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Christmas Cards

Inside the Factory Series 7

Gregg visits the Woodmansterne card factory in in Watford. It’s one of the largest greeting card companies in the UK, a family business sending out 35 million cards a year.

Gregg Wallace visits the Woodmansterne card factory in in Watford. It’s one of the largest greeting card companies in the UK, a family business sending out 35 million cards a year.

He gets stuck into all aspects of the card creation process - from sketching a card design, to creating an aluminium plate for the printing process, to the guillotining of the sheets into cards and the final shipping process, which takes the cards as far afield as Australia and Singapore.

Meanwhile, Cherry Healey creates a vegan Christmas feast, and historian Ruth Goodman unwraps the story of the year when Christmas was cancelled.

59 minutes

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Fri 15 Dec 2023 21:00
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Music Played

  • Dua Lipa

    Dreams

  • The Darkness

    Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

  • The Noveltones

    Left Bank

  • Henry Hall & His Orchestra & Val Rosing

    Teddy Bears' Picnic

  • Eiffel 65

    Blue

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

Credits

Presenter Gregg Wallace
Presenter Cherry Healey
Presenter Ruth Goodman
Director Duncan Thompson
Series Producer Nicola Lafferty
Production Manager Rachel Drew
Production Manager Samara Friend
Executive Producer Sanjay Singhal
Executive Producer Lucy Carter
Production Company Voltage TV

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