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Death By Chocolate

From Brighton's chocolate-cream poisoner to chocolate hand grenades. Jo Brand looks at the sweet treat's sinister history. From 2007.

Heavenly chocolate - so good it must be bad!

Comedian Jo Brand unwraps the confection’s history of decadence and deceit.

Jo discovers a cunning plan for a chocolate mousetrap and gets to make her own Easter bunny using the best chocolate in the world.

With the help of:

Joanna Crosby
Paul A Young,
RIchard Witts
Dr Ricky Singh
Laura McCurry

Producer: Viv Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Apr 202500:30
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