A top French chef tonight condemns convenience foods as an "abomination" in the second of a four-part series examining the impact of the supermarket on everyday life. See today's choices.
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Off Your Trolley with Loyd Grossman 8.30pm BBC2
Are supermarket "ready meals" really agents of major social change? Some people believe that they are undermining the tradition of the family meal, when the entire household sits down to appreciate the kitchen endeavours of the cook (usually mother). In the second episode of Off Your Trolley Loyd Grossman follows a week in the life of the Bishton family of Derbyshire, who rarely cook "proper" meals but prefer to stock the freezer with convenience foods, eaten by the individual as he or she prefers.
There's a report from behind the scenes at Marks and Spencer, as Britain's foremost ready-meal retailer launches its new Indian range. And Clement Freud gives some devious tips about dressing up convenience foods and passing them off as all your own work.