HeyJaredThe Factory Next Door
What’s on your list of the greatest products made in Britain? Join journalist Steve Duke as he criss-crosses the island to meet our makers in their factories and workshops.Winner of a Silver Award at the British Podcast Awards 2025 and the Best Business Show at the…
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 22, 2026
- Audience
- Apple #116 · US
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- Aug 11, 2026
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54. The Helter Skelter (opens the original)
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You never quite know what you’re going to find when you visit one of our manufacturers. On today’s episode of The Factory Next Door, we head to Avonmouth to visit a bespoke storage maker – but what we discover is far from expected. We hear stories of serious fraud, do our daily stretches, go welding with Daft Punk, and see the frame of a 15-meter-high slide being lovingly bent into shape. Number 54 on our list of the greatest things we make here is The Helter Skelter by Moduflex. Managing Direct
53. The Ceremonial Uniform (opens the original)
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When you need someone to escort the King’s crown to Parliament for the state opening, you call on his Majesty’s Gentleman at Arms – with their distinctive red and gold jackets. And when you need someone to make a new uniform for this historic corps, you call Jules Walker and her team at Gieves and Hawkes. Number 53 on our list of the greatest things we make here is The Ceremonial Uniform. Jules is head of the tailor’s military team, and on today’s show she gives us a tour of her workshop in the
52. The Propelling Pencil (opens the original)
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The epicentre of the global pen industry used to reside in Birmingham. Then the plastic biro arrived and everything changed. But in the city’s jewellery quarter, a team of skilled silversmiths are ensuring the history of Birmingham’s pen industry continues to be written. Number 52 on our list of the greatest things we make here is the propelling pencil by YARD-O-LED. Owner Giles English shows us around the company’s historic workshop as we celebrate a 100-year-old design, admire irreplaceable ma
51. The Remembrance Wreath (opens the original)
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Inspired by a poem about the horrors of war, the red poppy is worn by millions of people every year to commemorate those who have died in conflict. And every November, on Remembrance Sunday, poppy wreaths of varying sizes are placed beside graves and war memorials. Each one is made by a small team in Richmond, Southwest London. Number 51 on our list of the greatest things we make here is The Remembrance Wreath. On this week’s The Factory Next Door, we head to The Poppy Factory to see how they ar
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