Episodes
Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age: Ships and Engineering (BBC 4 Wednesday 14 June 2023)
Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age: Ships and Engineering airs Wednesday 14 June 2023 on BBC 4.
Fred Dibnah analyses the expertise of the shipbuilders and machine engineers who made Britain a world power in industry.
Fred pays his respects to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the ship’s designer and personal hero, at the SS Great Britain in Bristol.
In addition, Fred goes to Scotland in order to take a trip on the paddle steamer Waverley. When he returns to England, he stops by the Kew Bridge Steam Museum in Surrey as well as the Long Shop Museum in Leiston, Suffolk.
Fred also operates his prized Aveling & Porter steam roller, providing a history lesson and recalling an exciting accident.
Season 1 Episode 6 (of 6)
Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age: Ships and Engineering airs Wednesday 14 June 2023 at 7.30pm on BBC 4
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