Industrial Revelations

7.0(1)|2002-01-10|5 seasons, 46 episodes

Documentary

Overview

Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the first series in 2002 hosted by Mark Williams.

Episodes

Season 1(10)Season 2(10)Season 3(10)Season 4(10)Season 5(6)

S1E1 · 2002-01-10 · 30m

Boom Time

The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.

S1E2 · 2002-01-17 · 30m

Pants for All

Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills

S1E3 · 2002-01-24 · 30m

Clocking 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

S1E4 · 2002-01-31 · 30m

Pennine Passage

How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution

S1E5 · 2002-02-07 · 30m

Working Iron

How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.

S1E6 · 2002-02-14 · 30m

Coining It

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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Mark Williams

Rory McGrath