Season 2

10 EPISODES • 2005

Season 2 of Industrial Revelations was released on January 10 and consists of 10 episodes.

Episodes

1: Bread and Beer

Jan 10, 2005

Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria

2: What to Wear?

Jan 17, 2005

Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine

3: Gas on Wheels

Jan 24, 2005

The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams

4: Print and Paper

Jan 31, 2005

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

5: Under Pressure

Feb 7, 2005

Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution

6: Building a Revolution

Feb 14, 2005

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.

7: Bright Sparks

Feb 21, 2005

How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.

8: Heavy Metals

Feb 28, 2005

The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea

9: Cutting it Fine

Mar 7, 2005

How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.

10: Machine Tools

Mar 14, 2005

Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory

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