Episodes List
Ep.1 Boom Time
Air Date: 2002-01-10
The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
Ep.2 Pants for All
Air Date: 2002-01-17
Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
Ep.3 Clocking On
Air Date: 2002-01-24
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
Ep.4 Pennine Passage
Air Date: 2002-01-31
How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
Ep.5 Working Iron
Air Date: 2002-02-07
How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
Ep.6 Coining It
Air Date: 2002-02-14
Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades
Ep.7 Cutting Edge
Air Date: 2002-02-21
How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
Ep.8 The Iron Horse
Air Date: 2002-02-28
Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
Ep.9 Highland Flop
Air Date: 2002-03-04
More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
Ep.10 Power Crazy
Air Date: 2002-03-11
Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems
