Food Unwrapped

Food Unwrapped
GenreConsumer
Based onFood CIA
Presented by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series24
No. of episodes159 (+ 35 specials)
Production
Executive producersSandy Watson
Clair Cadman
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
60 minutes (specials; inc. adverts)
Production companyRicochet Ltd
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release10 September 2012 (2012-09-10) –
present

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]

Presented as a consumer show investigating food production, it was first broadcast on 10 September 2012.[4]

Series overview

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Series

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Meet the Food Unwrapped 2020 cast - Jimmy, Matt, Kate and Helen!". 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Food Unwrapped". tvguide.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Food Unwrapped Episode Guide". Channel 4. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ^ Gary Scattergood (10 September 2012). "New TV show to target 'lies' told by some food manufacturers". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Food Unwrapped". channel4.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "EPISODESFood Unwrapped: Season 19 Premiere (S19EP1 Channel 4 Fri 9 Apr 2021)". memorabletv.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Is Gogglebox on tonight? Channel 4 schedule changes details". hellomagazine.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Food Unwrapped Gets Baking". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Sweet Treat". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Breakfast Buffet". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Breakfast Buffet". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Food Unwrapped: Jimmy's Asian Adventures". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Sweet Feast 18 July 2022: Monday on Channel 4". tveveryday.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Food Unwrapped (Thursday 1st December 2022 Food Unwrapped's Nordic Adventure on Channel 4)". tveveryday.com. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Food Unwrapped's New Year Health Kicks". channel4.com/. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Food Unwrapped Gets Fruity". radiotimes/. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Veg Box". radiotimes. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Lunch Box". radiotimes. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". radiotimes. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". radiotimes. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". tv24.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Supermarkets Unwrapped". tv24.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Caribbean Adventure". radiotimes. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Food Unwrapped's Deep South Adventure". radiotimes. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Food Unwrapped's South Korean Adventure". radiotimes. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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