The Best Little Prison
in Britain?
NEW / Wed / ITV / 8pm/ Wales, 10.45pm
A look inside the Isle of Man
Prison, whose reoffending rates
are among the lowest in Europe.
TV TIMES 19
Smooth operator:
Naomie with Daniel
Craig as James Bond
factory, where 650 water-resistant
jackets are produced every day
in a complex process that includes
dipping the fabric for a 23-piece
pattern in a 95° wax bath!
‘The women who make them are
highly skilled and a great laugh,’ says
Gregg. ‘They were taking the mickey,
saying I couldn’t speak properly!’
CROISSANTS
Episode 3
‘Buttery biscuit base’
became something
of a catchphrase
for Gregg on
MasterChef, so he
felt quite at home at a French factory
that churns out 336,000 flaky
pastries every day. ‘Basically, it’s
loads and loads of butter!’ he grins.
MATTRESSES
Episode 4
In Leeds, Gregg finds out what goes
into a pocket-sprung mattress.
‘I couldn’t believe the number of
different layers – and springs – that
go into one mattress. They even
have springs within springs! This is
what I love about this series. We’ve
all got a mattress, but how many of
us have ever looked inside one?’
Ian MacEwan
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I want
to enjoy life
more because
my ancestors
weren’t able to
ALSO ALSO THIS WEEK!THIS WEEK!
Counting Tigers:
A Survival Special
NEW / Tuesday / ITV / 9pm
With India home to over half of the
world’s dwindling population of
wild tigers, this one-off follows the
country’s first fully scientific count
of this magnificent animal. Will
conservation efforts prove to be
helping? Joanna Lumley narrates.
Animals at Play
NEW / Sunday / BBC2 / 8pm
Atlantic spotted dolphins chasing
seaweed and hyenas enjoying
a round of tug-of-war are
among the creatures
that are featured in this
fascinating two-parter
looking at the surprising
benefits that animals can gain
from playing in groups.
How to break into
the Elite
NEW / Monday / BBC2 / 9pm
BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan
investigates how much class still
matters in Britain’s elite professions.
Secrets of the National
Trust with Alan Titchmarsh
Tuesday / Channel 5 / 9.15pm
Alan Titchmarsh is in Kent this
week to visit Chartwell, Sir Winston
Churchill’s former country home.
Stacey Dooley: Face to Face
with the Bounty Hunters
NEW / Wed, from 10am / BBC3 Online
Stacey Dooley meets some of the
most prolific operators in what is a
multibillion dollar industry in the US.
Nothing is half-baked as
Gregg Wallace visits more
fascinating factories...
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