Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age
Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age is a TV show on Yesterday. Documentary series celebrating Britain's rich industrial heritage. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age
Fred Dibnah examines the skill of the shipbuilders and machine engineers who turned Britain into a great manufacturing nation.
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Fred Dibnah visits the North East, which is rich in railway history, and gets to ride on the footplate and stoke the boiler of a Black Five at Llangollen Railway.
Fred Dibnah takes a look at mining, touring from Cornwall to Scotland to explore how tin, slate, lead and coal were all extracted from the ground.
Fred traces the development of the production of iron and steel, beginning his journey at Ironbridge. Travelling throughout Britain, he concludes his journey in Sheffield, the home of steel.
September 2025
Documentary series celebrating Britain's rich industrial heritage, presented by Fred Dibnah. Tracing the development of Britain's textile industry.
Documentary series celebrating Britain's rich industrial heritage, presented by Fred Dibnah. This programme examines the early use of wind and water power.
30:00Fred Dibnah recalls the golden age of shipbuilding, examining the skills of engineers who made Britain one of the leading manufacturing nations.
30:00Fred Dibnah visits the North East to explore the development of Britain's railways, from the first steam locomotives to the record-breaking Mallard.
30:00A tour of Britain's mining heritage takes Fred Dibnah from Cornwall to Scotland, where he visits lead, slate, tin and coal extraction sites.
30:00Fred Dibnah continues his exploration of this country's industrial legacy. He comes across a rolling mill which he remembers once operating in Bolton.
30:00Fred Dibnah meets ex-workers to discover what life was like in the textile mills and factories that thrived in Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
30:00Fred Dibnah sets out on an enthusiastic tour of Britain's industrial heritage, exploring the early use of wind and water power.