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Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure

Episode 4

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

In his quest for the perfect bread, journalist Robert Penn examines how from ancient times white bread became the preserve of the richer classes, while the coarsest brown loaves were eaten by the poor.

Read by Adrian Scarborough
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Producer: Bruce Young Show less

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