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Speed Merchants

What the Victorians Did For UsOriginal
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Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. This edition focuses on the Victorian obsession with speed.

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.

This edition focuses on the Victorian obsession with speed, and the impact of steam power on farming. After visiting the last steam-powered mill in the country, he experiences the legacy of Brunel's Great Western Railway, and sees if a project to build a steam-powered plane can ever get off the ground.

30 minutes

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Thu 8 Jan 200922:00
BBC Two except Yorkshire

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PresenterAdam Hart-Davis

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  • Thu 8 Jan 200922:00
    BBC Two except Yorkshire