{"id":5439,"date":"2026-06-21T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-hidden-history-of-gin-and-tonic-edible-histories-episode-1-bbc-ideas\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:22:19","slug":"the-hidden-history-of-gin-and-tonic-edible-histories-episode-1-bbc-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-hidden-history-of-gin-and-tonic-edible-histories-episode-1-bbc-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden history of gin and tonic | Edible Histories Episode 1 | BBC Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MB-bnehyT10?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Subscribe to BBC Ideas https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PrmLhW<br \/>\nLove a good G&#038;T? Food historian Annie Gray on the history of gin and tonic &#8211; and how they came together.<\/p>\n<p>This video was made by Somethin&#8217; Else. <\/p>\n<p>Do you have a curious mind? You\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim on BBC Ideas is to feed your curiosity, to open your mind to new perspectives, and to leave you that little bit smarter.  <\/p>\n<p>So dive in. Let us know what you think. And make sure to subscribe!  https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PrmLhW<\/p>\n<p>You can also visit our website to see all of our videos: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/ideas<br \/>\nFollow BBC Ideas on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcideas<\/p>\n<p>#foodhistory #bbcideas<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MB-bnehyT10\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to BBC Ideas https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PrmLhW Love a good G&#038;T? Food historian Annie Gray on the history of gin and tonic &#8211; and how they came together. This video was made by Somethin&#8217; Else. Do you have a curious mind? You\u2019re in the right place. Our aim on BBC Ideas is to feed your curiosity, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4155150508,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10707,10708,2041,10664,10705,10709,10700,6177,1830,6079,10699,10698,10710,10704,6183,10665,10701,10706,10711,10702,10703],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-alcohol","tag-alcoholic-drinks","tag-bbc-ideas","tag-british-accent","tag-cinchona-tree","tag-cocktails","tag-drinks","tag-edible-histories","tag-food","tag-food-history","tag-gt","tag-gin-and-tonic","tag-ginebra","tag-gintonic","tag-history-of-food","tag-learning-english","tag-the-history-behind","tag-tonic-water","tag-tonica","tag-what-is-the-origin-of","tag-where-does-gin-and-tonic-come-from","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4155150508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}