How The Victorians Built Britain

How The Victorians Built Britain is a TV show on British national television from Channel 5 with an average rating of 3.7 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 19 episodes of How The Victorians Built Britain in our archive. The first episode of How The Victorians Built Britain was broadcast in December, 2020. Did you miss an episode of How The Victorians Built Britain but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add How The Victorians Built Britain to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!

Rating:3.7 of 5Total number of episodes:19
Last broadcast:08/12/2020 at 22:00

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Series 2

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Series 2, Episode 4 - The Great British Holiday

08/12/2020 3.0 34 x

In Blackpool, Michael Buerk discovers how the seaside mini-break was transformed from a perk of the wealthy to a British institution.

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Series 2, Episode 3 - Bridging The Nation

01/12/2020 4.0 11 x

Michael travels to Bristol to Brunel's 'first love' the Clifton Suspension Bridge and discovers how the tragic Tay Bridge disaster in Scotland led to huge leaps in technology.

1:00:00

Series 2, Episode 2 - Britannia Rules the Waves

24/11/2020 4.0 7 x

The Victorians built the most technologically advanced ships in the world, helping them to dominate the high seas in peace, war, leisure and trade. They even created the first submarine, an ingenious invention that made naval history.

1:00:00

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Railway Revolution

17/11/2020 3.0 16 x

Michael Buerk jumps on board an original locomotive to discover the effect that the burgeoning rail network had on Victorian Britain.

3. The Making of the Modern Home

02/02/2020 3.0 14 x

Victorians introduced gas power, revolutionising the home.

4. The Birth of the Machines

02/02/2020 4.0 54 x

Examining cotton's key role in the birth of mass production.

4. The Great British Holiday

25/01/2020 4.0 64 x

How the seaside break became a British institution.

2. Saving the Nation's Health

19/01/2020 3.0 24 x

Michael reveals how Victorians created the sewer system.

3. Bridging The Nation

18/01/2020 4.5 24 x

Michael visits Bristol and the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

2. Britannia Rules the Waves

11/01/2020 4.0 38 x

The Victorians built the most advanced ships in the world.

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