Inside the Factory Catch up, Series 8: 7. Carpets on BBC 2

Inside the Factory

Series 8: 7. Carpets

Gregg Wallace explores the Axminster factory in Devon to reveal how it produces 46,000 square metres of carpet every year. He follows the production of one of their best sellers, the Havana Diamond Steel wool carpet.\n\nMeanwhile, Cherry Healey visits the Good Housekeeping Institute to learn the science behind the best ways to remove stubborn stains from carpets, pitching her home remedies against the experts' methods to tackle stains from butter, milk and red wine.\n\nAnd historian Ruth Goodman learns how the groundbreaking methods of a Devon-based carpet maker in the 18th century revolutionised intricate carpet making and explores the rise and fall of the hard-wearing flooring linoleum.

Source: BBC 2

Most recent episodes of Inside the Factory

Inside The Factory

Series 9: 6. Sausage Rolls

Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of the McColgan’s bakery in Strabane, Northern Ireland, to reveal how it makes more than half a million sausage rolls a day. \n\nAft ...

23-09-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 9: 5. Hardback Books

Paddy McGuinness visits the Clays book factory in Suffolk to learn how they produce 20,000 copies of Pride and Prejudice for publisher Penguin. The factory makes an astonishing ...

16-09-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 9: 4. Flapjacks

In this episode, Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of the Graze factory in west London, revealing how they make 40 million flapjacks a year. \n\nArmed with a trusty tasting ...

09-09-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 9: 3. Cheese Curls

In this episode, Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of the Walkers factory in Lincoln, to reveal how it makes 500 million packs of Quavers every year. \n\nPaddy begins by mee ...

02-09-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 9: 2. Sliced Bread

In a nostalgic episode of Inside the Factory, new presenter Paddy McGuinness visits the Warburtons bread factory in his hometown of Bolton, where he once worked as a youngster m ...

26-08-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 10: Lawnmowers

Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of Hayter lawnmowers at their factory in Hertfordshire, learning how they produce 15,000 mowers a year. They have been making the machines ...

11-02-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 10: Breakfast Cereal

Paddy McGuinness explores the Kellogg’s factory in Wrexham to reveal how it makes 120 million boxes of breakfast cereal a year, inside a huge factory covering an area bigg ...

03-02-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 10: Throat Lozenges

Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of the Reckitt medicine factory in Nottingham to reveal how it makes 230 million tablets and lozenges every single week. Paddy is following ...

27-01-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 10: Oven Chips

Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of the McCain factory near Scarborough to reveal how it cuts, fries and freezes 80 million chips a day. Today, he’s following product ...

21-01-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Inside The Factory

Series 10: Jammy Biscuits

Paddy McGuinness explores the secrets of the Jammie Dodgers factory in south Wales, revealing how they produce a whopping 4.4 billion biscuits a year. \n\nIn this episode, Paddy ...

14-01-2026

BBC 2

All episodes

Catch up TV

Inside the Factory

Series 8: 7. Carpets

Most recent episodes of Inside the Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Most popular episodes of Inside the Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory

Inside The Factory