Industrial Revelations (2002)
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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Episode 1 - Boom Time
Release Date: 2002-01-10The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
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Episode 2 - Pants for All
Release Date: 2002-01-17Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
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Episode 3 - Clocking On
Release Date: 2002-01-24Mark 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
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Episode 4 - Pennine Passage
Release Date: 2002-01-31How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
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Episode 5 - Working Iron
Release Date: 2002-02-07How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
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Episode 6 - Coining It
Release Date: 2002-02-14Mark 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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Episode 7 - Cutting Edge
Release Date: 2002-02-21How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
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Episode 8 - The Iron Horse
Release Date: 2002-02-28Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
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Episode 9 - Highland Flop
Release Date: 2002-03-04More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
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Episode 10 - Power Crazy
Release Date: 2002-03-11Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems