Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2022-02-14

Last Air Date: 2022-03-21

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

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Top Cast

Shini Somara as Self - Presenter
Alexis Pedrick as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Leisure Time Game Changer (2022-02-14)

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.
Ep. 2: War on the Waves (2022-02-21)

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.
Ep. 3: A Subterranean Revolution (2022-02-28)

The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.
Ep. 4: The Birth of the Factory (2022-03-07)

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.
Ep. 5: Global Communications Breakthrough (2022-03-14)

Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.
Ep. 6: Scaling New Heights (2022-03-21)

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.