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Episodes 46
Pants for All
Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
Read MoreClocking On
Mark Williams discovers how engineer James Brindley tunnelled through hills in a straight line, and details the emergence of Josiah Wedgwood's pottery business as a global industry
Read MorePennine Passage
How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
Read MoreWorking Iron
How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
Read MoreCoining It
Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades
Read MoreCutting Edge
How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
Read MoreThe Iron Horse
Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
Read MoreHighland Flop
More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
Read MorePower Crazy
Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems
Read MoreBread and Beer
Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
Read MoreWhat to Wear?
Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
Read MoreGas on Wheels
The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
Read MorePrint and Paper
In a look at the history of printing, Mark Williams discovers why early typesetters arranged lower-case letters according to their usage, with the most common being in the middle
Read MoreUnder Pressure
Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
Read MoreBuilding a Revolution
Documentary exploring how the massive construction boom triggered by the Industrial Revolution forced the building industry to find new materials to cope with increasing demand.
Read MoreBright Sparks
How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
Read MoreHeavy Metals
The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
Read MoreCutting it Fine
How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
Read MoreMachine Tools
Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory
Read MoreReaping the Whirlwind
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The Canal King
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Hot Metal
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The Impossible Railway
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Big Bang
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Generation Electric
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Industrial Espionage
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Steam on the Water
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Iron Men of Sweden
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King Silk
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Bread, Beer and Salt
With industrialisation, there were more mouths in towns and cities to feed and fewer men left to work the land. So how did food production keep up?
Read MoreBuilding Europe
How did the building trade keep up with the demand for materials during the expansion of the Industrial Revolution, and what do oranges have to do with it?
Read MoreCotton, Linen and Rope
For centuries craftsmen and women turned natural fibres into clothes. Ronald Topp explores what happened when machines began to replace manual labour.
Read MoreEiffel's Tower
Eiffel was the world's greatest exponent of the use of iron in construction, creating the his famous Tower in 1889. How did engineering in iron reach such heights?
Read MoreExploding Engines
Ronald Top examines the beginnings of motor cars. Benz and Daimler were early pioneers, but prior to that there were attempts at steam-powered road vehicles.
Read MoreHigh Fliers
Flight has always been humanity's dream. Ronald Top discovers that thanks to some paper thrown onto a fire, a duck, a cock and a sheep, it was made possible.
Read MorePerfect Porcelain
Ronald Topp investigates the new techniques and ways of working that turned local potteries into an international industry.
Read MoreSteaming up the Alps
Ronald Top examines how railways conquered the mountains, with a little help from George Stevenson. He's in the Alps to see how funicular railways work.
Read MoreSwedish Waterways
Waterways are flourishing in Europe, but how is it that a system designed for 17th-century trade is still viable in the 21st? Ronald Topp finds out.
Read MoreBuildings
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Planes
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Bridges
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Vehicles
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Ships
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Transport Networks
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