The Rise

    Sat 7 Jan 2017

    The story of how one crop came to be the world's most important ingredient.

  • Food Chain: The Quiz

    Sat 31 Dec 2016

    Take part in the ultimate test of culinary trivia in our inaugural quiz

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