What Britain Buys and Sells In A Day

Name: What Britain Buys and Sells In A Day
Released: 2019-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan, Cherry Healey

TV Show · Documentary

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. They explore the science and systems that enable Britain to import and export goods around the world on an unprecedented scale.

2019 · 58m

Starring Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan, Cherry Healey

EPISODE 1

Fruit and Veg

Ed is at London Gateway, a huge port on the Thames, to see how fruit and veg travels across the globe and arrives on the shelves in top condition. Ade travels the world looking at how Britain's changing tastes for fruit and veg are impacting farmers.
EPISODE 2

Seafood

Ed Balls, Ade Adpeitan and Cherry Healey look at seafood, a commodity the UK buys and sells in huge quantities. The fish caught off British shores is largely dispatched abroad as exports, whereas the fish we eat here tends to be imported.
EPISODE 3

Cars

Ed is at the Port of Southampton. He'll see how cars are driven off and on vessels at speed, look at the checks that BMW cars must go through before they reach their owner, and get on board a tug boat that's used to guide ships safely into the port.