Food Unwrapped

This article is about the television series. For the book based on the series, see Food Unwrapped (book).

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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