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Taylor Johnson presents a mixtape of his personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music from Venus Grrrls, Dylan Bradley and the Heat, Phoebe Green, The Marches, Bea Malka, Iona Luke, Helena Gao, Isabella Richardson, The Wild Infinite, Two Blinks, Jo From School, Heron Red, Pip, Hannah‑Morgan and a new Track of the Week from Birdseed.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, including Noise of Angels, Tokomololo, Oscar November, Baby Deltic, The Great Pleasure, Nathan Ball, The Youth Play, Nano Kino, DOG DAYS, Forget Them Wendy, Los Blancos, Bleep Test, the FOLK DRAMA, and a new Track Of The Week from Bea Malka.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

There are many ways to age a cheese so how best to refine its flavours over time? Welcome to the art of affinage - a French term that translates as "refining" a cheese - and a practice that is starting to take off in the UK. Sheila Dillon attends a competition to find the Affineur of the Year and discovers that the way you age a cheese can dramatically change its taste and texture. A cheddar can become more like a comté by changing the temperature, humidity and length of the ripening process. She hears from practitioners who regularly wash and turn their cheeses. Some have buried cheeses in coal holes, encased them in clay pots or even played them music to find new ways of making traditional cheeses taste differently. Experimentation with these techniques has led to new cheeses entering the market. In this programme the dark arts of affinage will be revealed.Presented by Sheila Dillon and produced in Bristol for BBC Audio by Robin Markwell

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music from GANS, Do Nothing, Jo from School, Neighbour Club, CYN CWSG, Green Star, Anna Bradley, Rory Rockett, Gold Cup, The Family Battenburg, Jake Whiskin and a new Track of the Week from Baby Deltic. Plus, this week, Emily revisits BBC Introducing from The Glasshouse: Live at the Proms, with tracks from corto.alto and Maddie Ashman.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music from ALA.NI, Marla Kether, Mr. Fish, Maddie Ashman, Billy Sharp, Roan Stripp, Sisters, The Healing Power of Horses, Precious Metals, Formal Sppeedwear, Thandii, Yas. ft. Cloudman, ADJUA, Eddie Doyle and a new Track of the Week from Neighbour Club.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Guests discuss books they love. This time: Loving and Giving by Molly Keane, chosen by podcaster and Archers actor Susie Riddell The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, chosen by education activist Dr Vee Kativhu The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller, chosen by presenter Harriett GilbertProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbc

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/m002f00zWhy Is Africa Feeding Us? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002m1mzHalloumi and hellim: The story of an island and its cheese https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jsc7Eels and Elvers https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lfhdConsider the Eel: Part 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t2khProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Natalie Donovan

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music from IMISSMYMOM, Leah Cleaver, Vehicle, Paisley Jones, Fíobha, Curiosity Shop, Dying 4, Sandhouse, Those Holy, Nico Harmony, Fuzz Council and a new Track of the Week by Maddie Ashman.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music from Bau Cat, GWEN, walt disco, The Kitchen Sink Band, Shadowman, MWSOG, Knats, August Charles, Elanor Moss, Cether, Big Red, Long Distance Runner, and a new Track of the Week by IMISSMYMOMProduced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Evan Davis, usually found behind the microphone for Radio 4's PM, has been travelling around England and Wales recording people's opinions on the big things that divide us as a society - from immigration, to language, to class. It was all for a short series called Common Ground, part of ongoing programming from Radio 4 on the topic of social cohesion. But what did listeners think? Evan joins Feedback presenter Andrea Catherwood to discuss his goals in making the series and the nature of listener responses. You're Dead To Me is one of BBC Audio's most popular podcasts, but it took a recent episode on Medieval Saints for it to appear on Feedback. We hear from a Priest and Friar from the Dominican Order, who entered our VoxBox to give their thoughts about the podcast's take on everything from reliquaries to saint-making.We've also heard from listeners with thoughts about a running gag that was sprinkled throughout the latest run of Dead Ringers, which parodied BBC Radio 4's investigative series To Catch A King.Finally, there's another nomination for our Interview of The Year Award. It's an interview conducted by Jonny Dymond in a recent edition of The World At One with a pair of keen marathon runners that made one listener contact us to highlight it for the top spot.Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Pauline Moore Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie Executive Producer: David PrestA Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4

Writer, actor and comedian Cariad Lloyd and writer Geoff Dyer join Harriett Gilbert for an enthusiastic and robust discussion about favourite books.The books are: The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard, chosen by Geoff Dyer Question 7 by Richard Flanagan, chosen by Harriett Gilbert The Others by Sheena Kalayil, chosen by Cariad LloydProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Eliza Lomas Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbc

They're in your chocolate, your gelato, even your coffee - pistachios seem to be everywhere at the moment - bolstered by the craze for Dubai Chocolate. In this episode Leyla Kazim asks what happens when the world seems to fall in love with one ingredient. She explores how the United States came to overtake traditional producers in the Middle East to become the world's largest pistachio grower, and hears about the nut's long history in countries such as Iran from Iranian-American food writer Anna Ansari. Meanwhile, Honey & Co.'s Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich demonstrate how versatile pistachios can be, creating both sweet and savoury dishes.Nick Moss, nuts market reporter at Expana, explains what's happening to pistachio prices and why forecasts for this year's harvest are lower than usual.Leyla also visits Green Lanes in Haringey, home to many Turkish and Middle Eastern businesses, to discover how pistachios have long been central to traditional desserts - and hears how rising prices are changing that. Finally, she meets Charlie Tebbutt, whose south London company Food & Forest imports nuts, including pistachios, from farms that are either avoiding irrigation or using agroforestry methods, as an alternative to the vast monocrops that supply most of the world's pistachios. Produced by Natalie Donovan for BBC Audio in Bristol

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Eva Lazarus, Ruti, Gen and The Degenerates, Noise of Angels, Mouth Ulcers, Fishwife, Cordelia Gartside, walt disco, Getdown Services, SpaceAcre, Webmoms, Yung Toro, Oscar Dunbar, and a new Track of the Week from The Kitchen Sink Band.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, chosen by Joanne Harris Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth by Naguib Mahfouz, chosen by Islam IssaJoin us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sally Heaven

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 reminisces over her own childhood cricket teas growing up in West Bengal in India. Romy explores the health of the cricket tea at a club level and heads to Stainland Cricket Club near Halifax in West Yorkshire to meet the inspirational Trish Wood who has helped bring cricket teas back to her club and John Fuller of Cricket Yorkshire who devised a competition to find the best cricket tea in the county.Robin Markwell reports from Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire on a decision by cricket clubs around Bristol who voted to no longer make cricket teas compulsory in their league after the pandemic.Presented by Romy Gill and produced by Robin Markwell for BBC Audio in Bristol with thanks to the BBC Test Match Special team.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Junior Simba feat. Manz, Sophia Harari & Donsurf, Abbie Ozard, Oscar Browne, Spike, Arthur Black, Fatale, Nano Kino, Joyeria, FLETCHR FLETCHR, Czafari., LFay, Warahenege, SALO, and a new Track of the Week from Noise of AngelsProduced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.The books are:Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett GilbertProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea Join us over on instagram @agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Timothy Foster

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, including pyncher, Oscar Dunbar, Big Fear, Speedial, Kloyd, menig, GAÏA, Nani Porenta, Louis Grace, Daniel Maple, and a new Track of the Week by Oscar Browne. Plus there's an in-depth look and conversation with our Featured Artist this month, Night SwimmingProduced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music

A special episode of A Good Read, recorded live at the Hay Festival. The books are:London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe, chosen by psychotherapist and artist Philippa Perry All Quiet on the Orient Express by Magnus Mills, chosen by presenter and writer Stuart Maconie Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie, chosen by presenter Harriett GilbertProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Maggie Ayre Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Pal Hansen

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 largely on reducing obesity - by making supermarkets to monitor and report on sales of healthy and unhealthy foods, and expanding access to weight-loss drugs. It also includes commitments to improving hospital food for children with cancer, and introducing prehabilitation programmes via the NHS App by 2028. So where does that leave food itself - in treatment, in recovery, and in the risk of relapse?Featuring interviews with: Clare Doney, the clinical lead for personalised care for the Northern Cancer Alliance covering the North East and North Cumbria. Dr Giota Mitrou, Executive Director of Research and Policy at World Cancer Research Fund International Prof. Robert Thomas, head of oncology at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, part of University College Hospital and consultant oncologist at Addenbrooks hospital in Cambridge.Produced by Natalie Donovan for BBC Audio in BristolResources:https://mywellbeingspacenca.nhs.uk/https://www.wcrf.org/living-well/living-with-cancer/cancer-and-nutrition-helpline/These links will take you to an external website. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

Sheila Dillon heads out on the highway to investigate the world of food at motorway service stations. Historically they have been a place viewed as a functional stop-off for a "tea and a pee" and often maligned for the quality of their food. Motorway services enthusiast Dr David Lawrence from Kingston University talks through a short history of the Great British service station from Watford Gap and Newport Pagnell in 1959 through to present day.AA President Edmund King briefs Sheila on how his membership views motorway service food and Robin Markwell reports on the opinions of lorry drivers from Chippenham Pit Stop on the M4 in Wiltshire where more healthy eating options are now appearing on the menu. Dan Sutton from Roadchef - one of the largest motorway service operators - also gives his thoughts on what the British motorist is looking for when wanting to be fed on the motorway and argues that familiarity of brands is key.Sheila takes a trip to Tebay Services on the M6 in Cumbria to understand a different way of providing motorway service food. She meets the Dunnings family who have since opened services at Gloucester, Cairns Lodge in Lanarkshire and will soon open another at Tatton in Cheshire. Their ethos includes an emphasis on locally sourced, homecooked food. Sheila meets with their coffee and bread suppliers as well as touring their farm to understand how service areas might also be an engine for the local economy.Produced by Robin Markwell in Bristol for BBC Audio.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, including Monks, Naya Yeira, Sweets / pollyfromthedirt, ORACLE, Premium Leisure, Frankie Morrow, Elanor Moss, Marcus James feat. Fabio Ferri, Olympia Vitalis, Midori Jaeger / Felix Higginbottom, Dinosaur 94, Eddie Doyle, Naked Brunch, So Only, and a new Track of the Week by Tom Sharkett feat. mui zyuProduced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

The books are:Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, chosen by Harriet Tyce Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre, chosen by Matt Edmondson Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sally HeavenPhoto credit: Suki Dhanda

Sheila Dillon looks at the plans to overhaul England's school food standards, from cutting back on fried food, puddings and processed meat to serving more fruit and veg. She hears from pupils, caterers and campaigners who all want better school meals, but don't always agree on how to get there. With concerns about cost and practicality, she asks what these changes might really mean for schools trying to make them work, and what the School Food System in Japan might tell us about the nations health. Featuring interviews recorded at Penwortham Girls' High School in Preston; Anna Taylor from The Food Foundation; Writer Heather Parry; Luke Consiglio from caterers The Pantry; Belfast Paediatrican Dr Jonathan Henderson, chef and food writer Suzie Lee; Naomi Duncan from Chefs in Schools; and Colette Fox from ProVeg International. The consultation period for the new School Food Standards for England closes on June 12th 2026. Produced by Natalie Donovan for BBC Audio in Bristol

Stephanie Cheape and Phoebe I-H present a selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, including a look ahead to the BBC Introducing stage at TRNSMT, and a day fest at the RNCM, Manchester. There's a new Track of the Week by ORACLE, and music from FRANSIS, Douvelle19 feat. Manga Saint HIlare, Mica Millar, Dose, Mercy Girl, James Emmanuel, Girl Group, Tanzana, Ellur, Abbie Gordon, Eyes of Home, Róise, HAMISH, and Yemi Bolatiwa feat. Rosebud.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Three books that deal with the intricacies of relationships and marriage.Not That Sort of Girl by Mary Wesley Aftermath by Rachel Cusk Three Days In June by Anne TylerProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Maggie Ayre

Taylor Johnson presents a mixtape of tracks from BBC Introducing, including Wynona Bleach, Ashley Ray Simon feat. Clara Pople, Lizzie Reid, Formal Sppeedwear, F3miii, mary in the junkyard, LIFEWITHOUTEXPOSURE, Victoria Dell, Sipho., Naked Brunch, Joshua Burnside, Ella More, and a new Track of the Week from Dose.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, including tracks from: walt disco, Bloodworm, Spike, The Healing Power of Horses, Cusk, Tooth, Flying On The Ground, ovajoi, Aby Coulibaly, Konyikeh, Marsy, ffogg, Max Sloan, jo from school, Ping Pong 100 and a Track Of The Week from Formal Sppeedwear.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Sheila Dillon visits fruit and veg growers across the country to ask what should the government put in its landmark plan to grow more in the UK. With war in the Middle East driving up fertiliser and energy prices and a growing health crisis at home, more homegrown fruit and veg could hold the answers to many of our problems. But those on the ground tell a different story, as businesses prepare to invest more in farms overseas, increase imports or face an ongoing struggle to cover rising costs and competition. Sheila meets a berry grower in Kent, and a tomato producer in Lancashire, who show her the realities of their farms today, and she hears from experts across the sector with their ideas for what could, and should, go into the government's Horticulture Growth Plan. Produced by Nina Pullman for BBC Audio in Bristol.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with AKA, Al Cologne, Ruti, Night Swimming, ashnymph, Lou YWA, DBL A, L E M F R E C K, Georgian, Folly Oh Yes, Dermot Henry, a new Track of the Week from The Healing Power of Horses, and Heidi Curtis is our Featured Artist for May!Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Hallyu - the Korean Wave - is taking over. With dramas and films like Squid Game and K-Pop Demon Hunters topping the Netflix charts, K-beauty products filling TikTok feeds and chemist shop shelves, and the global tour of the biggest K-Pop band in the world, BTS, about to begin, there's no getting away from it's impact. In this programme Jaega Wise explores how this fascination with Korean culture is driving the popularity of Korean food across the UK. She chats with celebrity chef and author, Judy Joo and meets the restaurant owner catering for some of the most well-known K-Pop bands in the world. Jaega also takes a look at the products hitting our supermarket shelves, and finds out why the sharing concept is central to the ethos of Korean food.Presented by Jaega Wise and produced by Tory Pope for BBC Audio in Bristol

Emily Pilbeam presents highlights from the BBC Introducing night at The Great Escape 2026, with live music and conversation from The Itch, Bathing Suits, Adjua and big long sun.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Shakk Hashemi presents a mixtape of his personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Tom A. Smith feat. Rowetta, Thaïs Ray, Charlie Floyd, SISTRA, Cutscene, lots of hands, Melanie Baker, Doss, Ben Kidson & Good Health Good Wealth, Maya Law, The Hackney Attic, Miller Blue, ADJUA, Fran Lusty, The Early Purple, and a new Track of the Week from Night Swimming.Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Jaega Wise meets chef and broadcaster Matt Tebbutt at home in South Wales, to discuss his "Life Through Food". Matt has been presenting Saturday Kitchen Life on BBC One for almost a decade, but before he was a TV Presenter he worked as a chef - first in professional kitchens in London (he was in fact sacked by Marco Pierre White) and later ran his own gastropub in south Wales. It was his cooking there at The Foxhunter - which he ran with his wife Lisa - that first got him noticed by the media, and an appearance on the second ever series of the Great British Menu. To discover what life is like on set for Matt, Jaega also pays a visit to the studios of Saturday Kitchen Live as they are rehearsing, to see how the live cooking show is put together week after week. She meets the team in the backstage "engine room" - the test kitchen - and discovers what they mean when they talk about "heroes", and finds out what happens at 11.30am after the cameras get turned off. Plus she chats to wine expert Olly Smith about Matt's career and the friendship they've developed while working in food tv. Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Natalie Donovan

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing with Prima Queen, Treks, Aifric, yottie, F3miii, Anna Blaise, White Flowers, Tooth, Big Long Sun, ADJUA, Bathing Suits, The Itch, Dermot Henry, Myer U Clark, Tokomololo, and a new Track Of The Week by SISTRA. Plus, we announce which of those artists are playing this year's BBC Introducing stage at The Great Escape in Brighton in May!Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Francesco Fiore is a chef and Catering Manager at Milton Keynes University Hospital, and over the last few years has made some remarkable changes to the food experience for patients and staff. Awarded the title of “Caterer of the Year” in 2025 by the Hospital Caterers Association, Frank as he's affectionately known by his team, has transformed the quality and variety of the food, reducing waste and inspired colleagues around the hospital to collaborate and come up with new ideas.Sheila Dillon follows Frank for a day as he goes about his job as catering manager to see the changes in action, and find out more about his passion for food.Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music by pyncher, Max Winter feat. Tony Bontana, holybones feat. Baxter Dury, Chinwe, Girls of the Internet feat. DJ Bone, Paal Singh, Gabby Rivers, Knats, Lonnie Gunn, Bea Malka, and NAVINA.We also shine a spotlight on Welsh folk-rock sorcerers MWSOG, and there's a new Track Of The Week from yottie.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Sheila Dillon discusses the rise of eating disorders among young women as part of Radio 4's “About the Girls” series, which is hearing from teens across the UK about life in 2026.As the number of young girls suffering from eating disorders increases in the UK, Sheila Dillon hosts a discussion about what's causing the rise, and what can be done to improve treatment outcomes.Details of help and support with eating disorders are available at BBC Action LineProduced by Natalie Donovan for BBC Audio in Bristol

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Cowboy Hunters, Wax Head, Modern Woman, Orla Noble, lavender, Natalie Wildgoose, Lovely Assistant, The Hackney Attic, Slowe, Frankie Archer, Good News, Rejoicein4k / Hannah Thompson, First Day of Spring, Note feat. LAOD, and a new Track of the Week by ChinweProduced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Getdown Services, Treeboy & Arc, Pigeon, Group A.D., Blood Wizard, Nano Kino, Silver Gore, Kofi Stone, seegz, 1000 Rabbits, Lifeloose, Martial Arts, Brodie Milner, and a new Track of the Week by Orla Noble.Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with highlights and conversation from the BBC Introducing night at the 6 Music Festival at Band on the Wall in Manchester, featuring Ellen Beth Abdi, pyncher, and TTSSFU.Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Newsreader Maryam Moshiri and Red Dwarf creator Doug Naylor discuss their chosen books, including Bridget Jones's Diary, with Harriett Gilbert.Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding, chosen by Maryam MoshiriWhy You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell, chosen by Doug NaylorNothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, chosen by Harriett GilbertJoin us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sally Heaven

Should we be taking water more seriously? The emergence of the water sommelier would suggest so. Jaega Wise visits a Cheshire restaurant that now offers its own water menu as well as a Peak District pub with a water bar and a borehole to draw its own spring water. She talks to the co-founder of the Fine Waters Academy Michael Mascha who believes that water should be appreciated as a product with its own terroir and hears from Dr Natalie Lamb, a water industry expert who has been trained to appreciate the virtues of tap water. Whether hard or soft, still or sparkling - the Food Programme takes a closer look at the liquid we all too often take for granted.Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Robin MarkwellProgramme contains a clip of the Only Fools And Horses Episode "Mother Nature's Son", written by John Sullivan, first broadcast on BBC TV on 25th December, 1992

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Lime Garden, Really Good Time, CLT DRP, Treeboy & Arc, HITMEN, The Orielles, ladylike, Dogsbody, ADJUA, Adult DVD, Chalk, MAX RAD, Of Iyrn, and a new Track of the Week by Ex-Family.Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Leyla Kazim reports from cork country in Portugal - where up to 10,000 of hectares of cork oak trees are being lost every year, despite laws protecting them from being cut down. Climate change is putting new stresses on the ancient forests, and as the cork industry worries that falling wine consumption could shrink global demand, Leyla asks why Portugal became the world's biggest producer of cork in the first place, and what it will take to keep them thriving. She meets farmers using regenerative methods of working the land to protect the montado, and plantations where thousands of new trees are being planted.Presented by Leyla Kazim Produced in Bristol for BBC Audio by Natalie Donovan

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with aembr, Clara Pople, Aby Coulibaly, Konyikeh, IRKED, Norman D. Loco, Aimée Fatale, two blinks, i love you, TIDETIED, Heart and Mouth, Melanie Baker, Cholly / Rosie Robinson, Ellen Beth Abdi, TC & The Groove Family, and a new Track of the Week by Treeboy & Arc.Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with Good News, Pigeon, Bathing Suits, Max Winter, SALO feat. Isaiah Hull, Marnie Glum, Unlucky, No Spinoza, Wax Head, Fíobha, Jessie Marcella, Iona Luke, Morgan Harper-Jones, Emily Francis Trio, and a new Track of the Week by BBC Introducing in Essex and Cambridgeshire's KonyikehProduced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

In this edition Sheila Dillon explores the creativity of chefs, and asks how it's being affected by the ongoing cost of living crisis. For Sheila, creativity in cooking is one of the pleasures we often take for granted when we go out to eat, and marvels at the alchemy chefs work with raw ingredients. But the hospitality industry is grappling with very difficult economic conditions - increased national insurance, business rates, energy bills, rent, cost of ingredients coupled with fewer customers with less money to spend, all mean that many restaurants are struggling to survive. According to the latest data from the Hospitality Market Monitor by NIQ, restaurant closures accelerated in the last three months of 2025 to nearly 19 businesses a week. What happens to that creativity when the industry is under so much pressure?In the programme chefs talk to Sheila about what creativity looks like in their kitchens at the moment, as the cost crisis leads to more restrictions on how and what they cook. We also hear how chefs of the future are being trained to work creatively in this tough environment. We hear from: Sam Lomas, Head Chef at Briar in Somerset; Owen Morgan, co-founder and owner of Forty-Four group; Charlie Buchanan-Smith, co-founder of The Free Company near Edinburgh; Niall McKenna, owner of James St and Waterman House in Belfast; Frank Fiore, Catering Manager at Milton Keynes University Hospital; Chantal Symons, Lead Development Chef at LEON Restaurants; and chef-lecturers Steve Oram and Ian Sutton and students at Capital City College at Westminster.Presented by Sheila Dillon and produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.

This week's books are:Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie, chosen by crime writer Martin Edwards At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien, chosen by sociologist, bioethicist and comedian Tom Shakespeare Thursday Night Widows by Claudia Pineiro, chosen by Harriett GilbertJoin us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sally HeavenPhoto credit: Belinda Mason

A year after sharing a £10 supper with 200 strangers in Copenhagen's Absalon - an old church turned community hub - Sheila asks whether that experience could be recreated in the UK. After all, communal meals here are often one-offs, sometimes pricey, or feel like generous soup kitchens. In this edition, Sheila meets people determined to change that; Ingrid Wakeling and Phil Holtam from Sussex Surplus are running trial communal dining events in Brighton, using surplus food to bring strangers together. Anna Chworow from Nourish Scotland is helping shape two pilot public diners - subsidised, everyday restaurants designed for everyone, while Jon Harper from Future Foundations explains how CanTeam is turning school canteens into community dining rooms. Sheila also visits The Long Table in Stroud - a pay-what-you-can community restaurant - to meet co-founder Tom Herbert, and is joined there by zero‑waste chef Max La Manna and Carly Trisk‑Grove from The Public Plate, who want every community to have their own low‑cost restaurant. Together, they discuss what it would take to make their dreams reality - and why they believe it matters.Presented by Sheila Dillon Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Natalie Donovan.More info: Communal Dining -Part 1: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028l2c The Long Table: https://thelongtableonline.com/ The Public Plate (Carly Trisk-Grove's project): https://www.thepublicplate.com/about Nourish Scotland project: https://www.nourishscotland.org/projects/public-diners/ Right to Food Commission (Ian Byrne MP's project): https://www.ianbyrne.org/rtfcommission Sussex Surplus (Brighton): https://www.sussexsurplus.org/ CanTeam: http://www.canteam.org/ NB: Be aware these links take you to external non-BBC websites.