Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.
Documentary • Series • 2003 • 1 season
Starring: Fred Dibnah
S1 E1 - The Early Pioneers
A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.
Jul 15, 2003 • 30m
S1 E2 - The Transport Revolution
How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
Jul 22, 2003 • 30m
S1 E3 - Driving the Wheels of Industry
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power charts the role of steam in Britain’s 18th- and 19th-century industrial expansion, and the use of huge stationary steam engines in mills, collieries and steel works until well into the 20th century.
Jul 29, 2003 • 30m
S1 E4 - Steam down the Road
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power looks at experiments in the use of steam for road transport that took place a full century before the invention of the car.
Aug 5, 2003 • 30m
S1 E5 - Steam on the Water
A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Aug 12, 2003 • 30m
S1 E6 - Steam and the Modern Age
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s history of steam power concludes with a look at today’s powerful steam turbines that generate electricity and the preservation of our steam heritage in museums.
Aug 19, 2003 • 30m
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About This Show
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.
Documentary • TV Series • 2003
Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- First aired
- Jul 15, 2003
- Last aired
- Aug 19, 2003
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 6
- Network
- BBC Two
- Language
- English
- Score
- 7.7 out of 10 from 3 votes