In Stevenage, Michael learns how, in 1935, a new enterprise boosted production of the nation s daily loaf with a factory in the town.
Allied Bakeries now produces 1.8 million loaves a week, and Michael marvels at the scale of the operation while enjoying the smell of freshly baked bread.
Michael Portillo at Allied Bakeries in Stevenage for Great British Railway Journeys on BBC Two.
- Credit: BBC/Naked West/Fremantle
Crossing the county border into Bedfordshire, presenter Michael reaches Sandy, from which he heads for Cardington.
Here the level countryside is dominated by two breathtakingly vast sheds.
In Hangar No 2, Michael hears the shocking story of the Titanic of the skies , the R101 airship, which crashed on its first long-haul voyage.
Michael Portillo s Great British Railway Journeys in Herts
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