Inside The Factory

  

Snapshots

Inside The FactoryNew. Vacuums: Gregg Wallace visits a huge vacuum cleaner factory in the heart of Somerset and follows the production of their biggest seller - the Henry vacuum cleaner in bright red.Thu, Nov 23, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Ice Cream: Gregg Wallace visits a factory that churns out 50,000 litres of dairy ice cream a day, and Cherry Healey enlists an ice hockey team to test methods for stopping brain freeze.Wed, Nov 22, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Mugs: Gregg Wallace visits the Denby factory in Derbyshire - which has been making pottery since 1809 - to follow production of the Halo Heritage mug, one of the factory's best-sellers.Tue, Nov 21, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Tortilla Chips: Gregg Wallace visits the biggest tortilla factory in Europe, Cherry Healey takes on the hottest chilli in the world, and Ruth Goodman explores Elizabethan ruff collars.Mon, Nov 20, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Leather Boots: Gregg Wallace visits a boot factory in Northamptonshire to follow the production of a pair of Doc Martens.Fri, Nov 17, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Chairs: Gregg Wallace visits the Ercol factory in Buckinghamshire to follow the production of a Windsor chair.Thu, Nov 16, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Malt Loaf: Gregg Wallace visits the largest malt loaf factory in the world and encounters a production line.Wed, Nov 15, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryYoghurt: Gregg Wallace visits a factory in rural Somerset that produces one million pots of yoghurt every 24 hours. Cherry Healey helps out with the UK's biggest blackcurrant harvest. [S]Tue, Nov 14, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryCereal Bars: Gregg Wallace visits a factory in Essex that produces 400,000 cereal bars a day, and Cherry Healey travels to South Africa to help with the macadamia harvest. [S]Thu, Nov 9, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryLiqueurs: Gregg Wallace visits a liqueur factory in Ireland producing 540,000 bottles a day, and Cherry Healey discovers where the bottles are recycled. [S]Wed, Nov 8, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactorySoup: Gregg Wallace visits a soup factory in Wigan that produces 2.5 million cans a day, while Cherry Healey compares the vitamin content of fresh and frozen vegetables. [S]Tue, Nov 7, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryPots and Pans: Gregg Wallace visits a foundry in France that produces iron pots and pans, while Cherry Healey is in South Africa, at one of the world's largest iron ore mines. [S]Mon, Nov 6, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryCornish Pasties: Gregg Wallace visits a bakery that produces 180,000 Cornish pasties a day. Cherry Healey investigates the science of onions. Ruth Goodman debunks myths about pasties. [S]Fri, Nov 3, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryMattresses: Gregg Wallace visits a mattress factory in Leeds, while Cherry Healey talks to a scientist about the benefits to reaction time from taking an afternoon nap. [S]Thu, Nov 2, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryCroissants: Gregg Wallace visits a croissant factory in France. Cherry Healey talks to a professor who specialises in exploring human senses about the perfect way to eat the pastries. [S]Wed, Nov 1, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryWax Jackets: Gregg Wallace visits a factory in South Shields that manufactures 650 waxed jackets a day, while Cherry Healey investigates the science behind waterproof clothing. [S]Tue, Oct 31, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryCherry Bakewell: Gregg Wallace visits a cherry bakewell factory in Stoke-on-Trent, and Cherry Healey learns the tricks to avoiding a soggy pastry bottom when baking at home. [S]Mon, Oct 30, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Soft Drinks: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace explores Ribena's Gloucestershire factory, and Cherry Healey is in a laboratory to figure out why fizzy drinks are so appealing.Fri, Oct 27, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Sauces: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace is in the Netherlands at one of the world's biggest sauce factories, and Ruth Goodman investigates the origin of Worcestershire sauce.Thu, Oct 26, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryNew. Fish Fingers: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace explores a Grimsby factory that processes 165 tonnes of fish a week and produces 80,000 cod fish fingers every day.Wed, Oct 25, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryBiscuits: Gregg Wallace follows the production of chocolate digestives and discovers that we are all eating them the wrong way up. [S]Tue, Oct 24, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryPasta: Gregg Wallace is at the world's largest dried pasta factory in Italy, a place where they produce 150,000 kilometres of spaghetti each day. [S]Mon, Oct 23, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryTea Bags: Gregg Wallace receives some tea leaves from Kenya and follows them through the factory that produces one quarter of all the tea drunk in Britain. [S]Fri, Oct 20, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryShoes: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace visits the UK's largest sports shoe factory to see how they produce 3,500 pairs of trainers every day. [S]Thu, Oct 19, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactorySweets: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace helps to unload a tanker full of sugar from Norfolk and follows it through one of the oldest sweet factories in Britain. [S]Wed, Oct 18, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryBicycles: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace visits Britain's largest bicycle factory - which produces 150 folding bikes every day - and joins a production line to make his own bike. [S]Tue, Oct 17, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryBaked Beans: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace helps to unload 27 tonnes of dried haricot beans and follows them on a journey through the world's largest baked bean factory. [S]Mon, Oct 16, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryCrisps: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace follows 27 tonnes of potatoes from a farm in Hampshire through the largest crisp factory on Earth. [S]Fri, Oct 13, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryCereal: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace receives a load of corn fresh off the boat from Argentina and follows its journey through the largest breakfast cereal factory in Europe. [S]Thu, Oct 12, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryMilk: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman look at Britain's history with milk and visit one of the largest fresh milk processing plants on earth. [S]Wed, Oct 11, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryChocolate: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman look at Britain's love of chocolate and visit one of the world's largest chocolate factories in York. [S]Tue, Oct 10, 10:00 amDave60 mins
Inside The FactoryBread: Documentary series. Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman look at the production, science and history of bread in Britain. [S]Mon, Oct 9, 10:00 amDave60 mins