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The Food Programme

A Tribute to Derek Cooper

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon pays tribute to the late Derek Cooper who started The Food Programme back in 1979 and changed the face of food broadcasting and journalism.

The Food Programme

Ken Hom 2 (of 2) - Politics, influence and the future

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

In the second of two special editions, Sheila Dillon talks to Ken Hom about his life through food. Today they focus on what Ken has been doing since his early BBC career. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Hom
Producer:
Sarah Langan

The Food Programme

A Renaissance for Butchers?

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon examines the state of the butchery profession and asks if the horsemeat scandal really did halt the decline of the high street butchers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Illtud Dunsford
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Harbottle
Interviewed Guest:
Dario Cecchini
Producer:
Sarah Langan

The Food Programme

Ken Hom 1 (of 2) - The Early Years

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Over two special programmes from the Food Connections festival in Bristol, Sheila Dillon talks to Ken Hom about his life through food. 1/2. Ken's upbringing and early career. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Hom
Producer:
Sarah Langan

The Food Programme

A Taste of Britain Revisited - Wales

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Dan Saladino goes to Wales as he revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods and traditional ingredients, 40 years on. Show more

The Food Programme

Bees and the City - the Urban Honey Story

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

As bee populations fall, Sheila Dillon asks if salvation may be found in the mean streets of our cities. With reports from New York, Bristol, New Zealand and Copenhagen. Show more

The Food Programme

Women in the Kitchen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen. With Alice Waters, Sally Clarke, Margot Henderson, Mary-Ellen McTague and Joyce Molyneux. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Waters
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
Margot Henderson
Interviewed Guest:
Mary-Ellen McTague
Interviewed Guest:
Joyce Molyneux
Producer:
Sarah Langan

The Food Programme

Get Ahead Treats for Christmas

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Diana Henry provides a guide to an Eastern Christmas with Bee Wilson and Sally Butcher, looking at 'get ahead' treats, and finding out why foods from the east feature at Christmas. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Henry
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Butcher
Interviewed Guest:
Bee Wilson
Producer:
Sarah Langan

The Food Programme

Your food science questions for Harold McGee

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee, whose research and writing have inspired many chefs, to answer listeners' food queries. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Harold McGee
Producer:
Sarah Langan

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon takes a look at that most coveted of kitchen tools: the knife. She talks to chef Henry Harris about his passion for knives. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Henry Harris
Producer:
Sarah Langan

Book at Bedtime

A Commonplace Killing

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Lillian is distracted by a well-dressed stranger, and the pathologist finds some new evidence. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Ian Sansom - The Norfolk Mystery

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In the local pub in Blakeney, the effusive Swanton Morley sticks out like a sore thumb. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. From August 2013. Show more