The Madeleine Effect

Five episodes. First broadcast from 20060828 to 20060901.

Five stories exploring the role played by food in our lives and memories.

 
 
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01The Most High Tea20060828By Candia McWilliam, read by Tamara Kennedy.
An unusual family visit their favourite sweet shop and leave with far more than just a pleasant taste in their mouth.
02Broken Bread20060829By Merryn Glover, read by Gary Lewis.
Helping out at his local soup kitchen, a man reflects upon his childhood. Amid these memories, a tired old man sits down and begins to eat and, in doing so, reveals far more than he could have imagined.
03Mangoes20060830By Joanna Blythman, read by Gerda Stevenson.
The award-winning food critic and writer shares her passion for mangoes, savouring the sticky sweetness of Indian and Pakistani mangoes, and exploring the subject of how one eats a mango.
04The Ghosts, The Astronauts, The Tipsy Cake And The Turks20060831Written and read by Finlay Welsh.
A penniless man wanders the streets of Vienna fantasising about eating tipsy cake. As his hunger grows worse, he is haunted by the city's ghosts and a strange scratching sound at his door.
05 LASTSkin And Bones20060901By Sophie Cooke, read by Laura Fraser.
Francis likes to sew, write and cook, but she doesn't much like eating. When she invites her newly discovered half-brother to dinner, she finds a whole new kind of fullness.