In episode two of this series, Holly Marsden joins Johanna Strong in uncovering the demand for chocolate in early modern England. We’ll hear of the importance of chocolate as a symbol of power and prestige for kings and queens - and of the darker elements behind its arrival in Stuart England.

When Europeans discovered chocolate in 16th century Mesoamerica, desire for this delicacy exploded back home. However there was a cruel side to chocolate, first of three episodes on chocolate, we learn the methods used by Europeans to meet chocolate demands.