Summary It is an icon of London, a design classic printed on everything from t-shirts to baseball caps, but the Underground Map started with one man working in his bedroom. Harry Beck was an electrical engineer. In 1931 he realized that his circuit diagrams were a perfect model for a new map of the underground network. Nicholas Crane travels the tube to discover how he did it. Why did he exclude everything at street level and what dictated his choice of color for each line?
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Nicholas Crane
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Filming locations : Barnet, Greater London, England, UK
Production companies : BBC Scotland Tern Television
Summary It is an icon of London, a design classic printed on everything from t-shirts to baseball caps, but the Underground Map started with one man working in his bedroom. Harry Beck was an electrical engineer. In 1931 he realized that his circuit diagrams were a perfect model for a new map of the underground network. Nicholas Crane travels the tube to discover how he did it. Why did he exclude everything at street level and what dictated his choice of color for each line?
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Filming locations : Barnet, Greater London, England, UK
Production companies : BBC Scotland Tern Television
