Unwrapped 2.0

A handy haul of health hacks to propel you into 2020, including a look at ginger, spinach and your 'five-a-day' fruit and veg

Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped (Channel 4) was clearly intended as a jolly puff piece. It would offer us, it promised, “unique access inside its secretive Willy Wonka world” – a tenuous relationship with standard grammar and immediate recourse to the laziest of cliches being the twin poles around which such creations are traditionally strung. I was all up for it. The video doing the rounds on social media recently of a Wall’s Viennetta being made can only soothe for so long. I was looking forward to an even sweeter treat, something akin to an extended version of the Sesame Street segments that used to show products rolling through factory assembly lines.

The gang go behind the scenes with some favourite supermarket giants, exploring some ready meals and food science, the war on waste, and the truth about lookalike brands

The legendary mummy of King Tut may have burst into flames inside his sarcophagus. Mummy expert Ramy Romany investigates to see if Tut’s mummy is charred because of a change in the mummification process to insure immortality or a far more sinister plot.

Alan Yentob travels to Hollywood to interview Mel Brooks. At the time of filming, the musical theatre version of Brooks' 1974 comedy horror Young Frankenstein had just opened on London's West End. Yentob marks the occasion by profiling its creator, observing him at work and play, and revisiting archive interviews stretching back decades.

Matt joins KFC on the frontline of the fight against flaccid fries, Kate goes behind the scenes at Deliveroo, and Jimmy investigates the health benefits of a taco.

The mummies of three Incan children are discovered high atop the Argentinean Andes at a notorious UFO hotspot. Ramy Romany examines the mummies and runs down leads to find out why these children trekked more than a thousand miles to their tragic demise.

A major series following experts using the latest research and modern techniques to unravel Egypt's greatest mysteries. With special access to sites across the country, the series travels from the pyramids and Sphinx in Giza and Saqqara down to the Valley of the Kings near Luxor and the great rock temples of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt.

With the age-old problem of dry turkey in mind, Matt Tebbutt turns to science for the answer. His experiments include cooking upside down and even strapping ice packs to the bird, but will any of them deliver? Pink champagne is fast becoming a preferred option at Christmas, so Kate Quilton sets out to discover what makes it pink. Plus, Jimmy Doherty learns how best to prevent chestnuts exploding while roasting on an open fire and the programme visits a magical event in Norway to uncover the secrets of the ultimate gingerbread house.