Season 1 (2002)
Release date: 2002-01-10
Episodes (10):
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1. Boom Time
The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
Release date: 2002-01-10
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2. Pants for All
Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
Release date: 2002-01-17
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3. 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
Release date: 2002-01-24
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4. 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
Release date: 2002-01-31
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5. Working Iron
How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
Release date: 2002-02-07
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6. 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
Release date: 2002-02-14
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7. Cutting Edge
How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
Release date: 2002-02-21
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8. The Iron Horse
Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
Release date: 2002-02-28
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9. Highland Flop
More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
Release date: 2002-03-04
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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
Release date: 2002-03-11
