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Release Date: 6 April 2017Show Type: DocumentaryOfficial site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gj4rqThe Secrets of Your Food: Series 1Science Documentary hosted by Michael Mosley and James Wong, published by BBC in 2017 – English narrationInformationMichael Mosley and James Wong reveal the delicious physics, chemistry and biology hidden inside our food. They travel the world in a culinary adventure to search for the origins of our favourite foods and using specialist photography and CGI, they take us on a journey inside the most sumptuous food, right down to the molecular level.1)  We are What We EatIn the opening episode, they explore how this chemistry fuels and builds our bodies. Michael begins by trying the first meal most of us enjoyed, human breast milk, which contains everything a baby needs – fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals. As we grow, we continue to seek the same chemistry in our diet but from a wide variety of scrumptious fare as Michael and James discover. In San Francisco, they unravel why sourdough bread is so good for us, in the Philippines, they learn how a river weed – rice – has become a comforting staple food, and in Bulgaria, they discover why letting your mushrooms sunbathe may help you get a calcium boost from your dairy food.Technical Specs* Video Codec: x264 CABAC [email protected]* Video: Bitrate: CRF-21 (~2357 kb/s)* Video Aspect Ratio: 1280 x 720* Video Resolution: 1.778 (16:9)* Audio Codec: AAC LC* Audio: English* Audio Bitrate: 160 kb/s VBR 48 KHz* Audio Channels: Stereo 2* Run-Time: 59 mins* framerate: 25 FPS* Number of Parts: 3* Container Mp4* Part Size: 1.03 GB* Source: HDTV2)  A Matter of TasteMichael heads to Spain to search for some of the most powerful tastes on the planet, whilst James travels high in the Peruvian Andes to discover how a bitter potato – a cousin of the humble spud – has been tamed to help the inhabitants survive the extreme altitude. Using the latest imaging techniques to take us inside our food, right down to the molecular level, Michael and James offer us a whole new way of thinking about taste: far more than being just delicious, it’s actually a matter of survival.Technical Specs* Video Codec: x264 CABAC [email protected]* Video: Bitrate: CRF-21 (~2357 kb/s)* Video Aspect Ratio: 1280 x 720* Video Resolution: 1.778 (16:9)* Audio Codec: AAC LC* Audio: English* Audio Bitrate: 160 kb/s VBR 48 KHz* Audio Channels: Stereo 2* Run-Time: 59 mins* framerate: 25 FPS* Number of Parts: 3* Container Mp4* Part Size: 1.03 GB* Source: HDTV3)  Food on the BrainMichael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption, our greediest organ. It influences our diet by generating cravings for foods such as fat – the most energy-rich food of them all. James heads off to Peru to reveal the surprising link that fat-rich, indulgent chocolate has with breast milk. Sometimes these cravings almost become an addiction – like coffee for example. So we visit a remarkable lab where a team is studying the effect of caffeine on bees and how that may help explain the hold that caffeinated drinks have over us. Together, Michael and James take on some of the hottest chillies on the planet to show what the burn does to our brains. Using the latest imaging techniques and incredibly detailed specialist photography, this is a whole new way of thinking about our relationship with food and the powerful effect it has on our minds.Technical Specs* Video Codec: x264 CABAC [email protected]* Video: Bitrate: CRF-21 (~2357 kb/s)* Video Aspect Ratio: 1280 x 720* Video Resolution: 1.778 (16:9)* Audio Codec: AAC LC* Audio: English* Audio Bitrate: 160 kb/s VBR 48 KHz* Audio Channels: Stereo 2* Run-Time: 59 mins* framerate: 25 FPS* Number of Parts: 3* Container Mp4* Part Size: 1.03 GB* Source: HDTV