Inside the Factory: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey hit factory floors across Britain for a snoop around their supersized production lines. What are the secrets behind our supermarket staples?

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Channel Episode Time
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Series 9 · 3. Cheese Curls
Series 9: 3. Cheese Curls
Paddy McGuinness visits a factory to explore the surprising process of turning potato starch into 500 million packs of Quavers cheese curls every year.
⏱ 59 mins
Your Time
Wed 02 Sep · 19:00
UK
Wed 02 Sep · 19:00
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Series 9 · 4. Flapjacks
Series 9: 4. Flapjacks
Paddy McGuinness enjoys a lot of taste tests when he visits a factory in London to learn how they produce sticky toffee flapjacks on an epic scale.
⏱ 59 mins
Your Time
Wed 09 Sep · 19:00
UK
Wed 09 Sep · 19:00
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 9 · 3. Cheese Curls
Paddy McGuinness visits a factory to explore the surprising process of turning potato starch into 500 million packs of Quavers cheese curls every year.
⏱ 59 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 02 Sep · 19:00
UK
Wed 02 Sep · 19:00
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 9 · 4. Flapjacks
Paddy McGuinness enjoys a lot of taste tests when he visits a factory in London to learn how they produce sticky toffee flapjacks on an epic scale.
⏱ 59 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 09 Sep · 19:00
UK
Wed 09 Sep · 19:00

Available for Streaming

Series 9 6. Sausage Rolls

6. Sausage Rolls

Paddy McGuinness visits a factory in Northern Ireland producing sausage rolls on an epic scale.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 8pm 4 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 04 Feb 2028)
Series 9 5. Hardback Books

5. Hardback Books

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory that produces three million books every week and makes 20,000 hardback copies of Pride and Prejudice.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 8pm 28 Jan 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 04 Feb 2028)
Series 9 4. Flapjacks

4. Flapjacks

Paddy McGuinness enjoys a lot of taste tests when he visits a factory in London to learn how they produce sticky toffee flapjacks on an epic scale.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 8pm 21 Jan 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 04 Feb 2028)
Series 9 3. Cheese Curls

3. Cheese Curls

Paddy McGuinness visits a factory to explore the surprising process of turning potato starch into 500 million packs of Quavers cheese curls every year.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 14 Jan 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 04 Feb 2028)
Series 9 2. Sliced Bread

2. Sliced Bread

New presenter Paddy McGuinness makes a nostalgic visit to the Warburtons bread factory in his hometown of Bolton, where he had a Saturday job more than 30 years ago.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 8pm 7 Jan 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 04 Feb 2028)
Series 9 1. Chocolate Seashells

1. Chocolate Seashells

In this Christmas special, new presenter Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a chocolate factory in Belgium that produces four million chocolate seashells every day.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 6:30pm 22 Dec 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 04 Feb 2028)

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When is Inside the Factory next on?

The next broadcast of Inside the Factory airs at Wed 02 Sep · 19:00(UK: Wed 02 Sep · 19:00) on BBC Two.

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