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Smoke & Steel

1 Series ∙ 6 Episodes ∙ Engineering

Examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build.

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All episodes for series 1 of Smoke & Steel

S1 E1 · A Leisure Time Game Changer

Examining a cliff in England that offered the public a new ride experience.

S1 E2 · War On the Waves

Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England.

S1 E3 · A Subterranean Revolution

Examining the industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames.

S1 E4 · The Birth Of The Factory

Examining a mill in Manchester that was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work.

S1 E5 · Global Communications Breakthrough

Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall.

S1 E6 · Scaling New Heights

Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building - a mill in Shrewsbury.

Hornby: A Model World

Secrets of the London Underground

Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

Yorkshire Steam Railways

The Architecture the Railways Built

Guy Martin's Last of the Vulcans

Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

Guy Martin's Spitfire

Expedition with Steve Backshall

Expedition with Steve Backshall: Unpacked

Hurricane Man

Expedition with Steve Backshall Unseen