5 Season
42 Episode
Local Heroes - Season 1 Episode 4 Midlands
Tonight's stories of pioneering scientists and inventors come from the Midlands. Host Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Lunar Society of Birmingham, known as "lunaticks". Its members included James Watt and William Murdock, responsible for a copying machine, revolutionising the steam engine, and gas lighting. Plus the stories behind the gas turbine, the first British car and holography.
- Year: 2000
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- Genre: Documentary
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- Cast: Adam Hart-Davis
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