How Britain Worked(2012)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2012-10-21
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Guy Martin celebrates the workers of the Industrial Revolution by getting stuck into six of the country's biggest restoration projects, bringing some of the 19th century's most impressive engineering achievements back to life.
Keywords
engineering
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Severn Valley Railway
Air Date: 2012-10-21
Guy helps to overhaul a steam locomotive used on the popular Severn Valley Railway, a 16-mile stretch of track in Shr...
E02
Yorkshire Saw Mill
Air Date: 2012-10-28
Guy works to get a Yorkshire saw mill up and running again, and then use it to make a replica of one of the less-cele...
E03
Victorian Seaside Resort
Air Date: 2012-11-04
Guy visits Llandudno to help get this Queen of Victorian resorts up to scratch in time for the summer season. The gr...
E04
Newcomen Beam Engine
Air Date: 2012-11-11
In this edition Guy's project is the first piston engine ever built. The Newcomen Beam Engine was the first practica...
E05
Brixham Sailing Trawler
Air Date: 2012-11-18
Guy helps restore the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler, the boat that launched the modern fishing industry an...
E06
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Air Date: 2012-11-25
Birmingham Botanical Gardens may seem an unlikely place to explore the wonders of the Industrial Revolution, but hidd...
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