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August 16, 2023

Season 1

01. Episode 1

The story of British supermarkets in the 1970s, starting with the rise of convenience foods such as SPAM and boil-in-the-bag meals. With food scientist Dr Chris Clarke and Rustie Lee.

1h 0min
August 16, 2023

02. Episode 2

With package holidays broadening tastes, Marks and Spencer took a garlic gamble by introducing the ready-made chicken Kiev. And Dr Chris replicates pickled onion Monster Munch in his lab.

1h 0min
August 23, 2023

03. Episode 3

How supermarket price wars hotted up in the late 70s as shoppers went bargain mad. Plus the launch of the iconic Honey Monster, and Rustie Lee makes her own version of a Fray Bentos Pie.

1h 0min
August 30, 2023

04. 1970s Supermarket at Christmas

How we did Christmas in the 70s, with the advent of artificial trees and freezer stores.

1h 30min
December 20, 2023