Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Pit | 20130821 | By DJ Britton The first in a two-part drama about global food security. British trader Phil Ward has just moved to the US with his wife Sian to start work at the Chicago Board of Trade. When the grain market is thrown into turmoil, Phil's boss - Joel Bosco - calls him in to make sense of the numbers. Phil uncovers a global trend in food scarcity that represents a huge financial opportunity for the company. But what if the market fails? World food security is a hot topic. Internationally, after record growth, global wheat exports have fallen by 10 per cent in the last year. Prices are rising inexorably. According to Oxfam, 800 million people are currently malnourished - a greater figure than ever before. As cereal production falls, world population numbers continue to rise, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation predicts food demand will double by 2030. Meanwhile world food security remains left to the volatility of the global free market. When Greed Becomes Hunger asks whether the world can afford to trust the free market with its food supply. Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production. With a storm brewing in the global food market, a trader sees an opportunity. [R4 BD=20150825 |
| 02 | The Pen | 20130822 | The second in a two part drama about global food security. It's three years after the events of part one and a new world order is dominated by global food protectionism, an unpredictable climate and, most of all, hunger. Phil and Sian have used the money they made to buy a farm in mid-Wales. But as an international enquiry is launched into the causes of the crash, the couple's country idyll provides little shelter from an angry world, hungry for answers. World food security is a hot topic. Internationally, after record growth, global wheat exports have fallen by 10 per cent (2012/13 figs). Prices are rising inexorably. According to Oxfam, 800 million people are currently malnourished - a greater figure than ever before. As cereal production falls, world population numbers continue to rise, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation predicts food demand will double by 2030. Meanwhile world food security remains left to the volatility of the global free market. When Greed Becomes Hunger asks whether the world can afford to trust the free market with its food supply. Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production. Three years after the collapse of the food market, Phil and Sian attempt to make amends. [R4 BD=20150826 |