Chewing Gum (TV series) Chewing Gum (TV series) Chewing Gum is a British television sitcom set in London. It was written by and stars Michaela Coel, alongside the cast of Robert Lonsdale, Susan Wokoma, Danielle Walters and Tanya Franks. The show features 24-year-old shop assistant Tracey Gordon, a restricted, religious virgin, who wants to have sex and learn more about the world. The show won the BAFTA for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme and Breakthrough Talent for Michaela Coel for her work on the show. The first series debuted on E4 on 13 October 2015, and in the US with Netflix on
Gum base (corn protein). Large chewing gum manufacturers generally produce their own gum base in-house while small chewing gum producers usually buy gum base from third-party suppliers. Another way to categorize the various components of gum bases is by their utility in the base. Old gum bases were based on either natural elastomers such as latexes, vegetable gums like chicle, spruce gum, and mastic gum, or alternatively on waxes, e.g. paraffin wax and beeswax, but today synthetic rubbers are preferred. "Formulation and Production of Chewing and Bubble Gum", edited by Doug Fritz, pp 93–118, Olivias's Publications Ltd, London, UK, 2006, [DEAD LINK]