• BRITAIN'S GREATEST MACHINES WITH CHRIS BARRIE

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    Join Chris on a nostalgic journey from the 1820s charting the birth and growth of Britain's trains and railway...

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    Join Chris on a nostalgic journey from the 1820s charting the birth and growth of Britain's trains and railway...

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British inventions and engineering created much of our modern lives. From the first trains to cars, jet engines to battlefield innovations, even the lawnmower and petrol pumps called "fat ladies" - it's all investigated by enthusiast and TV icon Chris Barrie in Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie.

Britain's Greatest Machines: 1910s
Host Chris Barrie kicks off proceedings with the 1910s - the decade that industrialised the First World War. Chris looks at pre-war inventions, from a three-wheeled Morgan runabout to massive moving bridges, before charting the new weapons, trucks, planes and ships of World War I. Find out how technology changed warfare forever, before seeing Chris...
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