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Start the Week

Food: From Bread Riots to Obesity

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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On Start the Week Andrew Marr explores food and politics. Churchill charged Lord Woolton with the daunting task of feeding Britain during WW2. The food writer William Sitwell looks at the black markets and shop raids Woolton had to battle as the country teetered on the edge of anarchy. Economist Jane Harrigan argues that it was rising food prices that sowed the seeds for the Arab Spring Uprisings, and food historian Bee Wilson asks what governments can do now to control what we eat.

Producer: Hannah Sander. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Bee Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
William Sitwell
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Harrigan
Producer:
Hannah Sander

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