How Britain Worked
How Britain Worked is a TV show on Yesterday. Guy Martin recreates technical achievements of the 19th century. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
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1:00:00How Britain Worked
Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers.
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1:00:00Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips.
1:00:00Guy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines.
1:00:00Guy Martin visits Llandudno in north Wales to try to return the seaside resort to its former Victorian glory, work on restoring its pier, and service its funicular tramway.
1:00:00Engineering enthusiast Guy Martin renovates a sawmill in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire and then uses it to make a replica of the first pedal-powered bicycle.
1:00:00Engineering enthusiast Guy Martin recreates technical achievements of the 19th century and overhauls a steam locomotive currently in use on the Severn Valley Railway.