The Ice Cream Van: A Celebration.
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Dan Saladino and his dad Bobo (a former ice-cream man) talk Mr Whippy, 99s and Screwballs. Together Dan and Bobo (who also used to work in restaurants) have explored the wonders of pizza, and looked at the rise of 'Spag Bol,' Now they turn their attention to the history, science and magic of ice-cream on wheels.
Featuring John Dickie (author of Delizia and The Craft) and Polly Russell (British Library) on the history of ice cream.
Graphic novelist Matthew Dooley (who drew the image for this edition) talks about his book Flake, a drama set in the world of ice-cream vans.
Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.
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| 0:46.2 | From cooking to culture, politics to pleasure. |
| 0:49.6 | We hope you enjoy this edition. When I was growing up in the 1970s, my summer holidays were spent inside a brightly coloured van, which rattled so much it made my whole |
| 1:06.0 | body vibrate. The loud diesel engine powered a machine, from which when a handle was pulled came swirls of magic. You see my dad was an ice |
| 1:18.2 | screen man and I had a privileged childhood because from that van I was given the inside view on the dreams of children. |
| 1:28.8 | And it all happened by chance. |
| 1:38.0 | Somebody selling me an ice cream van. What you just... |
| 1:39.0 | People don't just come up and say... |
| 1:41.0 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:42.0 | You want to buy an ice cream van? |
| 1:42.8 | I was working a bakery and somebody asking me, |
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