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What Britain buys and sells in a day

Brilliant programme shown tonight on BBC2.It is the first episode of the first series relates to imports and exports of fruit and vegetables.Hope you can watch it in BBC iPlayer. Excellent programme.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2594d7 Comments

It's fascinating.  I saw bits of it while doing something else and wished I'd watched it properly.  Nice graphics too of the different distances travelled by the goods.

Philippa Bond ● 2593d

I learnt a lot from the programme, particularly the value of the imports vs the value of exports. Like you, I was doing something else at the time so will watch it again later today.  But loved the cultivation and trade of avocados and those grapes from Spain - they looked delicious!  I am looking forward to tomorrow night's programme about exports and imports of seafood.  The third one is about cars I think.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2593d

Seafood!

Philippa Bond ● 2592d

Yes, and it is on now!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2592d

Fish and Seafood!Tons going through Heathrow on passenger planes.  I feel a cartoon coming on.

Philippa Bond ● 2592d

Globalisation and free trade = huge contributions to killing off our planet. Sometimes not supporting free trade is a good thing

Emarisa Battoia ● 2591d

But what on earth would we do without prawns and strawberries all the year round?  We do indulge ourselves.  They can taste better in season though...www.eattheseasons.co.uk

Philippa Bond ● 2591d