Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

Season 12022

Documentary series examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build.

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6 Episodes

E01 A Leisure Time Game Changer

Examining a cliff in North Yorkshire that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, the world's oldest operating roller-coaster, an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.

February 14, 2022

E02 War on the Waves

Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England. Plus, a grand public works facility in Prague and the mint building in San Francisco.

February 21, 2022

E03 A Subterranean Revolution

The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.

February 28, 2022

E04 The Birth of the Factory

A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. A bridge in St. Louis, USA pioneered the use of steel - a construction material that would reshape our world. And a vast hangar in Brazil built to house the airships transformed passenger travel in the 20th century, but those giants of the sky owed a debt to an earlier age.

March 7, 2022

E05 Global Communications Breakthrough

Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.

March 14, 2022

E06 Scaling New Heights

Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building (a mill in Shrewsbury), how paper production changed the world, and the impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

March 21, 2022

Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

E01 A Leisure Time Game Changer

E02 War on the Waves

E03 A Subterranean Revolution

E04 The Birth of the Factory

E05 Global Communications Breakthrough

E06 Scaling New Heights

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Homeland

The Real Housewives of New York City

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Blindspot

The Rookie: Feds

Station 19

Pinocchio

Quick Draw

Rebelde

The Middle

Star Trek: Enterprise

Doctor Who

Our World War

The Dandy

Star Trek: Voyager

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E01 A Leisure Time Game Changer

E02 War on the Waves

E03 A Subterranean Revolution

E04 The Birth of the Factory

E05 Global Communications Breakthrough

E06 Scaling New Heights