Saturday

At a picturesque Derbyshire pub, Drew uncovers an ancient military hat and a hair-raising electro-therapy machine. A stately Georgian manor in Shropshire is filled with antiques but Drew has a tough time finding anything for sale. And in a junkshop in Hull, Drew and owner Kevin lock horns over a rare chair.

At a Lincolnshire brewery, Drew’s lucky find turns to frustration. Down the road, the chaps visit a grand Elizabethan home where Drew falls for a mini retro rhinoceros. Later, nothing strikes Drew’s fancy at an antique dealer’s warehouse near Birmingham. That is, until he heads outside.

Drew finds the mother lode of carnival memorabilia on a behind-the-scenes tour of Wookey Hole’s entertainment complex. At a boarding school in Dorset, Drew searches for treasure in the undercroft. At a stately home in Norfolk, the chaps uncover a noble relic in the stables. And, in Suffolk, Drew meets a kindred spirit at a remarkable arts and crafts shop.

Drew and Tee search for classic English country house furniture at a converted 900-year-old abbey in Somerset. Later, Drew gets revved up at a pedal car museum in East Sussex. Down the road, the chaps visit to a father-and-son antique dealing duo with two sprawling yet very different shops.

At a Cambridge country house hotel, Drew uncovers the mother lode of period shop fittings. A massive salvage yard is home to everything from vintage building materials to Victorian fireplaces. A carefully curated warehouse makes Drew’s job easy. And, the owner of magnificent Apley Estate is in the mood for a clear out.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: The tumbling room of a jawbreaker factory sounds like a jet engine; at Tim Hortons’ mammoth roasting facility, super-sized grinders tackle thousands of pounds of beans every hour; 30,000 savory empanadas are made from a single batch; and, the history of cocktail sauce is as zesty as its flavour.

FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Learn the age-old technique that packs the pistachio punch into every bite of baklava; watch as high-tech machines create 150 pounds of candy buttons per hour; a single batch of organic baby food fills 28,000 gourmet pouches; and, while feta cheese starts with a truckload of fresh sheep’s milk, its origins date back to ancient Greece.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: A special machine was developed to put the chunks in Cherry Garcia ice cream; a computer-controlled recipe ensures the perfect blend of Earl Grey tea; a single batch of tapenade fills 15,000 jars; and, a fast-paced machine churns out 500 tutti-frutti lollipops every minute.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: 200 million pieces of Nitwitz candy are produced every year; so many popchips are made every year that they could circle the earth three times; nearly five million chocolaty Mighty Malts roll off the assembly line every day; and, chicken soup is cooked right in the can.

Two frighteningly delicious special episodes of FOOD FACTORY reveal the story behind some of our all-time favourite Halloween treats: ten million Molasses Kisses roll off the assembly line every year; it takes five days to make the ghoulish gumballs that look just like human eyeballs; green Zombie Bar chocolates feature a creepy crunch and blood red message; and, every Halloween, 20,000 Granny Smith apples become sinfully scary colossal candy apples.

Two frighteningly delicious special episodes of FOOD FACTORY reveal the story behind some of our all-time favourite Halloween treats: Every Bloody Skulls candy starts life in powdered form; like magic, cacao beans are transformed into milk chocolate Witch bars; bat cookies are a buttery blood-thirsty treat; and, spooky marshmallow lollipops are hand-decorated to give each one its own personality.

FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Wafer-thin peanut brittle is first cooked in a ‘savage fire mixer’; 100,000 pigs-in-a-blanket roll off the assembly line every day; in a small shop open 24/7, 12,000 Montreal-style bagels are hand-crafted daily; and, it takes 48 hours to produce every hand-made piece of Indian jalebi.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: A machine called the ‘chunker’ helps put the magic in every pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream; a specially designed spinning nozzle puts the twist in every chocolate mint stick; 250 bushels of Extreme Beans are sweetly spiced and pickled every day; and, every batch of snowball cookies contains a bucketful of secret crumble.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: A classic Canadian candy, 700 million Chicken Bones have been produced since 1885; a single batch of Pastel de Nata yields nearly 4,000 tantalizing tarts; only the largest garlic cloves are coated with olive oil and roasted to perfection; and, it takes ingenuity and a major assembly line to create break-apart chocolate oranges.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Mini Clark Bars are showered by a waterfall of chocolate; 11,000 kilograms of spuds are cooked every hour to make deviled egg potato salad; the dough for puff pastry cheese bites is punctured to prevent them from exploding in your oven; and, potato chip chocolate bars combine two surprising snacks in one delicious treat.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Super-sour Warheads candies contain as much malic acid as allowed by law; find out how veggies are turned into faux meat; every batch of maple bacon chocolate pods starts with two kilograms of crispy bacon; and, in order to make tons of sauerkraut, you’ll need massive tanks that hold 225,000 heads of cabbage.

From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: You’ll need gallons of brine and up to 50 days to create the perfect pickle; if Fizzies drink tablets get wet too soon the entire factory could foam up; maple cream chocolates combine cocoa beans from Africa with Canadian maple syrup; and, every single bliss ball passes through a heavenly waterfall of chocolate.

Catch up on all of Les Stroud’s adventures in season two, “Behind the Scenes”. In this episode Les highlights the most exciting segments of season two, showing us how he prepares himself both mentally and physically for surviving in such harsh climates. While learning the traditional skills of local experts, Les finds out what a deadly surprise looks like.

The California Gold Rush drew people from all over the world to the rugged Sierra Nevada’s. Now it’s a hiker’s dream – drawing people from all over the world. You can easily hike for miles and miles here. The problem is… it’s just as easy to get lost.

Cowboys… the iconic figure of the Wild West and the Colorado Rockies. These seven days finds Les surviving not alone, but with two horses. This gives survival a whole new twist.

In the land of the midnight sun, Survivorman heads in to 72°.46 N – the northern tip of Baffin Island. Living here is an exercise in survival. Getting to the base camp takes two days longer the expected due to weather. On-route the boats are surrounded by a pod of orca… killer whales. And Les soon notices what the killer whales are after… thousands of narwhale; something that most of the Inuit rarely see.

Les takes a group of NHL hockey players out to the wilderness to see if they have what it takes to survive.

Elias Theodorou is a TUF winner and a UFC veteran. He’s also an Amazing Race Canada alum, a medicinal marijuana activist and a Ring Boy for Invicta FC.

They revisit the McBeth House where their ghost hunting began, uncovering deeper stories with a local medium.