4: The Phone | Inventions That Changed the World

Duration: 58'30''

Synopsis

Elisha Gray made the initial breakthrough in the invention of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell 'borrowed' his idea and is widely credited as its inventor. Jeremy Clarkson tells the story behind the invention.

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