The Secret Life of Machines(1988)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1988-11-15
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 8.1
Votes: 8
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 18
The Secret Life of Machines is an educational television series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, in which the two explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the show's creator, the programme was developed from his comic strip The Rudiments of Wisdom, which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years. Three separate groupings of the broadcast were produced and originally shown between 1988 and 1993 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, with the production subsequently airing on The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel.
Keywords
inventionengineeringeducationalmachine
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner
Air Date: 1988-11-15
Before the invention of the vacuum cleaner, carpets and upholstery were taken outside and beaten once a year to get t...
E02
The Secret Life of the Washing Machine
Air Date: 1988-11-22
The earliest form of automatic washing was the nautical practice of towing clothes behind the ship. The combination o...
E03
The Secret Life of the Sewing Machine
Air Date: 1988-11-29
The first patent for a sewing machine was taken out by an English cabinetmaker called Thomas Saint in 1790. It's doub...
E04
The Secret Life of the Refrigerator
Air Date: 1988-12-06
Commercial refrigeration equipment was first developed in Australia, where the winters weren't cold enough to produce...
E05
The Secret Life of the Central Heating System
Air Date: 1988-12-13
At first Roman houses simply had a fire in the middle of the room (the Latin for hearth is focus). But they probably ...
E06
The Secret Life of the Television Set
Air Date: 1988-12-20
John Logie Baird, the Scottish inventor, developed an electromechanical TV system in the 1920s and gave frequent publ...
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