08: Pleasure Seekers | What the Victorians Did For Us

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost ent...

S02E03: The Worst Industrial Jobs in History | The Worst Jobs In History

Among the Worst Industrial Jobs in History are: Bridge builders, Canal leggers, bone cleaner to make...

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

Using animation and actual recorded testimony, historian Jane Humphries tells the story of the child workers whose exploitation was ...

Children in the Industrial Revolution | The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

How children were treated and how this began to change.

Industry and factories | Learning Zone

Today we take factories for granted but in the 1700s they represented a completely new way of working. Until this time most work was d...

07: Age of Industry | Andrew Marr's History of the World

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

Britain 1750-1900: 03: Health and Housing | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the ...

Britain 1750-1900: 04: Work and Wages | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-...

01: Speed Merchants | What the Victorians Did For Us

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. This edition f...

Britain 1750-1900: 02: Crime and Punishment | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed th...

Britain 1750-1900: 01: Migration and Emigration | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation change...

S03E02: Victoria and Her Sisters | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

A look at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, such as ind...

Britain 1750-1900: 05: Reform and Recreation | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed t...

Britain 1750-1900: 06: 1900-1909 - Britain at its peak? | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisatio...

Canals | Learning Zone

In the 1770s canals linked the country, carrying goods cheaply and efficiently. Without them it is hard to see how the Industrial Revolution could hav...

Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Dig

In advance of the construction of HS2, the biggest ever cemetery excavation in Britain reveals the forgotten stories of rich and poor in Ge...

01: The Great Ship | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Following the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's struggle to build the world's largest ship, The Great Eastern.

Liverpool cotton trade | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the role Liverpool played in the cotton trade.

Roads | Learning Zone

In 1706 Parliament passed the Turnpike Act which allowed private road builders to build new roads and charge tolls for using them. It was a first, impo...

S02E04: This Land Is Our Land | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver looks at how, in the early 19th century, rural workers fled from Scotland's countryside into the industrial...