Inventions That Changed the World

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Overview

A five part BBC 2 TV documentary series, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, that took a look at some of the inventions that have helped to shape the modern world. First broadcast on Thursday 15 January 2004, 8p.m., the series looked at 1) the gun; 2) the computer; 3) the jet plane; 4) the telephone; and in the final part, 5) television.

Cast: Alun Maxwell, James Mellor, Jeremy Clarkson, John Strange, Michael Lutz, Richard Fleming, Robin Sebastian, Russell Layton, Simon Lawrence, Walter Bingham

Director: Helen Williamson, Ingrid Kvale, Neil Ferguson, Peter Leonard, Susannah Ward

Genre: Documentary

Country: UK

Release Year: 2004

IMDB Rating: 8 (150 votes)

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (2 votes)

Episode Runtime: 60 min

First Air Date: 2004-01-15

Seasons: 1

Status: Ended

Creators: Neil Ferguson, Ingrid Kvale