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Milk
Documentary series. Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman look at Britain's history with milk and visit one of the largest fresh milk processing plants on earth.
Gregg Wallace gets exclusive access to one of the largest fresh milk processing plants on earth to see how they get milk from cow to carton in less than 24 hours. He reveals how one factory can process 2,000 litres of milk in under a minute and visits the hi-tech British farms where the cows are milked entirely by robots.
Cherry Healey discovers how milk is used to make cheese and ice cream on an epic scale and reveals why most people in the world actually can't drink milk - and what makes us unusual in Britain.
Historian Ruth Goodman investigates our complicated history with the white stuff and discovers just how tough it would have been to work as a dairy maid.
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Gregg Wallace meets the milk robots
Duration: 01:59
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:11
Foals
2 Trees
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00:15
Ed Sheeran
I'm A Mess
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00:18
Florence + The Machine
Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Mix)
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00:20
´³Ã³²Ô²õ¾±
Around Us
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00:22
Milky Chance
Down By The River
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00:29
Florence + The Machine
Bedroom Hymns
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00:30
Ed Sheeran
Grade 8
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00:31
Clare Maguire
Break These Chains
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00:35
Clare Maguire
The Last Dance
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00:36
Ed Sheeran
Drunk
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00:37
Clare Maguire
Last Dance
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00:37
Florence + The Machine
Rabbit Heart
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00:44
Daft Punk
Robot Rock
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00:46
Sia
Burn The Pages
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00:47
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
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00:48
Hudson Taylor
Butterflies
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00:51
Doves
There Goes The Fear
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
- Thu 7 May 2015 20:00
- Wed 13 May 2015 23:50±«Óãtv Two except Northern Ireland
- Fri 19 Jun 2015 00:50±«Óãtv Two except Scotland
- Sat 20 Jun 2015 00:30±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sun 2 Jul 2017 17:00
- Sat 29 Dec 2018 17:10±«Óãtv Two except Northern Ireland & Wales
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