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Food fanatic Stefan Gates discovers the truth about what we eat and where it comes from

Food fanatic Stefan Gates and his intrepid Gastronuts go on wild culinary adventures to discover the truth about how we eat, what we eat and where it comes from

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Gastronuts: Series 1

Stefan Gates

Paul Gilheany

Vanessa Amberleigh

Atul Malhotra

Gastronuts: Series 1: Episode 4: Can I Eat Like a Gladiator?

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Can I Eat Like a Gladiator?

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Episode 4: Can I Eat Like a Gladiator?

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Foods that have kept soldiers fighting fit down the ages, from gladiators to astronauts.

The truth about what we eat, with a look at foods that have kept soldiers fighting fit. Dishes range from roasted pig to weevil-infested biscuits.

Food fanatic Stefan Gates and his intrepid Gastronuts go on wild culinary adventures to discover the truth about how we eat, what we eat and where it comes from.

In this episode they investigate foods that have kept soldiers fighting fit down the ages, from gladiators to astronauts. Dishes range from whole roasted pig to weevil-infested biscuits, and army rations that cook themselves without using a cooker or fire.

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