Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie

History

History

Presenter Chris Barrie explores pivotal moments in Britain's recent engineering past. Beginning with the 1910s, he examines the inventions that industrialised the nation and paved the way for World War I, then moves to the technology of the 1920s and decades beyond. From a nostalgic look at trains to the invention of lawn mowers and petrol pumps, Barrie reveals the discoveries that helped develop the nation.