Christmas 2016
In this Christmas special, Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman explore the fascinating factory processes and surprising history behind our favourite festive treats.
In this Christmas special, Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman explore the fascinating factory processes and surprising history behind favourite festive treats.
Gregg follows 24 hours of production at the world's largest mince pie factory. As he helps to mix pastry and stew mince, Gregg discovers the challenges of producing 2,000 perfect pies every minute. He also attempts to roll the sponge on the yule log conveyor belt - with disastrous results.
Cherry travels to south Wales to meet the workers who make enough tinsel in a year to reach Hawaii, and she is given special access to a high-tech factory that produces over 400 million metres of best-selling wrapping paper.
Meanwhile, Ruth Goodman discovers the explosive history of Christmas crackers.
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Clips
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Hand-rolled Yule Logs
Duration: 02:24
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Trailer: Inside the Christmas Factory
Duration: 00:30
Music Played
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Darlene Love
All Alone On Christmas
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Jax Jones
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Wizzard
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
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Little Mix
Love Me Like You
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Arlissa
Into The Light
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Kate Nash
Early Christmas Present
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Clean Cut Kid
Pick Me Up
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Kylie Minogue
Every Day's Like Christmas
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The Shires
My Universe
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Grimes
RealiTi
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Of Monsters and Men
Human (Glastonbury 2016)
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Florence + The Machine
Ship To Wreck
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Paul McCartney
Wonderful Christmastime
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Dean Martin
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Remastered)
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First Aid Kit
Kings Of The World (feat. Conor Oberst)
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Dean Martin
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
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Mumford & Sons
I Will Wait
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Stereophonics
White Lies
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Hurts
All I Want For Christmas
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Vaults
Premonitions
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Stereolab
Space Moth
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Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Jingle Bells
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Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Jingle Bells
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Foals
My Number
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Shakin’ Stevens
Merry Christmas Everyone
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Shakin’ Stevens
Merry Christmas Everyone
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The Pogues
Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
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Craig David
Ain’t Giving Up (feat. Sigala)
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Leona Lewis
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
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The Ventures
Frosty The Snowman
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Apoptygma Berzerk
Major Tom (Coming Home) (People Theatre Remix)
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Kylie Minogue
Christmas Isn't Christmas 'Til You Get Here
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Mariah Carey
All I Want For Christmas Is You
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Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody
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Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Gregg Wallace |
Presenter | Cherry Healey |
Presenter | Ruth Goodman |
Executive Producer | Alice Harper |
Executive Producer | Sanjay Singhal |
Producer | James Buchanan |
Director | James Buchanan |
Producer | Sam Bailey |
Director | Sam Bailey |
Producer | Emma Pound |
Producer | Linda McCarthy |
Production Company | Voltage TV Productions Ltd |
Broadcasts
- Tue 20 Dec 2016 21:00
- Fri 23 Dec 2016 18:00
- Tue 27 Dec 2016 03:10
- Thu 21 Dec 2017 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Fri 22 Dec 2017 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Scotland
- Christmas Day 2018 10:00
- Sun 15 Dec 2019 18:00
- Tue 15 Dec 2020 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except Scotland
- Mon 20 Dec 2021 12:15´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except Scotland
- Christmas Eve 2022 08:55´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except Scotland
- Sun 19 Nov 2023 17:20´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except Scotland & Wales
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