Industrial Revelations

Season 2

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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.

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10 Episodes

  • Bread and Beer
    E1
    Bread and BeerComedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
  • What to Wear?
    E2
    What to Wear?Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
  • Gas on Wheels
    E3
    Gas on WheelsThe use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
  • Print and Paper
    E4
    Print and PaperIn 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
  • Under Pressure
    E5
    Under PressureMark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
  • Building a Revolution
    E6
    Building a RevolutionDocumentary exploring how the massive construction boom triggered by the Industrial Revolution forced the building industry to find new materials to cope with increasing demand.
  • Bright Sparks
    E7
    Bright SparksHow the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
  • Heavy Metals
    E8
    Heavy MetalsThe development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
  • Cutting it Fine
    E9
    Cutting it FineHow silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
  • Machine Tools
    E10
    Machine ToolsMark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory

Cast of Season 2

  • Mark Williams
  • Rory McGrath

 

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