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  1. Episode 5

    5/5Robert Penn explores how bread has been central to religion through the ages.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5How from ancient times white bread became the preserve of the rich.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5In America, Robert Penn discovers how the combine harvester transformed the Midwest.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5Egypt - where the Nile delta was once the grain store of the Roman world.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5Journalist Robert Penn’s account of his search for the perfect bread.