Inside the Factory

Inside the Factory is a British television series produced by Voltage TV for the BBC. The first episode was broadcast on BBC Two on 5 May 2015. Each episode explores how a specific product is made inside a factory. The 2024 series is presented by Paddy McGuinness, Cherry Healey and historian Ruth Goodman who provides a look at how products came to exist as we know them today.

Initially both Gregg Wallace 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 Paddy McGuinness would be the new presenter, replacing Wallace for the ninth series in 2024.

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 COVID-19 pandemic.

In the Netherlands, 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 RTL.

In the US, the Smithsonian Channel 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. These episodes are available on the Smithsonian Channel website.

• Inside the Factory at BBC Online
• Inside the Factory at IMDb