Food: From Bread Riots to Obesity
Andrew Marr with Bee Wilson, William Sitwell and Jane Harrigan.
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
On Start the Week Andrew Marr explores food and politics. Churchill charged Lord Woolton with the daunting task of feeding Britain during WW2. The food writer William Sitwell looks at the black markets and shop raids Woolton had to battle as the country teetered on the edge of anarchy. Economist Jane Harrigan argues that it was rising food prices that sowed the seeds for the Arab Spring Uprisings, and food historian Bee Wilson asks what governments can do now to control what we eat.
Producer: Hannah Sander.