Season 2
10 episodes · Jan 10, 2005
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- S2E1
Bread and Beer
Jan 10, 200530mComedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
- S2E2
What to Wear?
Jan 17, 200530mMark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
- S2E3
Gas on Wheels
Jan 24, 200530mThe use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
- S2E4
Print and Paper
Jan 31, 200530mIn 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
- S2E5
Under Pressure
Feb 7, 200530mMark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
- S2E6
Building a Revolution
Feb 14, 200530mDocumentary exploring how the massive construction boom triggered by the Industrial Revolution forced the building industry to find new materials to cope with increasing demand.
- S2E7
Bright Sparks
Feb 21, 200530mHow the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
- S2E8
Heavy Metals
Feb 28, 200530mThe development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
- S2E9
Cutting it Fine
Mar 7, 200530mHow silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
- S2E10
Machine Tools
Mar 14, 200530mMark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory