Inside the Factory

Season 6 Episode 2: Socks

How a Leicester factory makes one and a half million socks annually. What causes smelly feet, and which socks tackle it best. How a cotton spinner in Manchester produces 4,200 miles of yarn every hour. A revolutionary eco-cotton supplier. The history of 1980s sock fashion, and how the 'Kitchener stitch' helped save the feet of British soldiers in the trenches during the Great War.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

10

Episodes:

75

Actor:

Paddy McGuinness, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2015

IMDb:

7.9