Season 1 (2002)
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Episodes 10
Pants for All
Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
Read MoreClocking 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
Read MorePennine Passage
How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
Read MoreWorking Iron
How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
Read MoreCoining It
Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades
Read MoreCutting Edge
How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
Read MoreThe Iron Horse
Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
Read MoreHighland Flop
More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
Read MorePower Crazy
Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems
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