''Inside the Factory'' is a British television series produced by Voltage TV for the

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. The first episode was broadcast on

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on 5 May 2015. Each episode explores how a specific product is made inside a factory. The 2024 series is presented by

Paddy McGuinness Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter. He rose to fame with the help of fellow comedian Peter Kay, who invited him to appear on the television comedy series '' That Peter ...

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and historian

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who provides a look at how products came to exist as we know them today. Initially both

Gregg Wallace Gregg Allan Wallace (born 17 October 1964) is an English broadcaster, entrepreneur and writer. He is known for co-presenting ''MasterChef'', '' Celebrity MasterChef'' and '' MasterChef: The Professionals'' on BBC One and BBC Two. He has writte ...

and Healey visited the factories together, but since the Christmas special of 2017, each of the three presenters are in separate locations, forming different segments of the programme. Wallace, who presented the programme from its first episode, announced in 2023 that he was leaving the programme, with his last episode airing as the eighth series finale in 2024. On 22 August 2023, it was announced that

would be the new presenter, replacing Wallace for the ninth series in 2024.

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

Series 2 (2016)

Series 3 (2017-2018)

Series 4 (2018-2019)

Series 5 (2019-2020)

Keeping Britain Going (2020)

''Keeping Britain Going'' was a mini-series of episodes ''between'' Series 5 and Series 6, which featured Gregg Wallace catching up with previously visited companies facing unprecedented demand amid the

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Series 6 (2020-2022)

Series 7 (2022-2023)

Series 8 (2023-2024)

Series 9 (2025)

Series 10

It was confirmed by Paddy McGuinness that there would be a 10th series with filming beginning in May 2025.

Re-edited and syndicated versions

Netherlands

In the

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, some episodes have been re-edited together, cutting out the presenters, to produce a series called ''Binnen in de Fabriek'' which has been broadcast by

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United States

In the US, the

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shows a re-edited version of the show, still presented by Gregg Wallace, called ''Inside the Food Factory'', which has also been broadcast on Smithsonian's British Freeview channel.“Inside the Food Factory”
Smithsonian. Retrieved 20 July 2021 These episodes are available on the Smithsonian Channel website.

References

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