Sliced Bread

by BBC Radio 4

Category

Health & Fitness

Frequency

Language

English

While Sliced Bread takes a break we serve up Toast. A study of the spectacular failures of brands which had promised so much to consumers. In each episode, the presenter and BBC business journalist Sean Farrington examines one big idea. What did it promise? Why did people back it? Why did they get burnt? Some of the world’s most successful businesses have also brought us some of the world’s most remarkable failures. So, what led them to be toast? And what can we learn from their stories to...

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Recent Reviews

Fabulous podcast

Tim_MN•1/16/2026

Excellent. I always look forward to new episodes coming out.

Commercials are TOO LOUD

GoodGood Soul•7/25/2025

Maybe you guys need the money but the volume on the commercials should be turned down! Your show is well produced so why can't you manage turning Down the commercials!! Makes your production seem cheap. Commercials turned up so loud are very invasive and tell your advertisers the only thing we wanna do is turn your podcast off when we get invaded by a loud commercial!

Excellent show

ac852•2/8/2024

Always interesting and something to learn. Worth the listen.

Just not objective

Susmarine•12/3/2022

Asking people who produce a product (razors, collagen) if people should buy it is just silly. Of course they’re going to say yes!! Would be much better to consult more objective ‘experts’

Always Interesting and timely

coastalcalgal•11/8/2022

Well presented always interesting and timely. Lots of fun as well.