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Food Unwrapped is a British television series broadcast by Channel 4 featuring Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal,[1] Amanda Byram, Andi Oliver, Briony May Williams and John Whaite.[2] The show is based on the original Dutch series "Food CIA", devised by Dahl TV and licensed by Warner Bros. International Television Production Ltd. There have been 24 series and a number of special episodes.[3]
| Food Unwrapped | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Consumer |
| Based on | Food CIA |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 159 (+ 35 specials; as of 07 January 2023) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sandy Watson Clair Cadman |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) 60 minutes (specials; inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Ricochet Ltd |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 10 September 2012 – present |
Presented as a consumer show investigating food production, it was first broadcast on 10 September 2012.[4]
Series overview edit
Series edit
| Series | Episodes | Original broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series premiere | Series finale | |||
| Series 1 | 8 | 10 September 2012 | 5 November 2012 | |
| Series 2 | 8 | 3 June 2013 | 29 July 2013 | |
| Series 3 | 6 | 20 January 2014 | 3 March 2014 | |
| Series 4 | 6 | 14 July 2014 | 18 August 2014 | |
| Series 5 | 13 | 12 January 2015 | 25 May 2015 | |
| Series 6 | 16 | 31 August 2015 | 14 March 2016 | |
| Series 7 | 4 | 25 March 2016 | 15 April 2016 | |
| Series 8 | 5 | 9 May 2016 | 6 June 2016 | |
| Series 9 | 8 | 26 September 2016 | 25 November 2016 | |
| Series 10 | 5 | 9 January 2017 | 6 February 2017 | |
| Series 11 | 6 | 8 May 2017 | 26 July 2017 | |
| Series 12 | 4 | 20 October 2017 | 12 December 2017 | |
| Series 13 | 9 | 4 January 2018 | 29 May 2018 | |
| Series 14 | 8 | 11 June 2018 | 27 August 2018 | |
| Series 15 | 12 | 8 October 2018 | 4 February 2019 | |
| Series 16 | 6 | 15 March 2019 | 6 May 2019 | |
| Series 17 | 10 | 26 August 2019 | 9 December 2019 | |
| Series 18 | 5 | 24 February 2020 | 23 March 2020 | |
| Series 19 | 7 | 16 April 2021 | 7 June 2021 | |
| Series 20 | 3 | 23 August 2021 | 6 September 2021 | |
| Series 21 | 3[3] | 15 November 2021[5] | 29 November 2021[3] | |
| Series 22 | 2 | 9 May 2022 | 16 May 2022 | |
| Series 23 | 5 | 22 August 2022 | 17 October 2022 | |
| Series 24 | 5 | 13 January 2023 | 10 February 2023 | |
Note: Series 19 was due to premiere on 9 April 2021, but was postponed until 16 April 2021 due to the death of his HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[6][7]
Specials edit
| Special | Airdate |
|---|---|
| Food Techniques Special | 12 August 2013 |
| Viewers' Questions Special | 9 December 2013 |
| Christmas Dinner | 23 December 2013 |
| Diet Special | 6 January 2014 |
| Easter Special | 21 April 2014 |
| Christmas Dinner II | 22 December 2014 |
| Diet Special II | 5 January 2015 |
| Diets For Summer | 27 July 2015 |
| Christmas Special | 21 December 2015 |
| Diet Special III | 4 January 2016 |
| Lose Weight For The Summer | 13 June 2016 |
| The Truth About Sugar | 19 September 2016 |
| Diet Special IV | 2 January 2017 |
| Summer Diet Special | 5 June 2017 |
| Christmas Special | 12 December 2017 |
| Diet Special V | 4 January 2018 |
| Cracking Christmas Guide | 18 December 2019 |
| New Year Health Special | 7 January 2020 |
| Comfort Foods Special | 8 September 2020 |
| Store Cupboard Staples | 15 September 2020 |
| Festive Feast | 14 December 2020 |
| Healthy New Year | 11 January 2021 |
| Food Unwrapped Gets Chocolatey | 2 April 2021 |
| Food Unwrapped Does Great Britain | 5 April 2021 |
| Food Unwrapped Does Takeaways | 7 May 2021 |
| Healthy Hacks | 16 August 2021 |
| Christmas Cracker | 6 December 2021 |
| Healthy New Year | 3 January 2022 |
| Food Unwrapped Goes Veggie | 10 January 2022 |
| Supermarket Secrets | 2 May 2022 |
| Food Unwrapped Gets Baking | 23 May 2022[8] |
| Food Unwrapped's Sweet Treat | 20 June 2022[9] |
| Food Unwrapped's Breakfast Buffet | 27 June 2022[10] |
| Food Unwrapped's Italian Adventures | 4 July 2022[11] |
| Food Unwrapped: Jimmy's Asian Adventures | 11 July 2022[12] |
| Food Unwrapped's Sweet Feast | 18 July 2022[13] |
| Food Unwrapped’s Nordic Adventure | 1 December 2022[14] |
| Food Unwrapped's New Year Health Kicks | 6 January 2023[15] |
| Food Unwrapped Gets Fruity | 28 February 2023[16] |
| Food Unwrapped's Veg Box | 7 March 2023[17] |
| Food Unwrapped's Lunch Box | 14 March 2023[18] |
| Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Freezer Aisle | 3 July 2023[19] |
| Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Vegan Aisle | 10 July 2023[20] |
| Supermarkets Unwrapped: Fruit & Veg Aisle | 17 July 2023[21] |
| Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Snacks Aisle | 24 July 2023[22] |
| Food Unwrapped's Caribbean Adventure | 2 January 2024[23] |
| Food Unwrapped's Deep South Adventure | 9 January 2024[24] |
| Food Unwrapped's South Korean Adventure | 16 January 2024[25] |
References edit
- ^ "Meet the Food Unwrapped 2020 cast - Jimmy, Matt, Kate and Helen!". 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped". tvguide.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Food Unwrapped Episode Guide". Channel 4. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Gary Scattergood (10 September 2012). "New TV show to target 'lies' told by some food manufacturers". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped". channel4.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "EPISODESFood Unwrapped: Season 19 Premiere (S19EP1 Channel 4 Fri 9 Apr 2021)". memorabletv.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Is Gogglebox on tonight? Channel 4 schedule changes details". hellomagazine.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped Gets Baking". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Sweet Treat". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Breakfast Buffet". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Breakfast Buffet". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped: Jimmy's Asian Adventures". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Sweet Feast 18 July 2022: Monday on Channel 4". tveveryday.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped (Thursday 1st December 2022 Food Unwrapped's Nordic Adventure on Channel 4)". tveveryday.com. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's New Year Health Kicks". channel4.com/. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped Gets Fruity". radiotimes/. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Veg Box". radiotimes. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Lunch Box". radiotimes. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". radiotimes. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". radiotimes. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". tv24.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". tv24.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Caribbean Adventure". radiotimes. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's Deep South Adventure". radiotimes. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped's South Korean Adventure". radiotimes. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
