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Episode list

How the Victorians Built Britain
The Birth of the Machines
Fri, Sep 21, 2018
  • S1.E4
  • The Birth of the Machines
In this episode, presenter Michael Buerk discovers how the Victorians created what we know as mass manufacturing meaning goods could be produced at a rate that had never been seen before and it was down to one thing, cotton.
8.8 /10
How Britain Got Moving
Fri, Aug 31, 2018
  • S1.E1
  • How Britain Got Moving
The development of London's pioneering transport system in the mid-19th century.
8.5 /10
Saving the Nation's Health
Fri, Sep 07, 2018
  • S1.E2
  • Saving the Nation's Health
In this episode, presenter Michael Buerk discovers how the Victorians created the sewers and fresh, clean water for all.
8.3 /10
The Making of the Modern Home

S1.E3 ∙ The Making of the Modern Home

Fri, Sep 14, 2018
In this episode, presenter Michael Buerk discovers how the Victorians created what we know as the modern home - from the boom in housebuilding, producing gas from coal, lighting, home entertainment and electricity.
8 /10
The Birth of the Machines

S1.E4 ∙ The Birth of the Machines

Fri, Sep 21, 2018
In this episode, presenter Michael Buerk discovers how the Victorians created what we know as mass manufacturing meaning goods could be produced at a rate that had never been seen before and it was down to one thing, cotton.
8.8 /10
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This week's popular movies

The Real Full Monty

7.8
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RM: Right People, Wrong Place

8
Generally favorable

Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy

6.7
Generally favorable

The Menendez Brothers

7
Generally favorable

Beatles '64

7.3
Generally favorable

Sugarcane

7.2
Generally favorable

Will & Harper

7.5
Generally favorable

No Other Land

8.4
Generally favorable

2073

5.1
Mixed or average

Playboy: Playmates Bustin' Out

7.3
Generally favorable

This week's popular TV shows

Producers' Workshop

0
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Baletnyy sindrom

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Stardom

7.8
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Racconti neri

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Anthology

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Islam'in Sartlari

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Natural

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Akershus slott og festning gjennom 700 år

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TI Series

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Angry Young Men

7.7
Generally favorable

Edit Focus

Holocaust: The View from the Heartland

Holocaust: The View from the Heartland

Examines the public's awareness in Illinois of the Nazi persecution and crimes against the Jews in Germany and Europe from 1933 to 1945 and activities meant to call attention to the plight of the Jews.

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Regards from the War

Regards from the War

A journey following the story of postcards written during the Yom Kippur war by soldiers who were off fighting their first war, afraid of dying and never making it back home. Writing home helped them hold onto life, and for those who received the postcards, it was written proof that their loved ones were still alive, or a souvenir from them.

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Kurdî

Kurdî

Tells the story of a man in search of himself, his people, his gun and a country that doesn't exist.

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Return to Bosnia

Return to Bosnia

How could your neighbours turn into killers?

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Letters of Tuskegee

Letters of Tuskegee

In January 2012, an old reel was found in a thrift store. it revealed women in the 1940's talking about their loved ones who have travelled to Tuskegee Alabama to be come pilots. We know them today as the Tuskegee Airmen.

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Up the Deadly Boot: The Italian Campaign

Up the Deadly Boot: The Italian Campaign

The story of the Allies fight for Italy.

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