Industrial Revelations
(2002)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Swedish Waterways
Episode 10 - 1-01-2006
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.
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Steaming up the Alps
Episode 9 - 1-01-2006
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.
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Perfect Porcelain
Episode 8 - 1-01-2006
Ronald Topp investigates the new techniques and ways of working that turned local potteries into an international industry.
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High Fliers
Episode 7 - 1-01-2006
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.
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Exploding Engines
Episode 6 - 1-01-2006
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.
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Eiffel's Tower
Episode 5 - 1-01-2006
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?
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Cotton, Linen and Rope
Episode 4 - 1-01-2006
For centuries craftsmen and women turned natural fibres into clothes. Ronald Topp explores what happened when machines began to replace manual labour.
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The City
Episode 3 - 1-01-2006
Cities were traditionally developed around water until the railway age expanded their boundaries. As the population grew, how did they cope?
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Building Europe
Episode 2 - 1-01-2006
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?
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Bread, Beer and Salt
Episode 1 - 1-01-2006
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?
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Season 3
King Silk
Episode 10 - 6-01-2005
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Iron Men of Sweden
Episode 9 - 6-01-2005
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Steam on the Water
Episode 8 - 6-01-2005
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Industrial Espionage
Episode 7 - 6-01-2005
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Generation Electric
Episode 6 - 6-01-2005
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Big Bang
Episode 5 - 6-01-2005
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The Impossible Railway
Episode 4 - 6-01-2005
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Hot Metal
Episode 3 - 6-01-2005
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The Canal King
Episode 2 - 6-01-2005
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Reaping the Whirlwind
Episode 1 - 6-01-2005
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Season 2
Machine Tools
Episode 10 - 3-14-2005
Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory
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Cutting it Fine
Episode 9 - 3-07-2005
How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
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Heavy Metals
Episode 8 - 2-28-2005
The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
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Bright Sparks
Episode 7 - 2-21-2005
How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
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Building a Revolution
Episode 6 - 2-14-2005
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.
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Under Pressure
Episode 5 - 2-07-2005
Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
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Print and Paper
Episode 4 - 1-31-2005
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
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Gas on Wheels
Episode 3 - 1-24-2005
The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
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What to Wear?
Episode 2 - 1-17-2005
Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
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Bread and Beer
Episode 1 - 1-10-2005
Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
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Season 1
Power Crazy
Episode 10 - 3-11-2002
Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems
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Highland Flop
Episode 9 - 3-04-2002
More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
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The Iron Horse
Episode 8 - 2-28-2002
Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
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Cutting Edge
Episode 7 - 2-21-2002
How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
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Coining It
Episode 6 - 2-14-2002
Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades
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Working Iron
Episode 5 - 2-07-2002
How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
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Pennine Passage
Episode 4 - 1-31-2002
How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
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Clocking On
Episode 3 - 1-24-2002
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
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Pants for All
Episode 2 - 1-17-2002
Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
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Boom Time
Episode 1 - 1-10-2002
The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
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