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They Made Our WorldEpisodes

  1. John Logie Baird

    A wireless with pictures.

  2. Henry Ford

    The car maker who made motors for the masses and introduced the factory assembly line

  3. Wright Brothers

    Wilbur and Orville Wright and their contribution to the history of aviation

  4. Edison

    How Edison's methods of research led to the light bulb and the record player

  5. Mendel

    How Mendel's study of peas led to him becoming one of the founders of modern biology

  6. Jenner

    Jenner and the folk belief that led to the eradication of smallpox

  7. Marconi

    Sending messages without wires, Guglielmo Marconi's role in the communications revolution

  8. Alexander Graham Bell

    How Bell's interest in sound and work in telegraphy led to the invention of telephones