What Happened Next?
Leyla Kazim asks: What happened next? We return to past Food Programme stories, including the first harvest and pressing of commercially grown English olive oil.
Leyla Kazim revisits some of The Food Programme's most memorable stories to ask: what happened next? From 500kg of eels stranded in a holding tank in Gloucestershire and English olive oil being pressed in Lincolnshire, to the future of halloumi in Cyprus following an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease, and the impact of global politics on vegetables grown in Africa for UK consumers. Leyla returns to the people behind these stories to hear what happened after the programmes were broadcast.
Listen to the original programmes:
English Olive Oil
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f00z
Why Is Africa Feeding Us?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002m1mz
Halloumi and hellim: The story of an island and its cheese
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jsc7
Eels and Elvers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lfhd
Consider the Eel: Part 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t2kh
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Natalie Donovan
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- Fri 24 Jul 202611:00BBC Radio 4
- Sat 25 Jul 202622:15BBC Radio 4
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