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S1 E1 Train

Documentary

NR

48m

Oct 20, 2012

Guy’s project in this episode is to help overhaul a tank engine – a steam locomotive with the designation “5164” used on the popular Severn Valley Railway.

Season 1, 6 Episodes

Season 1 (6 Episodes)

Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders - Guy Martin Industrial Wonders

Guy Martin Industrial Wonders,

Guy’s project in this episode is to help overhaul a tank engine – a steam locomotive with the designation “5164” used on the popular Severn Valley Railway.

Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders - Guy Martin Industrial Wonders

Guy Martin Industrial Wonders,

Guy's main project in this episode is to get a Yorkshire saw mill - Gayle Mill in Wensleydale - up and running and back in business, and then use it to make a replica of another less celebrated invention of the Victorian era: a wooden bicycle.

Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders - Guy Martin Industrial Wonders

Guy Martin Industrial Wonders,

In this episode, Guy's project is perhaps the period's most enduring creation: the British seaside holiday. In Llandudno - a purpose-built Victorian seaside resort - Guy helps with essential and dangerous restoration work on the town's magnificent pier.

Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders - Guy Martin Industrial Wonders

Guy Martin Industrial Wonders,

Guy's project this week is the machine which can be credited with kickstarting the Industrial Revolution and which was the first piston engine ever built.

Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders - Guy Martin Industrial Wonders

Guy Martin Industrial Wonders,

In this episode, Guy Martin helps with the £500,000 restoration of the world's oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler, a boat that created a quantum leap in the 19th-century fishing industry and resulted in Britain's love affair with fish and chips.

Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders - Guy Martin Industrial Wonders

Guy Martin Industrial Wonders,

Guy's project this week is one of the more surprising legacies of the Victorian period – the public park. Guy is helping with vital renovation work at one of the most significant Victorian parks still open today: Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

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Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders

Documentary

1 Season

48m

In this six part series mechanic, motorcycle racer and engineering enthusiast Guy Martin celebrates the workers of Britain's Industrial Revolution by getting stuck into six of the country's biggest restoration project.

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