What Happened Next?

The Food Programme by BBC

Jul 31, 202642:36Arts

Leyla Kazim revisits some of The Food Programme's most memorable stories to ask: what happened next? From 500kg of eels stranded in a holding tank in Gloucestershire and English olive oil being pressed in Lincolnshire, t...

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