Synopsis
Gregg Wallace explores the factory that makes 700,000 toilet rolls a day and Cherry Healey gets the bum deal of following a flush through the sewers.
- Programme: Inside the Factory
- Series: 4
- Episode: 02: Toilet Roll
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Art & Design | Technical processes, manufacturing techniques, Industry
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