About this season
Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the first series in 2002 hosted by Mark Williams.
Episodes (10)
1. Boom Time
Aired 10 January 2002 • 30 min
The introduction of Britain's canal system. Plus, how coal transportation was crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
2. Pants for All
Aired 17 January 2002 • 30 min
Mark Williams discovers how comfortable cotton fabrics became available to everyone with the introduction of water-powered textile mills
3. Clocking On
Aired 24 January 2002 • 30 min
Mark Williams discovers how engineer James Brindley tunnelled through hills in a straight line, and details the emergence of Josiah Wedgwood's pottery business as a global industry
4. Pennine Passage
Aired 31 January 2002 • 30 min
How the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned two rival counties into hotbeds of activity, bringing wealth to mill owners during the Industrial Revolution
5. Working Iron
Aired 7 February 2002 • 30 min
How Thomas Telford and the Darby family used iron to create new transport routes during the Industrial Revolution.
6. Coining It
Aired 14 February 2002 • 30 min
Mark Williams visits Birmingham to experience what life was like during the Industrial Revolution for those employed in the glassworks and jewellery trades
7. Cutting Edge
Aired 21 February 2002 • 30 min
How mass-produced, high-quality steel and the development of structured transport systems in northern England created a world-renowned industry
8. The Iron Horse
Aired 28 February 2002 • 30 min
Mark Williams learns how frantic competition among Welsh rivals drove the development and installation of the world's first steam locomotive
9. Highland Flop
Aired 4 March 2002 • 30 min
More powerful steam engines solve a variety of problems during the Industrial Revolution.
10. Power Crazy
Aired 11 March 2002 • 30 min
Why steam engines were developed during the Industrial Revolution to solve a range of engineering and social problems