The Past at Work
1980•1 Seasons•8 Episodes•Ended
Documentary
The birth and development of the Industrial Revolution is explored by visiting factories, mines, and other industrial relics where the modern world was made -- not by statesmen and philosophers, but by men, women and children with dirt on their hands.
Network
BBC Two
Origin
GB
Cast
Anthony Burton
Self - Presenter
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