Mark Williams
Industrial Revelations (2002)
Season 2
Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the first series in 2002 hosted by Mark Williams.
Released Jan. 10, 2002
Episode 30 min
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S2E1 - Bread and Beer
Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
Jan. 10, 2005, midnight
S2E2 - What to Wear?
Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
Jan. 17, 2005, midnight
S2E3 - Gas on Wheels
The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
Jan. 24, 2005, midnight
S2E4 - Print and Paper
In a look at the history of printing, Mark Williams discovers why early typesetters arranged lower-case letters according to their usage, with the most common being in the middle
Jan. 31, 2005, midnight
S2E5 - Under Pressure
Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
Feb. 7, 2005, midnight
S2E6 - Building a Revolution
Documentary exploring how the massive construction boom triggered by the Industrial Revolution forced the building industry to find new materials to cope with increasing demand.
Feb. 14, 2005, midnight
S2E7 - Bright Sparks
How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
Feb. 21, 2005, midnight
S2E8 - Heavy Metals
The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
Feb. 28, 2005, midnight
S2E9 - Cutting it Fine
How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
March 7, 2005, midnight
S2E10 - Machine Tools
Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory
March 14, 2005, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Jan. 10, 2002
Last Air Date: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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