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The Hungry Empire

Episode 1: Salt Cod on the Mary Rose

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Historian Lizzie Collingham explains how salt cod helped to create the British Empire. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece. Show more

Book of the Week

The Hungry Empire

Episode 2: Salt Beef Succotash in New England

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The Puritan settlers struggle to recreate the perfect English diet in their new surroundings. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece. Show more

Book of the Week

The Hungry Empire

Episode 5: Feeding a Wartime Empire

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Wartime strictures reveal the brutal reality behind feeding an empire, beginning in North Africa in 1941. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece. Show more

Book of the Week

The Hungry Empire

Episode 3: Dining at Sea

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As the Empire expands in the 18th century, the colonial trade in ships' provisions races to keep up. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece. Show more

Book of the Week

The Hungry Empire

Episode 4: Opium and the East India Company

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Illicit opium trading is encouraged by British companies operating at the edge of the Empire. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece. Show more