Season 7
Episode Guide
Diggers
S7
E1
Mar 17, 2024
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.
Trains
S7
E2
Mar 14, 2024
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.
Buses
S7
E3
Mar 17, 2024
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.
Jaffa Cakes
S7
E4
Mar 24, 2023
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.
Pork Pies
S7
E5
Mar 31, 2024
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.
Crumpets
S7
E6
Apr 7, 2024
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.
Vegan Sausages
S7
E7
Apr 14, 2024
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.
Rice Pudding
S7
E8
Apr 21, 2024
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.
Mints
S7
E9
Apr 28, 2024
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.