The Fast History Of... Season 2

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Season 2

Episodes: 18

Episodes

E1: The Classic

The story of the world's most iconic soft drink, and how far its creators were willing to go to to stay on top.

E2: Special Delivery

The story of a successful pizza chain that came from nothing and the innovations that changed restaurants forever and helped introduce pizza to the nation.

E3: The Chocolate Factory

The sweet, and slightly sour, story of how a humble dairy farm turned into one of the world's greatest candy companies.

E4: Breaking Breakfast

The unusual story of the best known cereal brand in the world, an accidental discovery at a sanatorium, huge competition, and creative changes that transformed what breakfast is.

E5: Making the Hut

The story of a pizza giant that grew from two brothers in Michigan to a national franchise, and the innovations and marketing that turned them so successful.

E6: Dog Eat Dog

How the hot dog went an object of suspicion to a national sensation as one man from Coney Island let the dogs out.

E7: Flame Broiled Battle

The story of the biggest ever burger battle, and an outsider overcame to carve its path to the top.

E8: To the Milky Way and Beyond

The story of the world's largest candy company and the family feuds, corporate espionage, and brilliant innovations that mark its history.

E9: 11 Herbs and Spices

How an eccentric sold chicken at a gas station, grew the largest chicken empire in the world, and became an iconic 'colonel'.

E10: The Golden Arches

The story of a BBQ drive-in that grew to be a phenomenon, one of the most recognizable logos in the world, and the innovations that drove its success and food worldwide.

E11: When Frito Met Lay

How two rivals joined forces to create the biggest snack food company in the world, and how their creativity transformed American chips.

E12: A Burger Is Born

The story of how an impatient cook created one of America's ultimate convenience foods and the first ever fast food chain.

E13: Sticks and Cones

How ice cream went from a difficult to make delicacy to an iconic sweet treat.

E14: Kings of Pop

How a struggling cola company reinvented went head to head against its biggest rival for more than 100 years and grew to be one a world leading food and beverage company.

E15: Car Wars

The dream of a carriage company bigwig brings the world sports cars, giant SUVs, and futuristic hybrid vehicles.

E16: Wild Ones

Childhood friends Arthur Davidson and William Harley set out to make their bicycle faster and created an institution that would change the world forever.

E17: Built Tough

How Henry Ford's garage-born car company changes the world of automobiles as we know it and becomes one of the biggest brands in the world.

E18: The Sky's the Limit

A small Seattle hangar brings the world into the jet age, progressing from jumbo jets to satellites and military aircraft.