Programme Outline
01.18 - 05.26 The Industrial Revolution
Footage
- Modern steelworks
- Textile mills dating from the Industrial Revolution
Commentary
- The origins of the Industrial Revolution
- The role of Richard Arkwright
05.26 - 14.50 The impact of the Industrial Revolution on life at work and at home
Footage
- Changes in the cities and countryside
- Early mills and factories
Commentary
- The factory system and its effect on:
the landscape
the workforce
14.50 - 28.45 Changing patterns of transport
Footage
- Canals
- Liverpool docks
- Early trains and track
- Bridges and viaducts
Commentary
- The story of the first canals
- Sea transport and the slave trade
- The rise of the steam engine
- The first railways
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