Synopsis
Gregg Wallace receives some tea leaves from Kenya and follows them through the factory that produces one quarter of all the tea drunk in Britain.
- Programme: Inside the Factory
- Series: 3
- Episode: 1: Tea Bags
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Geography | World trade
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