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The Food Programme

How Britain fell in love with the microwave

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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The microwave is the gadget people in the UK could not live without, but most cooks are afraid to admit they use them. Sheila Dillon charts the 60-year shift from pot to ping. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Carter
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Peavitt
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Webb