Defying Gravity - a story of growth in dairy

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In the space of two generations, the Graham family business has gone from running a local milk round with a pony and trap, to selling a multitude of different dairy products across the UK and internationally. Each member of the family brings something different to the table. Robert Senior loves his livestock - breeding award winning Limousin cattle and building up a blue-blooded Jersey herd after buying dairy cows from Queen Elizabeth II. His wife Jean brought an understanding of retail, buying several shops where their milk could be sold. When the next generation came back to work in the business, Robert Junior, who trained as an accountant, bought several other companies and grew the business further. And Carol masterminded a re-brand, so customers would recognise their products on supermarket shelves up and down the UK. In this programme, Caz Graham visits their dairy processing plant in Bridge of Allen, before meeting the cows. Presented by Caz Graham Produced by Heather Simons