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As the Victorians began to try more exotic foods - like ice-cream - Adam Hart-Davis reveals that poor food-regulation meant that treats like this could contain anything from animal faeces to candle-wax.

5 minutes

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Fri 5 Sep 200810:30
BBC Two except Yorkshire

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PresenterAdam Hart-Davis

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  • Fri 30 May 200810:30
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Fri 5 Sep 200810:30
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire