Name: Brunel: The Man Who Built Britain
Released: 2017-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Rob Bell

Brunel: The Man Who Built Britain

TV Show · Documentary

The story of the visionary Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Rob Bell explores Brunel's complex personality as well as his prolific achievements, whose designs pushed the boundaries and his influence still inspires modern engineers.

2017 · 1h 0m

Starring Rob Bell

Director Joseph Cunningham

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Brunel was 19 when his father appointed him his assistant and chief engineer on the Thames Tunnel. After a potentially fatal accident during construction, he was recuperating in Bristol when he came up with a design for the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

44 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Story of Brunel's two masterpieces of ship design, the SS Great Britain and the SS Great Eastern, the world's largest ship that dominated the final years of his life and generated such great controversy that it has been blamed for causing his death.

44 min

Rob Bell

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Joseph Cunningham

Director
Jeff Anderson

Producer
Joseph Cunningham

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