Industrial Revelations Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Boom Time

  The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution. Presented by Mark Williams

• Clocking On

  Mark Williams discovers how engineer James Brindley tunnelled through hills in a straight line, and details the emergence of Josiah Wedgwood's pottery business as a global industry

• Coining It

  Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades

• The Cutting Edge

  How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry

• The Iron Horse

  Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive

• The Iron Horse

  Mark Williams explores how the frantic competition between Welsh iron masters drove the development of the first steam locomotive

• Pants for Everyone

  Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills

• Pennine Passage

  How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution

• Power Mad

  Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems

• Steam on the Water

  Mark Williams travels around Scotland on a steam-driven Clyde puffer to investigate how boats were improved during the Industrial Revolution

• Working Iron

  How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution. Presented by Mark Williams of The Fast Show