Ben Ferguson
MUNCHIES Guide to the North of England - Episode 5
The final leg of Ben's journey takes him to Manchester, where he finds parallels between Northern cuisine and Italian food, tries Blackwell pie, and enjoys a curry with local music legend Chimpo.
MUNCHIES Guide to the North of England - Episode 3
Ben's gastronomic tour of the North takes him to Yorkshire, where he embraces the meaning of "graft," learns the importance of a chip butty, and finds out how to make a pork pie.
MUNCHIES Guide to the North of England – Episode 2
Ben visits the so-called "Vegas of the North" to learn how to make Blackpool Rock, but is shocked to find out that the family seaside town has had a loss of innocence. Then it's off to check out the craft beer revolution in Liverpool.
Lawmaker Calls on British Authorities to Investigate Killing of London Teenager in Greece
David Cameron's government has been accused of 'sitting on the sidelines' while the family of Tyrell Matthews-Burton struggles to get justice.
MUNCHIES Guide to the North of England - Episode 1
Ben Ferguson travels to the Northeast of England—the home of Dracula, fishermen, and a well-kept secret: the chicken parmo. In Whitby, he joins a crew of fishermen to catch crab, then joins the Parmo Hunters on a local taste tour.
MUNCHIES Guide to the North - Trailer
MUNCHIES is on a food odyssey through the North of England, traveling from coast to coast and stopping off everywhere in between to find out what people up here like to eat. To those who think the North is just fake tans and flat caps, the MUNCHIES...
The Politics of Food: Smokies
In the first episode of The Politics of Food, Ben Ferguson investigates the UK’s growing illegal trade in "smokies,” a West African delicacy that has been outlawed in Europe since 1987.
The Complicated Case of Smokies
A new and surprising union is being forged between Wales and West Africa, with communities on both sides coalescing around a certain banned food product—blowtorched sheep carcasses, otherwise known as smokies.