Industrial Revolution

Programme Outline

01.18 - 05.26 The Industrial Revolution

Footage

• Modern steelworks
• Textile mills dating from the Industrial Revolution

Commentary

• The origins of the Industrial Revolution
• The role of Richard Arkwright

05.26 - 14.50 The impact of the Industrial Revolution on life at work and at home

Footage

• Changes in the cities and countryside
• Early mills and factories

Commentary

• The factory system and its effect on:
  the landscape
  the workforce

14.50 - 28.45 Changing patterns of transport

Footage

• Canals
• Liverpool docks
• Early trains and track
• Bridges and viaducts

Commentary

• The story of the first canals
• Sea transport and the slave trade
• The rise of the steam engine
• The first railways