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Season 1
January 10, 2002

Season 1

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01. Boom Time

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

30min
January 10, 2002
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02. Pants for All

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

30min
January 17, 2002
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03. 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

30min
January 24, 2002
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04. 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

30min
January 31, 2002
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05. Working Iron

How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.

30min
February 7, 2002
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06. 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

30min
February 14, 2002
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07. Cutting Edge

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

30min
February 21, 2002
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08. The Iron Horse

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

30min
February 28, 2002
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09. Highland Flop

More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.

30min
March 4, 2002
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10. Power Crazy

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

30min
March 11, 2002