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Food Unwrapped | |
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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) |
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 |
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 | Episodes | Original broadcast | ||
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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]
Special | Airdate |
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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] |
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