Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie

Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie

2009 2 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a documentary television series from National Geographic Channel. It is showing the technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries from a British point of view. Chris Barrie is the host and is testing various means of transportation.

Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a documentary television series from National Geographic Channel. It is showing the technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries from a British point of view. Chris Barrie is the host and is testing various means of transportation.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

1930s: The Road to War

Witness Chris driving the world’s fastest steam locomotive, the A4 Gresley, before he takes a flight in a Dragon Rapid

EP 2

1950s: A New World Order

Chris takes a ride on the iconic Routemaster bus at his local skidpan and fires up a Vulcan bomber. Then, taking the con

EP 3

1960s: Revolution by Design

Monte Carlo is Chris’ next destination where he relives the celebrated Monte Carlo Rally at the wheel of a Mini Cooper

EP 4

1980s: The Future Has Landed

The ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean DMC is the starting point for Chris in the 1980s, followed by a closer look at the

EP 1

1910s: Triumph and Tragedy

Host Chris Barrie kicks off proceedings with the 1910s - the decade that industrialised the First World War. Chris looks

EP 2

1920s: The Engine-Roaring Twenties

After the horrors of World War I, the 1920s boom-and-bust years were about speed, glamour, and power. But the modern wor

EP 3

1940s: War - Mother of Invention

Roaring into the 1940s Chris finds out there's nothing like a war to create technological change. He mans a fire pump to

EP 4

Trains: The Steam Pioneers

Grab your anoraks and climb onboard the 1820s, one of the most revolutionary decades in history. In just ten years trans

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Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie
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