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Originally broadcast
28 May 2000,
Channel 4

Series Producer
David Dugan

Directors
David Dugan
Ian Duncan

Photography
Mike Coles

Editors
Ian Mellor
Paul Shepard
The Day The World Took Off

This landmark series on the origins of the Industrial Revolution challenges traditional views of one of the most dramatic periods in human history

Five historians try and solve the fundamental mystery of the Industrial Revolution: Why Britain and why then?

They travel further back in time with each episode – from a single day in September 1830 to the very roots of the Industrial Revolution 10,000 years ago.
 
“Channel4’s The Day The World Took Off is the best, most serious history I’ve seen on TV for ages, and what BBC2 should be doing more of”

Polly Toynbee – Radio Times


“A gripping, revelatory series”

 The Spectator



“Refreshingly intelligent and thought-provoking”

 Daily Mail


“A fascinating series”.

The Times
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