Programme 5 - War Machine

Dan Cruickshank ponders

In programme six...

During the revolution many abandoned their rural lives and flocked to the cities. Find out how people's lives changed in city living.

Throughout the Industrial Revolution Britain was almost continually at war. The industrial revolution demanded a revolution in warfare, because industry relied on the army and navy to secure its materials and markets overseas. Programme Six, War Machine, looks at one of the bloodiest and most inventive periods in Britain’s history. Rockets, submarines, machine guns, camouflage and even the modest tin food can - from the horrors of battle came discoveries and inventions that still shape the way we fight - and live – today.

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