Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day. When he was a boy, like many a mucky child in the sand pit, Gregg used to play with toy diggers.

Gregg Wallace gets special access to learn how the ultimate train model is made: a huge 187 tonne, five carriage electric train. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey travels to Scotland to visit the UK's last remaining factory that produces aluminum via smelting.

Gregg Wallace gets exclusive access to a factory that builds red London buses, while Cherry Healey visits a bus windscreen factory and Ruth Goodman learns about London's earliest double-deckers.

Gregg Wallace visits a Manchester factory that churns out 6 million Jaffa Cakes daily. Cherry Healey is in the city responsible for growing Jaffa fruit. Ruth Goodman investigates why a legal decision was required as to whether they are cakes or biscuits.

Gregg Wallace explores the Vale of Mowbray pork pie factory in Northallerton, Yorkshire, which began making pork pies in 1928. He visited the factory in May 2022, following production of their 75g snack-sized traditional pork pie.

Gregg Wallace visits the factory making 432 million crumpets yearly. Cherry Healey is learning the science of making the perfect batter for pancakes, and Ruth Goodman reveals the long journey of how crumpets got their rise and eventually their bubbles.

Gregg Wallace visits a Yorkshire team that churns out up to 90,000 vegan sausages a day. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey discovers how Canadian soybeans are transformed into protein-packed tofu.

Gregg Wallace explores an Ambrosia factory revealing how it makes up to 360,000 rice puddings daily. Cherry Healey finds out how Alps fresh water is used to grow over a million tonnes of rice annually. Ruth Goodman serves up the history of school dinners.

Gregg visits a factory that churns out 32 million mints per day. Cherry Healey visits the largest sugar beet factory in Europe, and Ruth Goodman explores minty mouthwash marketing.