• 2022
  • 1h
Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

Summary Documentary series examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build. View more details

  • 2022
  • 1h

Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Shini Somara Nehemiah Mabry Corina Kwami Claire Barratt

All cast & crew

6.9

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Feb 13, 2022

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : UKTV Play

Language : English

Production companies : Like a Shot Entertainment UKTV

Summary Documentary series examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Feb 13, 2022

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : UKTV Play

Language : English

Production companies : Like a Shot Entertainment UKTV

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Feb 13, 2022
A Leisure Time Game Changer
Examining a cliff in North Yorkshire that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, the world's oldest operating roller-coaster, an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.
Episode 2 • Feb 20, 2022
War on the Waves
Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England. Plus, a grand public works facility in Prague and the mint building in San Francisco.
Episode 3 • Feb 27, 2022
A Subterranean Revolution
The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.
Episode 4 • Mar 06, 2022
The Birth of the Factory
A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. Plus, a bridge in St. Louis, and a vast hanger in Brazil.
Episode 5 • Mar 13, 2022
Global Communications Breakthrough
Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.
Episode 6 • Mar 20, 2022
Scaling New Heights
Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building (a mill in Shrewsbury), how paper production changed the world, and the impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
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