Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie
| Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie | |
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 Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie title card | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Jeremy Cadle, Tom Gorham, Martin Gorst,Tom Adams |
| Presented by | Chris Barrie |
| Narrated by | Chris Barrie |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | British English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | The Gamma Project |
| Production location | Great Britain |
| Camera setup | Steve Lidgerwood et al. |
| Running time | 47 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 4 June 2009 |
Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a documentary television series from National Geographic Channel. It is showing the technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries from a British point of view. Chris Barrie is the host and is testing various means of transportation.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "1910s: Triumph and Tragedy" | 4 June 2009 | |
| 2 | "1920s: The Engine-Roaring Twenties" | TBA | |
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Brooklands Race Track, Bentley racing cars, ATCO Standard lawn mower, Scammell Pioneer lorry, Gilbert & Barker T8 petrol pump, Brough Superior motorcycle, de Havilland Gipsy Moth light airplane and R101 airship. | |||
| 3 | "1930s: The Road to War" | TBA | |
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De Havilland Dragon Rapide airliner, Sentinel steam-powered lorry, Morris Eight small car, Percy Shaw's cat's eye, Gresley A4 world's fastest steam engine, Cruiser Mk III tank, Crusader tank, Supermarine S.6B racing seaplane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter. | |||
| 4 | "1940s: War - Mother of Invention" | TBA | |
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British Power Boat rescue launch, Jowett fire pump, Austin K2 fire engine, David Brown VAK 1 tractor, radar, Daimler Scout Car armoured car, Gloster Meteor jet fighter, Martin-Baker ejection seat and Aston Martin DB2 sports car. | |||
| 5 | "1950s: A New World Order" | TBA | |
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Routemaster double-decker bus, British Rail Class 55 diesel locomotive, Jodrell Bank radio telescope, Avro Vulcan jet bomber, de Havilland Comet jet airliner and Land Rover four-wheel-drive vehicle. | |||
| 6 | "1960s: Revolution by Design" | TBA | |
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Mini Cooper economy car, Post Office Tower communications tower, Leyland Super Comet lorry, Ford Transit van, hovercraft and Jaguar E-Type sports car. | |||
| 7 | "1980s: The Future Has Landed" | TBA | |
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DeLorean sports car, ZX Spectrum computer, Sinclair C5 electric vehicle, Westland Lynx helicopter, Scimitar light tank, Lotus Esprit sports car and Ford Sierra family car. | |||
| 8 | "Trains: The Steam Pioneers" | TBA | |
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Trevithick's steam locomotive (1802), London Steam Carriage steam-powered road vehicle (1802), Locomotion No 1 (1825), Timothy Hackworth's Sans Pareil, John Ericsson and John Braithwaite's Novelty and Stephenson's Rocket locomotives (all three 1829), Liverpool & Manchester Railway (1830) and Planet locomotive (1830). | |||