
The Wonderful World of Chocolate
Delves into the rich history of chocolate - revealing fascinating facts about the world's most famous confectioners, eye-opening behind-the-scenes factory tours, chocolate nostalgia and a look at new innovations.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Jun 23, 2019
- Popularity: 0.75
- 0 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
Channel 5 (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
3 seaons till Jun 28, 2021
Last episode: Episode 6
Seasons & episodes
Total 3 seasons, 19 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 142 min
A chocolate artist is commissioned to make an angel of death for a party at a mortuary. The original Milky Bar Kid recalls his time in the spotlight.
Episode 2Episode 245 min
Uncover the secrets of Lindt, and the story of the Mars bar.
Episode 3Episode 345 min
The documentary investigates the enduring appeal of Cadbury's Dairy Milk bar, while across the Channel, Belgian chocolate factory Guylian allows cameras to witness its production line for the first time. Plus, a look inside the Austrian headquarters of Josef Zotter, whose unique factory features a mini cable-car, an eccentrically inefficient chocolate robot and a cemetery for failed bars.
Episode 4Episode 445 min
Behind the scenes at the largest chocolate shop on the planet - the London branch of M&M's World, finding out how the store copes with its annual 5.5 million visitors. Plus, a look at a Belgian chocolate factory that churns out 1,000 tons every day, and the work of independent chocolatier and baker Rose Dummer, who has been commissioned to create a chocolate version of Stonyhurst College to celebrate its 425th birthday.
Episode 5Episode 545 min
A visit to the home of Toblerone in Switzerland, following the nougat-making process and discovering where the chocolate-maker's triangle obsession came from. Back in the UK, chocolatier extraordinaire Paul is on a mission. He wants to create a show-stopping chocolate sculpture depicting a barman pouring an everlasting bottle of rum to launch a new range of rum truffles - but the path to chocolate happiness doesn't always run smooth.