Malt Loaf
Gregg Wallace visits the largest malt loaf factory in the world, encountering a production line of massive dough mixing, mind-boggling tin filling and intensely hot baking.
Malt loaf has been a popular teatime treat for more than 80 years; these days we get through a staggering 130 million of them every year. So to get to grips with how this sweet and squidgy cake-cum-bread is made, Gregg Wallace is rolling up his sleeves to get stuck in, following a production line of massive dough mixing, mind-boggling tin filling and intensely hot baking.
Meanwhile, historian Ruth Goodman reveals the surprising story of a British baking company that cooked up the first business computer, as well as visiting Cambridgeshire to find out how wheat flour was ground the traditional way, until the Victorians’ demand for white bread brought about the demise of Britain’s iconic windmills.
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Music Played
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Dead or Alive
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
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Dead or Alive
You Spin Me Round
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Black Sabbath
Paranoid
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Heinz Kiessling
Hotsy-Totsy
Performer: Heinz Kiessling Orchestra.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Gregg Wallace |
| Presenter | Ruth Goodman |
| Presenter | Cherry Healey |
| Director | Matthew Skilton |
| Series Producer | Nicola Lafferty |
| Executive Producer | Lucy Carter |
| Executive Producer | Sanjay Singhal |
| Production Company | Voltage TV |
Learn more about the history of the factory and how it has evolved with an interactive from The Open University.
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