S01E01: Victorian | Turn Back Time

S01E01: Victorian | Turn Back Time

History | BBC One | 2010 | 59'05''

A group of modern shopkeepers and their families live and trade through six key eras of history. They begin their journey in the 1870s, wh...

Unlocking the Midlands | A History of the World

Unlocking the Midlands | A History of the World

History | BBC One | 2010 | 28'54''

Chris Tarrant discovers how one simple invention revolutionised the industrial heart of Britain. He travels by narrow boat to...

The Man Who Shrank the Globe | A History of the World

The Man Who Shrank the Globe | A History of the World

History | BBC One | 2010 | 28'54''

Jem Stansfield uncovers the story behind the invention of the jet engine. Frank Whittle turned our world into a global ...

The Clock That Changed the World | A History of the World

The Clock That Changed the World | A History of the World

History | BBC One | 2010 | 29'09''

Adam Hart-Davis tells the story of the amazing 280-year-old wooden clock, made in Lincolnshire, that changed timeke...

The Birth of Steam | A History of the World

The Birth of Steam | A History of the World

History | BBC One | 2010 | 28'52''

Adam Hart-Davis tells the remarkable story of Thomas Newcomen, the Devon man who invented the world's first working steam-powered...

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

History | BBC HD | 2013 | 57'55''

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost ent...

S2E4: This Land Is Our Land | A History of Scotland

S2E4: This Land Is Our Land | A History of Scotland

History | BBC One Scotland | 2009 | 58'12''

Neil Oliver looks at how, in the early 19th century, rural workers fled from Scotland's countryside into the industrial t...

2: Brunel | Great Britons (2002)

2: Brunel | Great Britons (2002)

History | BBC Two | 2002 | 57'50''

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

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

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

History | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'41''

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

6: The Homecoming | The Boat That Guy Built

6: The Homecoming | The Boat That Guy Built

History | BBC One | 2011 | 29'08''

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

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

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

History | BBC One | 2011 | 29'06''

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

4: Beans on Toast | The Boat That Guy Built

4: Beans on Toast | The Boat That Guy Built

History | BBC One | 2011 | 28'57''

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

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

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

History | BBC One | 2011 | 29'03''

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

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

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

History | BBC One | 2011 | 29'09''

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

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

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

History | BBC One | 2011 | 29'02''

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

3: Having It All | The Victorians

3: Having It All | The Victorians

History | BBC One | 2009 | 58'46''

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

Railway Mania | The Past at Work

Railway Mania | The Past at Work

History | BBC Two | 1980 | 24'51''

First transmitted in 1980, Anthony Burton discovers more about Britain's industrial past and the role of railway companies in the 19th Century.

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

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

History | BBC Four | 2010 | 59'05''

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

Episode 6 | Full Steam Ahead

Episode 6 | Full Steam Ahead

History | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'07''

The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians.

Episode 5 | Full Steam Ahead

Episode 5 | Full Steam Ahead

History | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'07''

The team visit the South Devon Railway to explore the life of the branch line before the Beeching cuts of the 60s.

Episode 4 | Full Steam Ahead

Episode 4 | Full Steam Ahead

History | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'17''

Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn help get the most famous locomotive in the world, the Flying Scotsman, into steam.

Full Steam Ahead

Full Steam Ahead

History | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'13''

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn explore how the introduction of steam railways in the early 19th century changed Britain.

S1E0: First in Flight: The Wright Brothers | Days That Shook the World

S1E0: First in Flight: The Wright Brothers | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'18''

17/12/1903 - The date of the first powered flight.

Episode 3 | Britain’s Biggest Dig

Episode 3 | Britain’s Biggest Dig

History | BBC Two | 2020 | 58'58''

How working-class Victorians made Birmingham one of the most important industrial cities on the planet, why some skeletons have myste...

Episode 1 | Britain’s Biggest Dig

Episode 1 | Britain’s Biggest Dig

History | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'16''

In advance of the construction of HS2, the biggest ever cemetery excavation in Britain reveals the forgotten stories of rich and poor...

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

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

History | BBC One | 2012 | 59'14''

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

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

History | BBC Four | 2011 | 59'13''

Using animation and actual recorded testimony, historian Jane Humphries tells the story of the child workers whose exploitation was ...

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

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

History | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'35''

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

5: Reform and Recreation | History File

5: Reform and Recreation | History File

History | BBC Two | 2000 | 18'25''

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

4: Work and Wages | History File

4: Work and Wages | History File

History | BBC Two | 2000 | 18'11''

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

3: Health and Housing | History File

3: Health and Housing | History File

History | BBC Two | 2000 | 19'01''

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

2: Crime and Punishment | History File

2: Crime and Punishment | History File

History | BBC Two | 2000 | 18'51''

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

1: Migration and Emigration | History File

1: Migration and Emigration | History File

History | BBC Two | 2000 | 18'54''

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

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

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'07''

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

S3E2: Victoria and Her Sisters | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

S3E2: Victoria and Her Sisters | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

History | BBC Two | 2002 | 59'14''

A look at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, such as indus...

S2E3: Britannia Incorporated | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

S2E3: Britannia Incorporated | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

History | BBC Two | 2001 | 58'46''

Simon Schama's epic history reaches the 18th century, where an economic explosion gives birth to the cons...

S2E3: The Worst Industrial Jobs in History | The Worst Jobs In History

S2E3: The Worst Industrial Jobs in History | The Worst Jobs In History

History | Channel 4 | 2006 | 48'51''

Among the Worst Industrial Jobs in History are: Bridge builders, Canal leggers, bone cleaner to make b...

4: Mine (Black Country) | How Britain Worked

4: Mine (Black Country) | How Britain Worked

History | Channel 4 | 2012 | 46'22''

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

9: The Victorian Achievement | In Search of Scotland

9: The Victorian Achievement | In Search of Scotland

History | BBC Two | 2004 | 28'59''

Fiona Watson looks at how the prosperity of cities such as Glasgow and Dundee in the 19th century was tempered by widesp...

8: Crucible of the Modern World | In Search of Scotland

8: Crucible of the Modern World | In Search of Scotland

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'19''

Fiona Watson looks at the influential Scots who played a large part in both the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revo...

3: Victoria | Queens that Changed the World

3: Victoria | Queens that Changed the World

History | Channel 4 | 2023 | 46'46''

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.

S2E6: South East | Local Heroes

S2E6: South East | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 29'01''

Adam Hart-Davis's search for Britain's greatest scientific pioneers is in South-East England, where he looks at the work of Hertha Ayrton, Th...

S2E5: Wales | Local Heroes

S2E5: Wales | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 29'02''

Adam Hart-Davis recalls heroes of science and invention in Wales. Amongst others, he reveals the inventions of Harry Grindell Matthews and Richard...

S2E4: North East | Local Heroes

S2E4: North East | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 28'57''

Adam Hart-Davis's search for Britain's greatest scientific pioneers is in North-East England, where he looks at the work of Charles Algernon,...

S2E3: East | Local Heroes

S2E3: East | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 28'55''

Adam Hart-Davis's search for pioneers of science and invention takes him to the East of England. He finds out about Benjamin Wiseman Jr, who patent...

S2E1: Devon | Local Heroes

S2E1: Devon | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 28'56''

Adam Hart-Davis's search for Britain's greatest scientific pioneers is in Devon, where he looks at the legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Henry Mo...

S1E6: North West | Local Heroes

S1E6: North West | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 29'21''

Host Adam Hart-Davis discovers the connection between botany and Wordsworth the poet when he learns about his friend, John Gough , a local bo...

S1E5: Northern Ireland | Local Heroes

S1E5: Northern Ireland | Local Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 29'08''

Adam Hart-Davis who looks at local heroes of science and invention. Including John Boyd Dunlop, William Coppin, Rev George William Garr...