Great Inventions

Name: Great Inventions
Released: 2021-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Kirsi Pyy, Alan Griffiths, David McNab

TV Show · Documentary · History

With fascinating insights from leading experts, discover how each incredible machine, gizmo and gadget has evolved, from the eureka moment of their invention and the way they are made, to how these inventions have changed our planet.

2021 · 50m

Starring Kirsi Pyy, Alan Griffiths, David McNab

Director Patrick Dickinson

EPISODE 24

Cars

Great Inventions takes a journey through their history, from the simple plank over a stream to the suspension bridge that is over a kilometer long.
EPISODE 25

Television

TV – undoubtedly one of the 20th Century’s greatest inventions. It’s ubiquity has reduced the world to a global village, changing the course of history and how we regard ourselves and our neighbours.
EPISODE 26

X-Rays

"I have seen my death." These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Röntgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body.
EPISODE 30

Crash Test Dummies

Great Inventions takes a journey through their history, from the simple plank over a stream to the suspension bridge that is over a kilometer long.