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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • April 19, 2010
    • BBC One

    Series following the work of food inspectors. Chef Heston Blumenthal lifts the lid on his very own kitchen nightmare, and inspectors shut down an Oxford grocer's then a halal butcher's after discovering the shop is infested with mice and cockroaches. Presented by Simon Rimmer.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • April 20, 2010
    • BBC One

    Series following the work of food inspectors. Presenter Simon Rimmer goes behind the scenes with UK Border Agency patrols at one of the world's busiest airports. They are charged with tracking down hundreds of tonnes of illegally imported meat smuggled into Britain each year via freight consignments. In Cornwall the Food Standards Agency orders a temporary ban on the harvesting of mussels after the discovery of algae which cause serious food poisoning.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • April 21, 2010
    • BBC One

    Series following the work of food inspectors. Simon Rimmer joins inspectors who police food safety at Britain's largest fish market - Billingsgate in London. Plus there is the inside story of how food inspectors cracked one of Britain's biggest ever food scams.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • April 22, 2010
    • BBC One

    Series following the work of food inspectors. There is an evening inspection of a pizza takeaway in Middlesbrough which has previously been prosecuted for poor hygiene conditions. Simon Rimmer joins trading standard officers in Manchester as they investigate fish and chip shops suspected of swindling customers by passing off river cobbler as cod.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • April 23, 2010
    • BBC One

    Series looking at the work of food inspectors. Simon Rimmer follows inspectors who police the growing number of exotic animal farms which are operating to produce meat for UK consumers. Five years on, we explore how food inspectors worked to uncover one of the most devastating outbreaks of food poisoning ever to hit Britain.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • July 4, 2011
    • BBC One

    This episode follows the journey of beef from the farms to the supermarket.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • July 5, 2011
    • BBC One

    In this episode, environmental health officers hit the food markets and catering vans.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • July 6, 2011
    • BBC One

    Simon Rimmer visits a truly scrumptious factory to learn how nut-free chocolate is made.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • July 7, 2011
    • BBC One

    Richard Kuzaira fears an old rodent problem has returned to a Chinese takeaway.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • July 8, 2011
    • BBC One

    A look at the humble egg's journey from the farm to the food factories.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • July 11, 2011
    • BBC One

    At Gatwick Airport, Simon meets the canine food fighter detecting banned goods.

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • July 12, 2011
    • BBC One

    Simon Rimmer checks out how our airline food is made safely.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • July 13, 2011
    • BBC One

    Simon Rimmer is at a major supermarket seeing how ready meals are made safe for us to eat.

  • S02E09 Episode 9

    • July 14, 2011
    • BBC One

    Simon Rimmer is at a company specialising in selling food past its best-before date.

  • S02E10 Episode 10

    • July 15, 2011
    • BBC One

    A duo inspects a local Caribbean festival. Simon Rimmer spends a day in a hospital kitchen