Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles

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Robbie Coltrane charts the history of the ground-breaking engineering behind motorised vehicles

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Latest Episodes

  • Supercharger

    Robbie Coltrane gets passionate about the development of the engine that revolutionised the worlds of motoring and military transport - the supercharger. Visiting important sites in its evolution, he charts the progress of the engine from the race track to its decisive role in the fighter planes of World War Two, including the Messerschmitt 109 and the Spitfire

  • Jet

    Robbie Coltrane takes a spin in a Gloucester Meteor as he charts the development of the jet engine from Frank Whittle's wartime jottings in his student notebook to the world-shrinking multi-million-pound industry of today. He also visits America, where manufacturers Pratt and Whitney pioneered fuel-injection engines

  • V8

    The actor focuses on the workings of the V8, perhaps the greatest engine ever produced by America

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