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Documentary series. Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman look at the production, science and history of bread in Britain.

Gregg Wallace discovers how one of Britain's largest bakeries makes up to one and a half million loaves of bread each week. Following the production of one of the nation's favourite loaves, he uncovers the secrets to baking 4,000 loaves at once and reveals the incredible machine that can bag a loaf of bread in mid-air.

Cherry Healey goes inside one of the largest flour mills in the country to discover what it takes to make the perfect flour and reveals the secret science to storing bread at home.

And historian Ruth Goodman looks at why we've always been in love with the white loaf and shows the hidden killers that used to lurk in our bread.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 27 Dec 201817:00
BBC Two except Scotland, Wales & Wales HD

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  • Emeli Sandé

    Next To Me

  • Emeli Sandé

    Next To Me

  • Filter, Crystal Method

    (Can't You) Trip Like I Do

  • Of Monsters and Men

    Mountain Sound

  • Rob Dougan

    Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)

  • Doves

    There Goes The Fear

  • Doves

    There Goes The Fear

  • Bastille

    Things We Lost In The Fire

  • The Newbeats

    Bread And Butter

  • Lily Allen

    Back To The Start

  • Keane

    Again & Again 

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Do Me A Favour

  • Clare Maguire

    The Shield And The Sword

Credits

PresenterGregg Wallace
PresenterCherry Healey
PresenterRuth Goodman
Executive ProducerAlice Harper
Series ProducerChris Parkin
Production CompanyVoltage TV Productions Ltd

Broadcasts

  • Tue 5 May 201520:00
    BBC Two
  • Mon 11 May 201523:50
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Tue 12 May 201500:20
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 16 May 201515:05
    BBC Two Northern Ireland
  • Fri 5 Jun 201500:50
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Fri 5 Jun 201501:20
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 14 May 201718:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Thu 27 Dec 201817:00
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales

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