Synopsis
As Easter approaches, Dispatches investigates the story behind the takeover of Britain's most famous chocolate brand.
- Programme: Dispatches
- Episode: The Secrets of Cadbury's
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Journalism
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