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Tuesday 30 September, 9.30pm

The Big Food Fight: Hugh's Chicken Run sees Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explore intensive chicken farming. This three-part series takes the British celebrity chef on a journey far from the cosy lifestyle of River Cottage and into the harrowing conditions of running his own modern poultry production line.

Fearnley-Whittingstall plans to kickstart a chicken revolution in the UK. He wants to replace the cheap chickens sold by supermarkets, at less than a price of a pint of beer, for ethically reared free-range chicken.

But can the well-meaning plan of a celebrity chef survive the sceptical locals and the interests of the big supermarkets? How will ordinary people respond to lectures on animal welfare from the posh bloke off the telly? And what happens when the rumour goes around town that Fearnley-Whittingstall is only raising awareness to boost sales of chicken in his own shop?

Tuesday 23 September, 9.30pm

The British diet is at an all-time low and the country is regarded as the fattest nation in Europe. Despite 'never having it so good', Britain's diet was actually healthier back in the days of World War II rationing.

Overdue for some extreme diet therapy, The Big Food Fight: The Diet That Time Forgot (tonight at 9.30pm on TV ONE) sees four junk food addicts go back in time to swap diets with a community whose eating rituals date back thousands of years.

They will head out to Northern Pakistan to spend a month living with the Shimshal people, a remote herding community whose diet - free from additives, saturated fats and sugar-laden treats - is recognised by nutritional experts as one of the healthiest in the world.

Tuesday 16 September, 9.30pm

Tonight, on The Big Food Fight: Animal Pharm, see how genetic engineering, cloning and stem cell research are revolutionising the world (at 9.30pm on TV ONE). Every day the boundaries of understanding are being pushed back, and science fiction is becoming science fact.

Hosts Giles Coren and Olivia Judson continue to stand apart on what they think about the new sciences. Biologist Judson is a strong supporter of genetic engineering - she wants to persuade viewers of the benefits it could bring to the world.
"To me, the more I understand about biology, the more amazing I think it is." Surprised by how far the technology has advanced in recent years, Judson believes genetic engineering isn't so much frightening as inspiring.

Tuesday 9 September, 9.30pm

The Big Food Fight: Animal Pharm sees how genetic engineering, cloning and stem cell research are revolutionising the world. Every day the boundaries of understanding are being pushed back, and science fiction is becoming science fact. This two-part series brings these shocking innovations to the screen.

Hosts Giles Coren and Olivia Judson couldn't be at further apart on what they think about the new sciences. Biologist Judson is a strong supporter of genetic engineering, she believes it opens a world of wonder.
"I find genetic engineering amazing. It's a new frontier of science that has the possibility of transforming all of our lives. For me genetic engineering isn't so much frightening as inspiring."

Tuesday 2 September, 8.30pm

The Big Food Fight: Jamie’s Eat To Save Your Life sees Jamie Oliver investigating what people eat and the effects unhealthy eating has on the human body (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

It's a known fact that what people eat has an impact on their health, but do people really know how far-reaching those effects are? Taking viewers on a journey of the human body, inside and out, with some of the best specialists in the world, Oliver hopes this programme will help people reform their eating habits.
He says while making Jamie's School Dinners, he was told the current generation of kids would live a shorter life than their parents, mainly because of what they eat. "It's clear many of us, overweight or not, are in danger of killing ourselves through our diets, and we don't even know what we're doing wrong or how to fix it.

Tuesday 26 August, 8.30pm

Food will never look the same after watching The Big Food Fight – a groundbreaking season of factual shows that aim to raise awareness and encourage debate about food production, animal welfare and healthy eating.

First in the series will be Jamie's Fowl Dinners (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE). Jamie Oliver serves up more than just dinners in this powerful programme, dramatically demonstrating the reality of how chickens live and die to put food on our plates. Urging people worldwide to change the way they think about poultry products, he raises difficult questions about animal welfare and what consumers are prepared to pay for quality food.