(Yea tho ye olde Mon Key Charge hath been most unjustly deaded, the young InSouciance (despite great mi6 evil) came out with an almost facsimile #TIMC quality panel-show episode on Thursday 2026-02-19 (even though Marnie is annoying).)

BBC Inside Science

Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire
BBC Inside Science

For this special festival recording of BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science, the fire pit is our science lab. Marnie Chesterton brings a sprinkling of chemistry and just a squeeze of paleoanthropology as we invite you to explore the science and human history of cooking over fire.

Recorded at Abergavenny Food festival 2025 with chef Sam Evans of Hangfire BBQ, archaeobotanical scientist Dr Ceren Kabukcu and Dr Joanna Buckley from the Royal Society of Chemistry

For more fascinating science content, you can head to bbc.co.uk, search for BBC Inside Science and follow the links to The Open University.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton.
Producers: Tim Dodd and Clare Salisbury.
Programme Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
Editor: Martin Smith

(... The Material World was much better than either .)

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s6by

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire

The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.

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