Made in Britain

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Episode 8 - Meet the family firm making traditional haggis, learn what goes into making a set of bowls, discover how wheelbarrows are made and meet a team who make classic brogue shoes.

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Series 2

Episode 1

A look at how Yorkshire puddings are made on a massive scale, how lead makes its way into pencils, fencing swords fit for Olympians and handmade globes sold around the world.

Episode 2

A look at how hovercrafts inspired Britain's best-selling lawnmower, a suitcase loved by celebrities, spoons destined for Downing Street and a family-run sausage company.

Episode 3

Featuring a master baker creating Eccles cakes with a twist, craftsmen turning hides into handcrafted saddles, Sheffield scissors makers and Britain's only piano factory.

Episode 4

Featuring a company that make hand-sewn Union Jacks for Buckingham Palace, wood burning stoves sold around the world,beautiful homemade marbles and a staple of British kitchens.

Episode 5

A look at the production of Drumstick lollies, craftsmen making acoustic guitars fit for the stars, how sheets of steel become radiators and how shotguns are made with robotics.

Episode 6

A look at how paint and wallpaper are made, how a guitar amp changed musical history, how frozen peas go from field to freezer, and the creation of pens.

Episode 7

Featuring a family farm which makes jam for the Queen, a Sheffield man who creates safety razors, a bedmaker who makes mattresses out of recycled bottles and a British clockmaker.

Episode 8

Meet the family firm making traditional haggis, learn what goes into making a set of bowls, discover how wheelbarrows are made and meet a team who make classic brogue shoes.

Episode 9

How rapeseed flowers become a kitchen cupboard staple, meeting a man whose company makes custom snowboards, visiting a Bolton trainer factory and looking at Liverpudlian satchels.

Episode 10

A look at what goes into orange squash, a family firm making Britain's brooms, the labour of love that goes into a Savile Row suit and a handcrafted trumpet.