Season 1

1. Boom Time

The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.

2002-01-10 • 30 min

2. Pants for All

Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills

2002-01-17 • 30 min

3. Clocking On

Mark Williams discovers how engineer James Brindley tunnelled through hills in a straight line, and details the emergence of Josiah Wedgwood's pottery business as a global industry

2002-01-24 • 30 min

4. Pennine Passage

How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution

2002-01-31 • 30 min

5. Working Iron

How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.

2002-02-07 • 30 min

6. Coining It

Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades

2002-02-14 • 30 min

7. Cutting Edge

How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry

2002-02-21 • 30 min

8. The Iron Horse

Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive

2002-02-28 • 30 min

9. Highland Flop

More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.

2002-03-04 • 30 min

10. Power Crazy

Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems

2002-03-11 • 30 min