5 Season
42 Episode
Local Heroes - Season 3 Episode 7 N & W Birmingham
Adam Hart-Davis searches for unsung heroes of science on a trip to the Potteries, Staffordshire. Using a few pipes, a ribbon and an air pump, he demonstrates the early ideas for a voice synthesiser that were developed by Erasmus Darwin. Charles Darwin's grandfather. Other subjects include John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson, who perfected the aim of the cannon.
- Year: 2000
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- Cast: Adam Hart-Davis