Industrial Revelations

Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the original host of Mark Williams in 2001 and 2002.

Episode guide[]

Series 1 - 2002 - Industrial Revelations - Mark Williams^[1]

• 1. Boom Time: Coal, canals and steam, an explosive combination.
• 2. Pants for All: The industrial transformation on the cotton industry.
• 3. Clocking On
• 4. Pennine Passage
• 5. Working Iron
• 6. Coining It: A look into a few of the Thousand Trades of Birmingham
• 7. Cutting Edge: Steel and cutlery in Sheffield
• 8. The Iron Horse
• 9. Highland Flop
• 10. Power Crazy

Series 2 - 2005 - More Industrial Revelations - Mark Williams^[2]

• 1. Bread and Beer
• 2. What to Wear?
• 3. Gas on Wheels
• 4. Print and Paper
• 5. Under Pressure
• 6. Building a Revolution
• 7. Bright Sparks
• 8. Heavy Metal
• 9. Cutting it fine
• 10. Machine Tools

Series 3 - 2005 - Industrial Revelations - The European Story - Ronald Top

• 1. Reaping the Whirlwind
• 2. The Canal King
• 3. Hot Metal
• 4. The Impossible Railway
• 5. Big Bang
• 6. Generation Electric
• 7. Industrial Espionage
• 8. Steam on the Water
• 9. Iron Men of Sweden
• 10. King Silk

Series 4 - 2006 - More Industrial Revelations Europe - Ronald Top

• 1. Bread, Beer and Salt
• 2. Building Europe
• 3. The City
• 4. Cotton, Linen and Rope
• 5. Eiffel's Tower
• 6. Exploding Engines
• 7. High Fliers
• 8. Perfect Porcelain
• 9. Steaming up the Alps
• 10. Swedish Waterways

Series 5 - 2008 - Rory McGrath^[3]

• 1. Buildings
• 2. Planes
• 3. Bridges
• 4. Vehicles
• 5. Ships
• 6. Transport Networks

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