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Vacuum Cleaner

Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car.

Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car.

She finds out why a wheezy janitor in the 1900s took inspiration from a sewing machine to create the first popular portable vacuum. And she comes face to face with a colony of creepy crawlies whose job is to help us fight the filth.

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Credits

RoleContributor
Executive ProducerPaul Overton
Production ManagerSam Breslin
Series ProducerEileen Inkson

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