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Bread
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.
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Gregg Wallace and the amazing high speed bagging machine
Duration: 01:31
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00
Emeli Sandé
Next To Me
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00:00
Emeli Sandé
Next To Me
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00:05
Filter, Crystal Method
(Can't You) Trip Like I Do
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00:09
Of Monsters and Men
Mountain Sound
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00:12
Rob Dougan
Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
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00:19
Doves
There Goes The Fear
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00:19
Doves
There Goes The Fear
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00:20
Bastille
Things We Lost In The Fire
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00:24
The Newbeats
Bread And Butter
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00:32
Lily Allen
Back To The Start
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00:33
Keane
Again & AgainÂ
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00:34
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
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00:45
Arctic Monkeys
Do Me A Favour
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00:58
Clare Maguire
The Shield And The Sword
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Gregg Wallace |
Presenter | Cherry Healey |
Presenter | Ruth Goodman |
Executive Producer | Alice Harper |
Series Producer | Chris Parkin |
Production Company | Voltage TV Productions Ltd |
Broadcasts
- Tue 5 May 2015 20:00
- Mon 11 May 2015 23:50±«Óãtv Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Tue 12 May 2015 00:20±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sat 16 May 2015 15:05±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland
- Fri 5 Jun 2015 00:50±«Óãtv Two except Scotland
- Fri 5 Jun 2015 01:20±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sun 14 May 2017 18:00±«Óãtv Two except Scotland
- Thu 27 Dec 2018 17:00±«Óãtv Two except Scotland & Wales
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