A TELEVISION programme is set to shine a light on a famous jam maker. Journalist and presenter Michael Portillo visited Wilkin and Sons in Tiptree as part of the BBC show Great British Railway Journeys. The documentary series, which airs tomorrow on BBC2 at 6.30pm, sees Mr Portillo travel the length and breadth of the country by train. Chairman of Wilkin and Sons Walter Scott said it was a “great pleasure” to welcome Mr Portillo and the crew and described the day as a “great success”. The episode will focus on Land Army Girls. During the first and second world wars women filled the jobs left by men who had gone to fight.
Beat the Chef (C4, 5.30pm) PRESENTER and restaurateur Andi Oliver is back with the culinary contest, as skilful amateur cooks compete in two fast-paced cook-offs to win up to £10,000. They will go head-to-head with one of our four professional chefs: award-winning Mark Sargeant, Roux Scholar Frederick Forster, executive chef Sophie Michell and Michelin-starred Hrishikesh Desai. Today, Chris Topham, a former fighter pilot, hopes his beef stroganoff can hit the heights against Mark’s whole plaice with bourguignon sauce.
Great British Railway Journeys (BBC Two, 6.30pm) MICHAEL Portillo explores East Anglia between the First and Second World Wars. His journey begins in Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, where a staggering discovery of early medieval cemeteries was made in 1939. At Leiston, he visits the oldest children’s democracy in the world, Summerhill School, which was founded in 1921 by a Scottish educator whose daughter is school principal today. After unearthing a nasty brush betwee
A TELEVISION programme is set to shine a light on a famous jam maker. Journalist and presenter Michael Portillo visited Wilkin and Sons in Tiptree as part of the BBC show Great British Railway Journeys. The documentary series, which airs tomorrow on BBC2 at 6.30pm, sees Mr Portillo travel the length and breadth of the country by train. Chairman of Wilkin and Sons Walter Scott said it was a “great pleasure” to welcome Mr Portillo and the crew and described the day as a “great success”. The episode will focus on Land Army Girls. During the first and second world wars women filled the jobs left by men who had gone to fight.
Andi Oliver
Beat the Chef (C4, 5.30pm) PRESENTER and restaurateur Andi Oliver is back with the culinary contest, as skilful amateur cooks compete in two fast-paced cook-offs to win up to £10,000. They will be go head-to-head with one of our four professional chefs: award-winning Mark Sargeant, Roux Scholar Frederick Forster, executive chef Sophie Michell and Michelin-starred Hrishikesh Desai. In the kitchen today is Chris Topham, a former fighter pilot who hopes that his beef stroganoff can hit the heights. Taking him on in culinary combat is Mark, out to prove he’s the top gun when it comes to cooking. Will Chris rise to the challenge of Mark’s whole plaice with bourguignon sauce?
A TELEVISION programme is set to shine a light on a famous jam maker. Journalist and presenter Michael Portillo visited Wilkin and Sons in Tiptree as part of the BBC show Great British Railway Journeys. The documentary series, which airs tomorrow on BBC2 at 6.30pm, sees Mr Portillo travel the length and breadth of the country by train. Chairman of Wilkin and Sons Walter Scott said it was a “great pleasure” to welcome Mr Portillo and the crew and described the day as a “great success”. The episode will focus on Land Army Girls. During the first and second world wars women filled the jobs left by men who had gone to fight.