1978: STILTON - A Question of CHARACTER | A Taste of Britain | Science and Nature | BBC Archive

Blue Stilton, ironically, cannot actually be made in the village of Stilton. To be considered true Blue Stilton, the cheese must be made from milk provided by dairy herds in Derbyshire, Leicestershire or Nottinghamshire.

As well as seeing the immense care that the producers take in making the cheese, we hear in this clip from one particular pub-goer who loves his Stilton with a little added surprise…


Clip taken from A Taste of Britain: Forard, Forard, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Tuesday 8 August, 1978.



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