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History

The programme has run since 1979 and was initially broadcast at 12:30 on a Sunday afternoon, immediately preceding ''

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''. It is repeated the following day (i.e. on Monday afternoon) at 3:30 p.m. In November 2019 The Food Programme celebrated its 40th anniversary. A live show was broadcast from the BBC Radio Theatre with guests Rick Stein,

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Structure

Programmes are usually devoted to discussion of a single topic, from a consumer angle, such as: * Topical issues related to food, such as institutional cookery or dealing with food waste; * A specific food item, such as a particular fruit or traditional dish; * Food of a certain geographical area or of certain ethnic peoples; * Health issues in relation to food. Sometimes, the theme of a programme may fit into several of the above categories. For example, the programme broadcast on 14 and 15 August 2011 dealt with institutional policies to improve the diets of people in Scotland so as to make their diets more salubrious, a topic which is at once a topical issue related to food, a health issue related to food and a topic relating to the diet of people in a certain geographical group. All the most recent programmes are now available indefinitely at the Radio 4 website to listen again.

BBC Food and Farming Awards

The show hosts the annual BBC Radio Food and Farming Awards, and in so doing has been praised by Charles, Prince of Wales as a "national institution".Speech by the Prince of Wales at the BBC Radio Food and Farming Awards 2000
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2009

* Bob Kennard won "Best Campaigner".

2019

* Best Streetfood/Takeaway, Liberty Kitchen

Awards won by The Food Programme

The Food Programme, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in November 2009, has won multiple UK radio awards.Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards
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References

External links

BBC Radio 4 Food Programme homepage

Programme topic list 2004-2007

News items

1999 Interview with former presenter Derek Cooper

Derek Cooper on the programme's 20th Anniversary
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