• BRITAIN'S GREATEST MACHINES WITH CHRIS BARRIE

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  • Trains video

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

  • Trains part 2 video

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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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  • 1910s - series 2 photo

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    Chris Barries kicks off with the decade that industralised the war with a selection of pre-war inventions.

  • 1920s - series 2 photo

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    A selection of images from the 1920s, the boom-and-bust years when invented machines were all about speed, gla...

ABOUT THE SHOW

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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