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Inside the Factory

Season 7 2021 - 2023
TV-G

  • 2021-12-22T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 55m
  • 16h 21m (17 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Gregg Wallace accesses the huge factories making our most iconic vehicles.

17 episodes

Season Premiere

2021-12-22T21:00:00Z

7x01 Christmas Cards

Season Premiere

7x01 Christmas Cards

  • 2021-12-22T21:00:00Z59m

Gregg visits the Woodmansterne card factory in in Watford. It’s one of the largest greeting card companies in the UK, a family business sending out 35 million cards a year.

2021-12-29T21:00:00Z

7x02 Diggers

7x02 Diggers

  • 2021-12-29T21:00:00Z59m

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day.

2022-01-05T21:00:00Z

7x03 Malt Loaf

7x03 Malt Loaf

  • 2022-01-05T21:00:00Z59m

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.

2022-01-12T21:00:00Z

7x04 Chairs

7x04 Chairs

  • 2022-01-12T21:00:00Z55m

Gregg Wallace visits the Ercol factory in Buckinghamshire to follow the production of a Windsor chair. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey investigates how sitting too much could be very bad for our health.

2022-01-19T21:00:00Z

7x05 Leather Boots

7x05 Leather Boots

  • 2022-01-19T21:00:00Z55m

Gregg Wallace visits a bootmaking factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire to follow the production of a pair of Dr. Martens, while Cherry Healey gets to grips with the machines that make shoelaces.

2022-01-26T21:00:00Z

7x06 Tortilla Chips

7x06 Tortilla Chips

  • 2022-01-26T21:00:00Z55m

Gregg Wallace visits the biggest tortilla factory in Europe, while Cherry Healey takes on the hottest chilli in the world and Ruth Goodman reveals how the Elizabethans treated their ruff collars.

2022-02-02T21:00:00Z

7x07 Mugs

7x07 Mugs

  • 2022-02-02T21:00:00Z55m

Gregg visits the Denby factory in Derbyshire. Brits drink 195 million mugs of tea and coffee every day, so Gregg is following production of one of the factory’s best sellers, the Halo Heritage mug.

2022-02-09T21:00:00Z

7x08 Ice Cream

7x08 Ice Cream

  • 2022-02-09T21:00:00Z55m

Gregg visits a factory that churns out fifty thousand litres of dairy ice cream every day, while Cherry Healey enlists an ice hockey team to test the best methods of stopping brain freeze.

2022-02-16T21:00:00Z

7x09 Vacuums

7x09 Vacuums

  • 2022-02-16T21:00:00Z59m

Gregg Wallace visits a huge vacuum cleaner factory in the heart of Somerset and follows their biggest seller, the Henry vacuum cleaner in bright red.

2022-08-01T20:00:00Z

7x10 Trains

7x10 Trains

  • 2022-08-01T20:00:00Z59m

When he was a child, Gregg loved playing with toy trainsets. Now he's got special access to learn how the ultimate model is made: a huge 187 tonne, five carriage electric train. Historian Ruth Goodman is energised by the history of electric trains.

2022-08-08T20:00:00Z

7x11 Buses

7x11 Buses

  • 2022-08-08T20:00:00Z59m

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.

2023-04-04T20:00:00Z

7x12 Jaffa Cakes

7x12 Jaffa Cakes

  • 2023-04-04T20:00:00Z58m

Gregg Wallace visits a factory that churns out 1.4 billion Jaffa Cakes a year, while Cherry Healey is in the city responsible for growing the fruit that gives these cakes their name.

2023-04-11T20:00:00Z

7x13 Pork Pies

7x13 Pork Pies

  • 2023-04-11T20:00:00Z59m

Gregg Wallace explores the Vale of Mowbray pork pie factory, which began making pork pies in 1928. Cherry Healey reveals hacks for the perfect vegan shortcrust pastry.

2023-04-18T20:00:00Z

7x14 Crumpets

7x14 Crumpets

  • 2023-04-18T20:00:00Z58m

Gregg Wallace visits a factory making 432 million crumpets every year. Cherry Healey learns the science of making batter for pancakes, and Ruth Goodman reveals how crumpets got their bubbles.

2023-04-25T20:00:00Z

7x15 Vegan Sausages

7x15 Vegan Sausages

  • 2023-04-25T20:00:00Z59m

Gregg visits a factory that churns out up to 90,000 vegan sausages a day, while Ruth Goodman uncovers the green shoots of the vegetarian movement in Britain.

2023-05-02T20:00:00Z

7x16 Rice Pudding

7x16 Rice Pudding

  • 2023-05-02T20:00:00Z59m

Gregg Wallace explores the Ambrosia factory in Lifton, Devon, to reveal how it makes up to 360,000 rice puddings every single day.

Season Finale

2023-05-09T20:00:00Z

7x17 Mints

Season Finale

7x17 Mints

  • 2023-05-09T20:00:00Z59m

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.

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