Season 1
10 episodes · Jan 10, 2002
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- S1E1
Boom Time
Jan 10, 200230mThe introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
- S1E2
Pants for All
Jan 17, 200230mMark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
- S1E3
Clocking On
Jan 24, 200230mMark 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
- S1E4
Pennine Passage
Jan 31, 200230mHow the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
- S1E5
Working Iron
Feb 7, 200230mHow Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
- S1E6
Coining It
Feb 14, 200230mMark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades
- S1E7
Cutting Edge
Feb 21, 200230mHow mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
- S1E8
The Iron Horse
Feb 28, 200230mMark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
- S1E9
Highland Flop
Mar 4, 200230mMore powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
- S1E10
Power Crazy
Mar 11, 200230mWhy steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems