Name: David Jason's Great British Inventions
Released: 2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Jason

Available on Channel 4

English actor, comedian and television producer Sir David Jason explores his favourite Great British inventions. As a former mechanic, David has always been fascinated by how things work. In this four-part documentary series, he discovers the remarkable stories behind the nation's inventions that changed the whole world. From the tank and hovercraft to the lawn mower and television, he examines how the inventions came about and why there were thought up at that specific moment in the British history.

Documentary · 2020 · 47 min

Starring David Jason

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Sir David Jason finds out about the Penny Farthing as he looks at the British inventors who played a vital part in the evolution of the wheel, and gets up close to the original Stephenson Rocket, the steam locomotive that transformed the railways.

47 min · 21 Jan 2020
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Sir David hears about Sir George Cayley and Percy Pilcher as he looks at the British inventors who played a part in the evolution of flight.

46 min · 28 Jan 2020
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Sir David gets behind the controls of a tank as he finds out about the British inventors who gave us some of the most extreme machines on the planet. In Liverpool, he operates one of the world's biggest hydraulic cranes.

46 min · 4 Feb 2020
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Sir David finds out about the invention of the incandescent light bulb, the world's first lawnmower and the development of the telephone, as he learns about the British innovations that have transformed our homes.

46 min · 11 Feb 2020

David Jason

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Stuart Ramsay

Producer
Mark Robinson

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David Jason's Great British Inventions

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English actor, comedian and television producer Sir David Jason explores his favourite Great British inventions. As a former mechanic, David has always been fascinated by how things work. In this four-part documentary series, he discovers the remarkable stories behind the nation's inventions that changed the whole world. From the tank and hovercraft to the lawn mower and television, he examines how the inventions came about and why there were thought up at that specific moment in the British history.

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