How Britain Worked

  

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How Britain WorkedGuy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers. [S]Sun, May 18, 9:00 amU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips. [S]Sun, May 18, 8:00 amU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers. [S]Sat, May 17, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips. [S]Sat, May 17, 1:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines. [S]Sun, May 11, 8:30 amU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin visits Llandudno in north Wales to try to return the seaside resort to its former Victorian glory, work on restoring its pier, and service its funicular tramway. [S]Sun, May 11, 7:30 amU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines. [S]Sat, May 10, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin visits Llandudno in north Wales to try to return the seaside resort to its former Victorian glory, work on restoring its pier, and service its funicular tramway. [S]Sat, May 10, 1:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedEngineering enthusiast Guy Martin renovates a sawmill in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire and then uses it to make a replica of the first pedal-powered bicycle. [S]Sat, May 3, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedEngineering enthusiast Guy Martin recreates technical achievements of the 19th century and overhauls a steam locomotive currently in use on the Severn Valley Railway. [S]Sat, Apr 26, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedGuy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers. [S]Fri, Nov 22, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedEngineering enthusiast Guy Martin renovates a sawmill in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire and then uses it to make a replica of the first pedal-powered bicycle. [S]Mon, Nov 18, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins
How Britain WorkedEngineering enthusiast Guy Martin recreates technical achievements of the 19th century and overhauls a steam locomotive currently in use on the Severn Valley Railway. [S]Fri, Nov 15, 2:00 pmU&Dave60 mins