Supermarkets Unwrapped - Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Freezer Aisle

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Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Freezer Aisle

The Food Unwrapped team take a deep dive into the nation's favourite supermarket aisles. In this first episode, the team chill out in the freezer aisle. Jimmy Doherty investigates why there's more to frozen chips than just potatoes, Helen Lawal learns why frozen ready meals have best-before dates, Briony May Williams gets the inside scoop on soft-scoop ice cream, and Andi Oliver learns how to get the most out of your freezer at home

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Cast & Crew

Jimmy Doherty (Presenter)

Helen Lawal (Presenter)

Briony May Williams (Presenter)

Andi Oliver (Presenter)

Glenn Swift (Executive producer)

Sandy Watson (Executive producer)

Jon Willers (Executive producer)

Tim Dowse (Series producer)

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Jimmy Doherty (Presenter)

Born: May 24, 1975 in Essex

Best Known For: Jimmy's Farm.

Early-life: Born on May 24, 1975, in Ilford, Essex. After leaving school he studied animal biology at the University of East London and entomology at Coventry University's zoology department. Jimmy proved he had TV presence while appearing briefly in Jamie's Kitchen and Oliver's Twist alongside his childhood friend Jamie Oliver. Harbouring dreams of being self-sufficient and to grow all his own produce, he attempted to turn his vision of living the 'good life' into reality.

Career: At 28, Doherty quit his life as a city-dwelling academic and threw himself into the back-breaking task of transforming a dilapidated old dairy farm into a flourishing organic pig business. His efforts, documented in BBC series Jimmy's Farm, turned him into a household name. The success of that show spawned the follow-up BBC projects Jimmy's Farm Diaries, Crisis on Jimmy's Farm, Jimmy's Farming Heroes, Jimmy's Food Factory, and A Farmer's Life for Me. More recently, he has presented Channel 4 shows Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket, Jimmy and the Whale Whisperer, Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club and Food Unwrapped.

Quote: On the importance of farming: "It's the most important thing, without a shadow of a doubt. Because without organised agriculture, you just wouldn't have anything else."

Trivia: In August 2014, Doherty was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum vote.