S04E05: North | Local Heroes

Duration: 29'05''

Synopsis

Adam Hart-Davis celebrates more pioneers of science, this week in Yorkshire and Lancashire, where he uncovers the steelmaking process that put Sheffield on the map, re-creates the first pollen count, and discovers a working 19th-century aeroplane.

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