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The Food Chain Episodes

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    The Olympics of Chinese Food

    Can a team of UK chefs win gold in the ultimate test of Chinese cuisine?

  2. Pestatarians

    Rats, squirrels camels, pigeons and snakes are considered vermin so should we eat them?

  3. The New Sushi

    Some say insects will be the next food fad. How do you feel about crunching on a cricket?

  4. Food on the Open Road

    Why is it so hard for truckers to eat well?

  5. Big Beer

    Should almost a third of the world鈥檚 beer be made by one company?

  6. Naturally Misleading?

    What does 'natural' mean when it comes to food?

  7. Survival Stories: Fish bacon for breakfast

    Our second episode to explore our relationship with food in extreme circumstances.

  8. Survival Stories: Lost in the Desert

    The story of Ann Rodgers, who went missing in the Arizona wilderness back in March 2016.

  9. Fertile Food

    How much could your diet help you have a child? We separate the facts from the fiction.

  10. Food on the Move: What We Want, When We Want It

    How does our food move around the world?

  11. Inside the Kitchens of Power

    We enter an arena usually hidden from public view - the kitchens that feed world leaders

  12. Beauty from Within?

    The rise of nutricosmetics - foods that are claimed to make you beautiful

  13. Can Cheese Help Save an Economy?

    Could cheese be the answer to some of Albania鈥檚 economic woes?

  14. Plough Your Own Furrow?

    After the UK vote to leave the EU, we look at models for agriculture around the world

  15. Mind your Manners

    Has there been a global shrugging off of table manners?

  16. Seeds, Syrup and Subversion

    The rebels and revolutionaries fighting against what some see as a food dictatorship

  17. Faster Food

    As the Rio Olympics edge closer, we explore how food can make you a better athlete

  18. Extreme Farming

    How a tiny country has become the world's second biggest exporter of farmed food.

  19. Is Junk Food the New Smoking?

    Is the junk food industry like the big tobacco companies when it comes to marketing?

  20. Fish Fight

    With fish stocks dwindling and illegal fishing rife, how do you police the oceans?

  21. A Dog's Dinner?

    The pet food industry, and its striking similarities to the human food chain

  22. Disaster Food: Feeding a Country in Crisis

    The impact of natural disasters on a country's ability to feed itself.

  23. Bottled Water: Do We Really Need It?

    Is bottled water the ultimate marketing con, or a potential lifesaver?

  24. Eating With Our Ears: The Sound of Food

    How sound and music influence the way we taste food and drink.

  25. Animals on Antibiotics: Could Pigs on Pills Make us Ill?

    Amid warnings we are heading into post-antibiotic era, we ask if farmers are to blame.

  26. Food Chain Late Night

    We explore the characters and cuisines that come out after dark.

  27. Front of House

    The Food Chain looks at the business of serving and pleasing the ever-fickle customer.

  28. Food and Nostalgia

    The power food has to evoke memory and how memory impacts the food we eat

  29. Is Convenience Killing Us?

    Processed, packaged, flavoured and often pre-cooked food is now a norm but at what cost?

  30. Food Waste: How Low Can it Go?

    Exploring a problem that is costing one in three of the world's calories.

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