Ever Wondered About Food - Series 5 - Bananas

Chef Paul Merrett celebrates the banana, the fourth most consumed product on the planet. He finds out why the banana is the perfect snack for sportsmen and women, as well as exploring its unsavoury political influence and meeting the man who's on a mission to save this popular fruit from extinction. In the kitchen, Paul shows how versatile the banana is with a creamy banana cheesecake and a plaintain and chicken sataya, and explains why his delicious banana smoothie is the perfect hangover cure.