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Bush Tucker Man:
As a follow on from my 'Seven Wonders of the Industrial World' thread, here's a bit of news about a new TV series.

Commencing on Tuesday 7th October on BBC2 is a series about the cause & effects of the Industrial Revolution, this will be presented by Dan Cruickshank (House Detectives, Britains Best Buildings, Return To Iraq)

It will cover such diverse subjects as  Stevensons Rocket, medicine, technoology of warfare and the development of urban living.
The 'kick-start' of progress such as iron founding, Canals, railways and mechanisation should be touched upon as well.

Sadly it is only a 6part series. As much as I like Fred Dibnah and consider him 'the master' of this subject, I think Cruickshank will do well as he'll look from the scholarly angle

wifey:
will certainly try to catch this one.

Bush Tucker Man:
Yes it looks like a good one Tina.
About time someone at the BBC 'bit the PCbullet' and did one on the 'Social & Technological Impact Of The Motor-Vehicle', just don't have all the 'tree-huggers' on it :lol:

I reckon Clarkson, Fred Dibnah, Vicki Butler-Henderson,and Claire from 'Salvage Squad' ought to present it

wifey:
simon seemed to think that this series had already started, but I think he's confusing the snippets that Adam Hart Davies is doing at the moment.

Bush Tucker Man:
Mr H-D is currently being repeated in 10minute segments (30minutes on Sundays) of 'What The Victorians Did For Us'.
Last one I saw was about Lord Armstrong & Cragside - his house at Rothbury  (Northumbria)
Whether the BBC is playing upon the association factor, but it also works in opposition as viewers will think in the same way as 'Hubs'

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