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Apples: British to the Core

Chris Beardshaw uncovers the British contribution to the history of our most iconic fruit and sees how 20th-century British scientists helped create the modern mass-market apple.

Horticulturalist Chris Beardshaw uncovers the British contribution to the history of our most iconic fruit. He reveals the 'golden age', when the passion and dedication of Victorian gardeners gave us more varieties than anywhere else in the world. Chris also finds out how the remarkable ingenuity of a small group of 20th-century British scientists helped create the modern mass-market apple.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Sep 2022 01:15
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Music Played

  • Noah and the Whale

    Instrumental I

  • Noah and the Whale

    Mary

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Minuet In A Major

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Noah and the Whale

    Rocks and Daggers

  • Four Tet

    Everything Is Alright

Credits

Presenter Chris Beardshaw
Presenter Chris Beardshaw
Producer Emma Boswell
Director Emma Boswell
Executive Producer Clare Sillery
Executive Producer Clare Sillery

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