S1E1: South West | Local Heroes

1: A Cup of Tea | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy Martin renovates a neglected narrowboat with inventions from the Industrial Revolution. He begins by building an 18th-century b...

1: Migration and Emigration | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to-day liv...

1: The Great Ship | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Following the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's struggle to build the world's largest ship, The Great Eastern.

2: A Nice Hot Shower | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy decides to make a steam engine power the shower on board his aptly-named narrowboat, Reckless. He also visits the factory ...

2: Brunel | Great Britons (2002)

In a series of programs about the chief candidates for greatness, Jeremy Clarkson argues the case for Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great 19t...

2: Crime and Punishment | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives o...

2: The Age of Invention | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

Howard Goodall looks at the fertile musical period between 1650 and 1750, in which many of the musical innovations ...

3: A Good Night's Sleep | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy Martin visits an Industrial Revolution cotton mill to weave his own sheets on 19th-century looms, then builds a mattres...

3: Having It All | The Victorians

Continuing his exploration of the Victorian world, Jeremy Paxman tells how railways, factories and military might made Britain the richest ...

3: Health and Housing | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives of ...

3: Victoria | Queens that Changed the World

Victoria reigned in a time of huge change. She was the first queen to be among her public, and led the way for modern royals.

4: Beans on Toast | The Boat That Guy Built

Motorcycle racer and engineering enthusiast Guy Martin makes a tin can using a 200-year-old technique, bakes his own traditional ...

4: Mine (Black Country) | How Britain Worked

Guy Martin's project is the first piston engine ever built - The Newcomen Beam Engine - which the team set out to return to full...

4: Work and Wages | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives of the ...

5: Henry VIII to the Industrial Revolution | Michael Wood's Story of England

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history sees 17th-century dissenters, an ...

5: Make a Boat a Home | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy and his best mate Mave decide to give their narrowboat a makeover. They learn about the most influential British interior...

5: Reform and Recreation | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives ...

6: 1900-1909 - Britain at its peak? | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to...

6: The Homecoming | The Boat That Guy Built

Guy Martin examines inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Guy and Mave show off their renovated boat and all its historic inve...

7: Age of Industry | Andrew Marr's History of the World

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.