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  • 2003-07-14T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-07-14T23:00:00Z

1x01 The Early Pioneers

Series Premiere

1x01 The Early Pioneers

  • 2003-07-14T23:00:00Z30m

A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.

2003-07-21T23:00:00Z

1x02 The Transport Revolution

1x02 The Transport Revolution

  • 2003-07-21T23:00:00Z30m

How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.

1x03 Driving the Wheels of Industry

  • 2003-07-28T23:00:00Z30m

The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power charts the role of steam in Britain’s 18th- and 19th-century industrial expansion, and the use of huge stationary steam engines in mills, collieries and steel works until well into the 20th century.

2003-08-04T23:00:00Z

1x04 Steam down the Road

1x04 Steam down the Road

  • 2003-08-04T23:00:00Z30m

The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power looks at experiments in the use of steam for road transport that took place a full century before the invention of the car.

2003-08-11T23:00:00Z

1x05 Steam on the Water

1x05 Steam on the Water

  • 2003-08-11T23:00:00Z30m

A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.

2003-08-18T23:00:00Z

1x06 Steam and the Modern Age

1x06 Steam and the Modern Age

  • 2003-08-18T23:00:00Z30m

The Lancastrian steeplejack’s history of steam power concludes with a look at today’s powerful steam turbines that generate electricity and the preservation of our steam heritage in museums.

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