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Brits Who Made The Modern World: Season 1

Miniseries 2008

  • 2008-06-20T18:30:00Z on Channel 5
  • 22m
  • 2h 12m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, History
The three-part series tells the story of British architects Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-06-20T18:30:00Z

1x01 Formula One

Series Premiere

1x01 Formula One

  • 2008-06-20T18:30:00Z22m

Peter Snow finds out how Britain's successful Formula One industry has its origins in a remarkable amateur racing club and a visionary group of motor enthusiasts. He meets the surviving members of the Lotus Engineering team whose revolutionary car, the Lotus 25, changed the sport forever.

2008-06-27T18:30:00Z

1x02 Tilting Trains

1x02 Tilting Trains

  • 2008-06-27T18:30:00Z22m

Peter Snow introduces the story of the ill-fated Advanced Passenger Train which, despite being deemed a failure, was one of the greatest technological advances on the railways in 100 years. Commissioned by British Rail, the revolutionary trains were designed to tilt around curves. The designers of the experimental APT, Alan Wickens and Mike Newman reveal their story.

2008-07-04T18:30:00Z

1x03 Rockets

1x03 Rockets

  • 2008-07-04T18:30:00Z22m

Peter Snow explores the role played by two British engineers in the team behind Black Arrow, and the rocket programme that launched the country's first satellite almost 40 years ago.

2008-07-25T18:30:00Z

1x04 Mobile Phones

1x04 Mobile Phones

  • 2008-07-25T18:30:00Z22m

In the early 1980s, a team of engineers developed software that laid out a system of phone masts around the country. Their work helped launch Vodafone - now one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.

2008-07-15T18:30:00Z

1x05 The Harrier

1x05 The Harrier

  • 2008-07-15T18:30:00Z22m

The documentary series looking at the untold stories of British scientific innovations focuses on the creation of the Harrier jump jet. Peter Snow discovers how the vision and persistence of two young designers led to the development of the world's first vertical take-off aircraft.

2008-08-22T18:30:00Z

1x06 Video Games

1x06 Video Games

  • 2008-08-22T18:30:00Z22m

The documentary series looking at the untold stories of British scientific innovations focuses on the development of Britain's 1.4 billion pound computer game industry. In the early 1980s, two pioneering Cambridge undergraduates set out to achieve the seemingly impossible task of developing the world's first 3-D computer game.

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