And that's itpublished at 22:00 BST 15 June 2017
Britain's Greatest Invention is antibiotics
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Cast your vote for Britain's Greatest Invention
Shortlist: Steam engine, antibiotics, jet engine, mobile phone, television, concrete and the fridge
And that's itpublished at 22:00 BST 15 June 2017
The winner is...published at 21:56 BST 15 June 2017
Antibiotics!
Image caption, Winner of Britain's Greatest Invention
How did we miss this one?published at 21:54 BST 15 June 2017
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End of X postThat's it.published at 21:52 BST 15 June 2017
Results to come
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More fun at the fairpublished at 21:50 BST 15 June 2017
Paul and Becki Gibbs (McFarlane) have shared these pictures of their parents' Festival of Britain memorabilia. Both sets of parents visited in 1951 and kept this programme and bar of soap as momentos.
Voting is still openpublished at 21:49 BST 15 June 2017
You have the power...
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End of X postThere's still time to votepublished at 21:43 BST 15 June 2017
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End of X postFestival of Britain memoriespublished at 21:41 BST 15 June 2017
Here's some memories of the 1951 event
Viewer Mike Carey with his Nanna & Grandad Dawson, Mum and sister Sue at the Festival of Britain in 1951.
We have a winner*published at 21:40 BST 15 June 2017
*not actually true.
Carry on voting for your choice of the seven inventions here.
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End of X postTime to votepublished at 21:38 BST 15 June 2017
Seven inventions. Which will you choose?
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Concrete: a brief history of brutalist buildingspublished at 21:36 BST 15 June 2017
Beauty or eyesore?
In the 1950s and ‘60s concrete buildings began to rise up all around the world, as the school of architecture known as Brutalism flourished. Brutalism drew its name from its adherent’s material of choice: béton brut or raw concrete.
Jonathan Meades looks back to the ancient roots of concrete as a building material – to the Pantheon in Rome and the Pont du Gard in the south of France.
Media caption, Episode 1 of Bunkers and Brutalism by Jonathan Meades
How British is concrete?published at 21:32 BST 15 June 2017
Nick Knowles is championing concrete tonight.
Romans produced the first concrete using volcanic ash, quicklime and water. Concrete is a key material in incredible Roman buildings such as the Pantheon and the Colloseum.
Finding a dearth of volcanic ash in 1824, Joseph Aspdin mixed clay and limestone to form a new substance to act as the 'glue' in his concrete mix. He patented this as Portland cement and the modern day building material was born.
Image caption, Levelling concrete with trowels
Image caption, The Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118 - 125 AD
We're on to the final inventionpublished at 21:31 BST 15 June 2017
Does concrete get your vote?
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End of X postAll about antibioticspublished at 21:27 BST 15 June 2017
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End of X postThe early days of penicillinpublished at 21:25 BST 15 June 2017
Dr Hannah Fry
Presenter, Britain's Greatest InventionHannah Fry speaks to curator Selina Hurley to discover the secrets behind a machine designed in 1940 to yield increasingly pure samples of penicillin.
Re-purposing a bookshelf from the Bodleian library to form part of your penicillin machine?Now that's ingenuity...
Media caption, Hannah Fry discovers a machine designed to yield increasingly pure penicillin samples.
A truly life changing inventionpublished at 21:22 BST 15 June 2017
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End of X postRocket manpublished at 21:21 BST 15 June 2017
"And all this science I don't understand"
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End of X postBut is the light on when the door's shut?published at 21:18 BST 15 June 2017
The latest in fridge technology.
Internet enabled and with cameras inside. The modern fridge.
Media caption, What tech is coming to your home?
Will your vote go to the fridge?published at 21:17 BST 15 June 2017
It's the cool choice.
Sorry.
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End of X postTime for a mid programme snack?published at 21:14 BST 15 June 2017
We're almost halfway through the seven inventions
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