The Food Programme

Dan Saladino, Sheila Dillon

Booking Overview

An investigative food interview and documentary series examining nutrition, food systems, public health, agriculture, and the food industry, typically featuring academics, clinicians, policymakers, authors, advocates, and business or sector leaders. Credible pitches include food-policy specialists, nutrition and medical researchers, sustainable-food executives, food-system innovators, and authors with substantive expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests need recognized credentials and a strong evidence-based perspective, though they need not be celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 832

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

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Host

Dan Saladino - BBC food journalist, presenter, and author known for reporting on food cultures, biodiversity, and the systems behind what people eat.

Sheila Dillon - BBC food journalist and presenter with extensive experience reporting on food, nutrition, public health, and the food industry.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Academic, clinical, policy, nonprofit, food-industry, or research expertise with a substantive connection to food, nutrition, public health, agriculture, or food systems.
Required Achievements:  
Senior academic or clinical leadership, Government or national policy authorship, Research leadership at a recognized institution, Leadership of food, health, or nonprofit programs, Executive or senior-sector responsibility

Recent Guest Discussions

Alicia Weston - Cooking Skills, Low-income Households, And Healthier Diets

Henry Dimbleby - Food Policy, National Food Strategy, And Reform Of The Food System

Hannah Ritchie - Global Food, Population Health, And Evidence On Food-system Change

Susan Jebb - Obesity, Ultra-processed Food Systems, Public Health, And Food-system Change

Robert Thomas - Food In Cancer Treatment, Oncology, And Recovery

Recent Topics

Food Systems, Nutrition, Food Policy, Agriculture, Sustainability

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Food Programme
:

Howzat? The Story of the Cricket Tea

July 10, 2026

Chef and broadcaster Romy Gill heads to the pavilion to explore cricket's relationship with food. She discovers that the supposedly British institution of the cricket tea was in fact a tradition imported from Australia in the 1880s. She visits Lord's - the Home of Cricket - and is given access to the kitchens to watch tea being prepared as well as receiving a tour of the Lord's museum to look through their culinary archives. She's made to feel welcome by the BBC Test Match Special team and...

The Weight of the World

July 03, 2026

Why did obesity become a global problem? Professor of Diet and Population Health Susan Jebb explores a heavy history, our changing relationship with food and reasons for optimism. She believes we live in an 'ultra-processed food system' which drives more of the world's population towards health harming diets and a lifetime of being overweight or obese. But she also believes change is possible, and the conditions are right for a food systems change.Also featuring Hannah Ritchie of Our World i...

Could Food Do More in Cancer Care and Prevention?

June 26, 2026

Fifteen years after her cancer diagnosis, Sheila Dillon asks what role food could play in cancer treatment, prevention and recovery - and why it is still so often overlooked.Earlier this year, the Government published a new 10-year National Cancer Plan for England, aiming to save 320,000 lives and ensure three in four people survive at least five years after diagnosis by 2035. It’s been welcomed as an ambitious strategy, yet some say it has little to say about diet. References to food focus l...

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