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Food Delivery App

Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah finds out how pizza made us fall in love with the internet.

Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK.

Hannah meets the R&D team behind food delivery titan Deliveroo, finds out how pensioners ordering Greggs revolutionised food delivery, and discovers how pizza made us fall in love with the internet in the 1990s.

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59 minutes

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Tue 7 May 2024 16:30

Music Played

  • George Daugherty, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Tom and Jerry In The Hollywood Bowl

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Hannah Fry
Series Producer Eileen Inkson
Executive Producer Paul Overton

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