Sliced Bread Podcast
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims. Are they the best thing since sliced bread, or marketing BS?
Sliced Bread is the series that investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread'? Science presenter Greg Foot finds out.
Greg speaks to experts on a bunk-busting mission to test the latest consumer trends chosen by listeners. Do they live up to the hype? Or are they just marketing BS?
Greg chats to the experts, dives into the data, performs tests and crunches the numbers before putting his findings back to the listener so they can decide if it's worth spending their hard earned money on.
For this brand new series of Sliced Bread, episodes will be released weekly on Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts. But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the latest episode on 大象传媒 Sounds first, a week earlier than anywhere else.
If you have a suggestion for a product to investigate, you can email the team on sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or send a WhatsApp voice note via the number 07543 306807.
Sliced Bread is produced by 大象传媒 Audio North for 大象传媒 Radio 4 and 大象传媒 Sounds.
Episodes to download
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Sustainable Period Products
Thu 23 May 2024
What are the most eco-friendly types of period products?
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LED Face Masks
Thu 9 May 2024
Is an LED face mask the secret to brighter, clearer, more youthful skin?
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Toast - Safeway UK
Thu 2 May 2024
Why did Safeway's UK supermarkets disappear? Sean Farrington investigates.
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Toast - Green Shield Stamps
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Green Shield Stamps could be traded in for 'free' gifts so why did consumers abandon them?
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Toast - Mothercare's UK Stores
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Why did Mothercare have to close all of their UK stores?
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Tens machines and circulation boosters
Thu 14 Mar 2024
How effective are tens machines and circulation boosters?
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Sliced Bread is back!
Mon 5 Feb 2024
Greg Foot returns to investigate a whole new batch of wonder products suggested by you.
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Toast - Jamie's Italian
Thu 1 Feb 2024
What went wrong at Jamie Oliver's UK restaurant chain, Jamie's Italian?
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Toast - Commodore Computers
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Why did the best-selling computer manufacturer, Commodore, go bust?
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Toast - Sunny Delight
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Why did sales of the best-selling soft drink Sunny Delight suddenly bomb in the 1990s?
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Toast - Toys R Us
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Why did the major toy retailer Toys R Us have to close all of its UK stores in 2018?
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Toast is back!
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Sean Farrington returns to look at more grand business ideas that ended up as toast.
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Vacuum cleaners
Thu 23 Nov 2023
Corded, cordless or robot - which vacuum cleaners are 'the best thing since sliced bread'?
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